Lapeer— Leadership at View Newspaper Group is pleased to announce that Michele Guerra has been promoted to Senior Account Executive, and Arlene Frisch has joined the team as a Senior Account Executive. Guerra first joined View Newspaper Group in 2017 as a brand specialist where she was instrumental in the growth and success of View […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Brooklyn — On a sunny early November day the Lady Martian Cross Country team brought home a MHSAA State Championship an accomplishment that had not been achieved since back-to-back-to-back crowns in 2003-2005. “Each year when the cross-country season begins 3,000 high school girls prepare for the opportunity to compete in the […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Goodrich — On Nov. 1 the Goodrich Martians (8-1) handed the Brandon Blackhawks (6-3) an early exit from the 2024 Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs with a dominating 49-7 victory at Goodrich. In the first quarter BHS Luke Hanson opened the scoring with a 27 yard rush for the first […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Ortonville — At 7:10 p.m., Nov. 10, 1975, Captain Ernest McSorley radioed, ‘We are holding our own.’” The Captain of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald last message to the nearby carrier Arthur M. Anderson was about 17 miles off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior during a violent storm remains etched in […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Ortonville — Main Street Ortonville was ready for a change. This week’s segment is the third in a series provided by The Citizen newspaper that covers the progression of the Ortonville Downtown Development Authority and the affiliation with Main Street America and Main Street Oakland County. Two decades of history since […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Brandon Twp. — This year, 2024 is the first election year with a constitutionally required minimum of nine days of early in-person voting under Proposal 2, passed by Michigan’s voters in 2022. Less than a week before the General Election Nov. 5 local municipalities are reporting a good response from area […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Paris — Heidi Fluck Goulding noticed an empty exhibit display case in the Paris Liberation Museum, Paris France. “A small sign written in French was nearby,” said Heidi, a 2012 Brandon High School graduate. “My French is not that good. Luckily there was an English translation.” This space is reserved for […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Grovland Twp. — After more than three decades of leadership, Groveland Township Supervisor Bob DePalma retired from public service. He did not seek an unprecedented eighth term of office. “I don’t want to live somewhere else,” said DePalma, who moved to the township in 1979 from Romulas. “I love it here. […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com New York — The Big Apple is home to one of the largest, diverse and most creative fashions scenes in the world. This past summer a Goodrich High School senior had a taste of that environment that could someday launch a career. Ryser Jenkins applied and was accepted to the Condé […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Groveland Twp. — Following several months of deliberation, on Oct. 22, the Groveland Township Planning Commission voted 5-2 to recommend to the township board of trustees an ordinance regarding a proposed Battery Energy Storage System. The board is expected to decide on the ordinance on Nov. 11. “We are not acting […]