Ortonville kicks off holiday season with festival

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville-Christmas comes to town. From noon-5 p.m., Dec. 7 the annual Christmas in the Village celebration with more than 20 different activities will kick off the holiday season. “New to Christmas in the Village this year is hosting the Christmas cards to the troops in all of your favorite stores,” […]

Public Notice: Ortonville

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Village of Ortonville Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a Public Hearing on Monday, December 16, 2019, 6:00 p.m. to hear the following appeals. Appeal 1: Alex Faulker (This is a continuation of appeal heard on 8/26/2019) Location: 186 Ball Street Request:  Applicant requests a variance […]

Public Notice: Atlas Township

COST RECOVERY FOR TOWED VEHICLES ORDINANCE NO. 07-004-A AN ORDINANCE TO RECOVER EXPENSES INCURRED WHEN THE GENESEE, COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES ORDER A VEHICLE TOWED PURSUANT TO THE MICHIGAN MOTOR VEHICLE CODE. THE TOWNSHIP OF ATLAS ORDAINS: That this ordinance shall be amended by deleting Section 73.001 and replacing it with the following SECTION 1 […]

Public Notice: Atlas Township

Possible Franchise Enactment Schedule REVOCABLE GAS FRANCHISE TOWNSHIP OF ATLAS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN First Meeting Meeting of Township Board Franchise Ordinance passed Within 30 days Publish complete franchise ordinance (in full) ORDINANCE NO. 19-01 CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY GAS FRANCHISE ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE, granting to CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, its successors and assigns, the right and authority […]

Public Notice: Goodrich

PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF GOODRICH PARKING The Village of Goodrich would like to remind residents that PARKING ON OR ALONG ANY PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF GOODRICH SHALL BE PROHIBITED BY ORDINANCE, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 A.M. AND 7:00 A.M. DAILY, AND DURING THE EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF A SNOW EMERGENCY. […]

Letters to the editor Nov. 30, 2019

Thank you Brandon Board Dear Editor, This is Thanksgiving weekend. The Brandon Board of Education is extremely thankful for all of you in our Brandon School District. We appreciate our Brandon and Groveland businesses that donate and support us. We want to thank every Brandon School District employee who puts our schools and classrooms in […]

Real green

Real green

From left, Bill McCormick and Bob Rogers of the Goodrich Lions Club set up Christmas Trees for sale at 9196 M-15.  Photo by Patrick McAbee.

Sims Café

By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- A long time area eatery is now under new ownership. Sims Café, 8157 S. State Road, formally known as Tom’s Coney Cafe for the past 17 years will continue to serve the community. On Oct 1, Steve Sims, along time cook at Sims County Coney along with other restaurants Steve […]

Board OKs yearly contracts

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer During the regular meeting on Nov. 18, the Brandon board of education voted 6-0 to approve the yearly contracts for the Brandon Administrators Association, the Brandon Education Support Personnel Association, the Brandon Maintenance and Operations Association and a salary adjustment for Education staff and other non-union Brandon Employees. Board member […]

Superintendent evaluation OK’d

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer On Monday night, the school board voted 6-0 to accept the evaluation of district superintendent Dr. Matt Outlaw, where they rated him highly effective. Board member Sarah Allen was absent with notice. “We did our superintendent evaluation and Dr. outlaw came highly effective,” said board secretary Melissa Clark. “So we […]