Atlas Twp.- The township board voted 4-1 on Jan.19 to form a land division committee. Under the new guidelines the supervisor, assessor and planning commission chairperson will review any changes in land splits the township may encounter. According to the rules, details of the split will be made during a public meeting, a simple majority […]
Goodrich- The Reid Elementary School Media Center will lose one important resource next month. After 27 years with the district, Media Specialist Cheryl Matthews, 62, says she will retire from Reid Elementary in February. Her retirement was announced at the Goodrich School Board meeting on Monday night. ‘I’m ready to move on,? said Matthews. ‘There’s […]
Atlas Twp.-A mentor to some, nun to others and a teacher to many’for two decades Sister Joan May piloted St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church. May, 67, died Jan. 16. On Monday, more than 600 people packed St. Mark’s Catholic Church to celebrate the life of Sister Joan. The Mass was officiated by Bishop Earl […]
Brandon Twp.- Jamel Chokr has plenty to eat this winter. Chokr, 21, a township resident and veteran hunter, shared some of his bounty by donating a deer to the Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger. ‘When I went out deer hunting this past November, I pledged my first deer to the MSAH,? said Chokr. ‘So I shot […]
Atlas Twp.- The number of soccer fields may be growing in the township. Representatives of the Goodrich Soccer Club, a local group consisting of about 400 area youth players plus a bevy of parents and coaches presented a conceptual plan to the township board of trustees Tuesday night for a new soccer field. Harry Flotemersch, […]
On Jan. 15, Catherine Brosseau was working on the upper westside of New York when a US Airways plane bound for Charlotte, NC crashed into the Hudson River after aborting its takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York. She, along with her husband Randy, a Goodrich High School graduate, and their two children, Raegan, 3, […]
Tipping the scales at more than 100 pounds, Allie, an 8-year-old black labrador retriever, is a daunting animal. Despite the canine’s stature, it was no match last week for a devastating house fire that swept through her family’s home next to Big Fish Lake. Firefighters responded to the fire at about 2 p.m., Jan. 8, […]
Goodrich-After leading the Martians to a perfect regular football season in 2008, Quarterback Joe Boisture is moving to another high school. Due to a change in his father’s employment, Boisture, 17, will relocate to Saline, a city of 8,000 located a few miles southwest of Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County. Joe will attend Saline High […]
London Mayor Boris Johnson will probably never meet Brandon High School English teacher Nate Odinga. Knowledge of Johnson, however, could have proved profitable to Odinga, who recently competed on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?? which aired at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 9 and 12 on Channel 4. ‘I had no idea who Boris Johnson is,? […]
So far, Nate Odinga has kept his day job as a Brandon High School English teacher. Yet his employment status, along with bank account, may change significantly next week following a stint on the game show, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?? which first aired at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 9 on WDIV-Channel 4. Odinga’s second […]