The Goodrich School Board voted 7-0 on Wednesday night to offer a contract to John Fazer the current superintendent at Holton Public Schools. The board and Fazer will begin contract negotiations in the near future. Frazer was selected over Mark Kleinhans, the current superintendent at the Montrose School District, to replace current Goodrich Superintendent Larry […]
Atlas Twp.-At approximately 3 p.m., Monday a 17-year-old Lapeer male driving a pickup truck south on M-15 near Green Road attempted to stop for a vehicle in front of him and swerved into the path of a northbound sport utility vehicle driven by a 52-year-old township woman. The driver of the pickup truck along with […]
Groveland Twp.-Two local men were arrested following an early morning brawl at the Groveland Manor Mobile Home community. The fight which included mostly family members that spilled out in the street, involved at least eight individuals’some of the participants used sticks, a shovel and a pint liquor bottle in the fray. Five individuals received minor […]
For three generations and more than a half century the Mooney family men have been cutting hair in Oakland County. Last month the latest in the long line of family clippers illuminated the ol? barber pole at 125 N. Ortonville Road. Ryan Mooney, 20, a 2007 Brandon High School graduate, joined his father Skip, 49, […]
Atlas Twp.- For most of the past 20 years, township trustee Scott Statson’s commute to work has been rather quick. ‘I often work from home,? said Statson. ‘For me, I see business as individuals?100 years ago if someone had a business idea they’d run with it. Many companies grew from self-employment’there’s no more optimum time […]
Brandon Twp.- In 1847, Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. That same year, construction was completed on a small barn just north of Hummer Lake Road about 3 miles east of Ortonville. Today, more than 160 years later, the two-story 46-by-38 foot structure still stands despite Michigan weather, numerous coats of paint and […]
Atlas Twp.- Newly appointed Rev. Michael Kuchar feels like St. Mark is a ‘perfect fit.? The new priest, ordained almost 30 years ago, acknowledged his recent five-year mission to impoverished Bolivia, El Salvador and Mexico sparked a positive side of his job to share with parishioners. ‘Even in real oppression, the people in those countries […]
Atlas Twp- An outsourcing proposal that could possibly save Goodrich taxpayers $100,000 has sparked some inklings of changing the village government. Again. At the township meeting on Monday night, Trustee Barry June proposed combining both Goodrich and township staff’eliminating duplicated services from clerical workers to bookkeeping to management. ‘My thought is to protect the village […]
Brandon Twp.-Along with thousands of plants and flowers, Wojo’s Greenhouse is growing this spring. The township greenhouse business will now operate the outdoor garden center at Jacobsen’s Garden Center, 559 S. Lapeer Road, Lake Orion. However, Jacobsen’s Flowers, which operates within the Lake Orion center, will continue to be owned and operated by the Jacobsen […]
Groveland Twp.- As part of a cooperative agreement inked last year for Groveland Township Fire Department to assist with the management of the Village of Holly Fire Department, township residents? 9-1-1 calls will now be routed through the Holly Police Department. For the past several years, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has routed the 9-1-1 […]