Sipping wine while working at an upscale East Lansing restaurant appeared to all in a day’s work for 1987 Goodrich High School graduate Brian Morey. At the time, Morey was earning an accounting degree from Michigan State University, and had stepped in to tend bar part-time at the Evergreen Restaurant. The decision sparked a career […]
Atlas Twp.-Vandals allegedly eager to cross the closed Green Road bridge removed two earthen barricades along with road closed signs and opened the 70-year-old structure that crosses the Kearsley Creek east of M-15. Genesee County Road Commission Manager-Director John Daly said the bridge was shut down indefinitely by the GCRC following a Dec.13 inspection with […]
A frigid, snowy January morning in 2004’snow had fallen the night before and area roads were slick. Hadley resident Elizabeth Adams, 76, loses control of her car, slides off Hadley Road, and overturns’trapping her upside down on a frozen pond’the vehicle gradually sinking below the ice into waist deep water. Three passers-by venture out on […]
Atlas Twp.-The township planning commission did not take action on changes to the master plan during Wednesday’s meeting. The master plan, which is reviewed every five years, is a guide for land use in the community it serves. Rick Misek, planning commisson chairman, said several proposed resolutions including low cost housing, senior housing in addition […]
Atlas Twp.-Last fall, Ray Porter owner of Porter’s Orchard, 12060 Hegel Road impressed the cider world and finished in second place during Michigan’s 12th Annual Apple Cider Contest, during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo conference. Porter’s recipe for success at his local farm will continue with the tastes of summer and […]
It was a matter of convenience that in 1956, Goodrich businessman Emery Bennett joined the Atlas Township Fire Department. Owner of Bennett TV and Appliance, located about a block from the township fire hall, the proximity made racing to a blaze easy. ‘Many times I’d put a sign on my door, ‘gone to a fire,? […]
Goodrich-At about 2:45 p.m Sunday, Interim High School Principal Michael Ellis? cell phone rang. ‘Hold on for a message,? said Ellis, as he concluded commencement for 187 GHS graduates. The lights dimmed? and a collective gasp resonated through the crowd of several hundred packed into the high school gymnasium. ‘Hello, class of 2009,? said David […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 Monday night to approve a four-year extension of the waste collection contract with Flint-based Republic Services of Michigan. Councilmember Patricia Wartella was absent at the time of the vote. The extension, which includes providing a 95-gallon or 65-gallon rolling trash cart for each of the approximately 650 village residents, will […]
It’s been 12 years since Brandon High School graduation was moved from the school to the Meadow Brook pavilion in Rochester. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon says that while the district has invested $7 million in a new activities complex with the seating and parking capacity to host a graduation of about 300 graduates along with a […]
It’s no wonder why Steve Carson knows golf. For the past 25 years, the Towanda, Penn. native, Grand Blanc resident, and golf professional has promoted the game he loves through instruction and course management. Now, Carson brings his expertise to the Goodrich Country Club as the new club manager/golf professional. ‘I’m not only grateful for […]