No man like a snowman
Top left, Ava, 6, Maya, 10 and Aidan, 8 McDowell build a snowman in Goodrich Tuesday. About six inches of wet snow covered southeast Michigan over the weekend. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
Police:Use ‘2020’ not ‘20’ when writing checks
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Experts are advising that anyone writing out a date not abbreviate the year as 20, but to write out the full year, 2020. The reason being that if someone were to write a date, such as 1/25/20, anyone could add two numbers to the end of 20 to change the […]
Chill out with chili
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer OATS is partnering with local veteran groups to host a chili cook-off. “We’re a non-profit, and we have worked with veterans in the past and we are working once again to provide services to veterans,” said Fred Pellerito. “American Sportsman for Veterans, they provide recreational outings for veterans, mostly hunting […]
Small Business Saturday: Village among county top
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville-Area businesses have something to cheer about following this past holiday season. On Nov. 30, Ortonville hosted their Small Business Saturday event in conjunction with hundreds of communities in a county-wide program. A total of 106 of the 2,066 county-wide entries registered during the ShopTextWin contest were from Ortonville. The […]
Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2020
Old News Boys Dear Editor, Again this year on behalf of the Old News Boys and the volunteers of Goodrich we would like to thank everyone who so generously donated this year. We do realize it is inconvenient to take the time to stop and contribute but because of your generous contributions we collected $3,500 […]
Public Notice: Atlas Township
PUBLIC NOTICE ATLAS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOTICE, to the citizens of ATLAS TOWNSHIP, Genesee County, Goodrich, Michigan. The ATLAS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 AT 7:00 P.M. LOCATED AT THE ATLAS TOWNSHIP HALL, 7386 S. GALE ROAD, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 to consider Conditional Rezoning from […]
Public Notice: Brandon Township
Brandon Township Notice of Registration FOR THE Presidential Primary Election To be held on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 To the Qualified Electors of Brandon Township, County of Oakland: Notice is hereby given that any qualified elector of Brandon Township who is not already registered, may register to vote at the office of the Brandon Township […]
Public Notice: Brandon Township
Charter Twp. of Brandon 395 Mill St., P.O. Box 929 Ortonville, MI 48462-0929 PUBLIC FORUM January 28, 2020 Charter Township of Brandon and The Village of Ortonville will be hosting a public input session on the needs and wants for recreation in our community. This is our second opportunity to hear from our citizens to […]
Air defense
BHS Cole Pardon #5 attempts to block a shot on GHS Aidan Rubio # 1 during the Martian vs. Blackhawk game at Goodrich on Jan. 10. Goodrich topped Brandon 79-36. Photo by Kurt Schulte.
District seeks bond for building improvements
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon School District has a bond on the March 10, 2020 ballot. The bond will deal with improvements to all of the buildings, costing a total of $19.5 million across all four buildings. “Just like our own homes, our buildings need to be maintained,” said Dr. Matt Outlaw, district superintendent […]