By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.— On Monday night the township board of trustees voted 5-0 to propose an increase of .3331 mills for general operating purposes. The proposal would be placed on the November 2022 ballot. The voted millage rate of 1.04 mill, has been reduced to the current, .71 mills by the required […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.— A half century ago Ford Motor Company put the throttle down and took aim at the Mopar HEMI engine in NASCAR. In 1969 out of Dearborn rolled the limited production Mustang BOSS 429 V8. About two years later one of those iconic-fastback Ford muscle cars rumbled into Brandon Township and today remains the center of three generations of racing. Area […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp. —Emergency response times are improving. Last year, Medstar introduced local service agreements within Genesee county for EMS including Atlas Township and the Village of Goodrich. Both the village and township designated Medstar as the preferred ambulance/emergency medical provider. The Genesee County 9-1-1 Consortium is directed to dispatch Medstar to […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.— A square nail and a handful of corroded coins has provided a peek to the past of an area community. In early July replacement began on about one mile of Atlas sidewalk along Gale and Perry roads. Burton-based Streeter Brothers first removed the narrow aged sidewalks that over the […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — On Monday night, the village council voted 3-2 to purchase a tax reverted property on Hawes Road between State and Putnam roads. Councilmembers Walworth and Moore voted no. The cost to the village is $1,920.76, with a taxable value of $15,700. “The question is if we (village) purchase the […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — On Monday night the village council voted 5-0 to support Genesee County to provide grant funding to Grand Blanc, Davison and Atlas townships along with the village for construction of the Kearsley Creek interceptor North. The $33 million project, projected to begin in the spring of 2023 will provide […]
By David Fleet Editor Dallas — On July 11, Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced that the club has issued a qualifying offer to defense man Ben Gleason thus retaining their negotiating rights. “We are in the negotiating process,” said Gleason. In August 2021, Gleason, 24 an Ortonville native was issued a one-year, two-way […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville— It pays to play Lottery in the village. The Genesee County based Lunch Bunch Crew Lottery club, who on June 18 purchased a $1 Lotto 47 ticket at Tom’s Market, 465 South St., recently traveled to Lansing and collected $1.85 million. The club members, who chose to remain anonymous, had been playing for two decades. A […]
Nikolaus Kovasity, 83, passed away July 15, 2022, at his home in Ortonville. Nick was born in Mokrin, Yugoslavia in 1939, at the onset of WWII. His father was drafted into the Army, and later in 1944, Nick, along with his mother and sister, left their home on a wagon-train, as they were not native Serbian, and […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.— On June 23, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to appropriate $10 million to help expand sewer capacity to service several Oakland County communities including the Village of Ortonville, Groveland, Brandon and Holly townships. The project will extend sanitary sewer service from Genesee County to improve capacity in Oakland […]