By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — Horticulture students will now stay a little cooler and be afforded a little more working space thanks to a new Eagle Scout. Sam Schaefer, 17, a Class of 22 GHS graduate and Goodrich Scout Troop 340 member completed his Eagle Scout project earlier this month by constructing two-4-by-8 feet […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. — Whether for eggs or meat, chickens are only as good as what they eat. Township resident Mitch Willis now provides organic feed, bedding and soil amendments that not only enhances the nutritional value for consumption, but also the overall health of the animal. Willis, first opened a Groveland […]
By David Fleet Editor On June 1, Brandon High School Sophomore, Gaven Stamper shot 81 at Huron Meadows Golf Course in Brighton during the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 Regional. Enroute to his 81 Stamper scored his first ace/hole-in-one on the 142 yard seventh hole. He made the shot with a 9 iron. […]
The Citizen newspaper first arrived in area residents’ mailboxes in August 1995. About seven years later, in 2003, I stepped in as editor. My mission, then as now, is to provide readers in more than 11,000 households each weekend with local news for Atlas, Brandon and Groveland townships along with the villages of Goodrich and Ortonville. Over those nearly two […]
By David Fleet Editor Hadley Twp. — The brothers lived together, grew up together, attended school together — pretty standard for siblings. Now after high school when they’re serving together. Township residents Jim and Sue Tottingham four sons along with a pseudo son are today each actively serving in the Army, Marines and Navy. His youngest son, Owen, is currently a junior at Brandon High School is […]
By David Fleet Editor On May 18, two area residents were among those recognized by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in a ceremony at the Board of Commissioners Auditorium, Pontiac. The Sheriff’s Distinguished Unit Citation was awarded to the Fire Investigation Unit of Detective Howard “Chip” Schultz, a 22-year veteran from Goodrich; Detective Thomas Bisio […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.— At about 5 p.m., May 25, Michigan State Police from the Metro Detroit Post reported that a large oak tree had fallen on a moving truck cab of a Paul’s Tree Care company truck on Groveland Road just west of M-15. Brandon Paul, company owner, said the truck was […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — On May 19, the Goodrich Martians won the Flint Metro League with a 3-0 win over Flushing. The Martians move on to 29-0 and have won the league in back-to-back seasons. “I’m not sure the boys know the significance of winning the Flint Metro League back-to-back in our first […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — Local trout are surviving but numbers are low. Jason Gostiaux, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist for the Southern Lake Huron Management Unit recently completed a study of the Kearsley Creek. A team from the DNR recently completed a fish count over about 1,000 feet of the Kearsley Creek south from […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. — On May 9, the township board of trustees voted 5-0 to accept the application process for Licensed Marijuana Facilities and Home Occupations: Medical Marijuana and Recreational Use. The ordinance will address the non-retail aspects of commercial marijuana growth in the township—the large Class C growers and those that […]