Coming off a year with a record of 10-3, the Varsity Golf team is looking to take the next step and advance to Regionals this year. Varsity Head Coach Terry Kelley looks to instill more than just the fundamentals in his boys this year, he wants to see them grow in how they manage the […]
A year after the Varsity Girls soccer team finished sixth in the Flint Metro League Standings at 3-4-1, a new era was born as former Junior Varsity Coach Gary Skrzycki replaced Mark Sullivant as the Varsity Girls Soccer coach for the upcoming season. One of the first items that Coach Skrzycki wanted to tackle was […]
If given the chance, would Michigan voters look at the state senate and say ‘you’re fired?? Some people would like to know and are pushing to give voters that chance this November. Unicameral Michigan, a grass-roots lobbying group based in Hastings, started a petition drive to place an initiative on the Nov. 2006 ballot that […]
Chris Turner would tell you not to credit him with the amazing results of Independence Elementary’s Serving Our Community Kids Style (SOCKS) program. Instead, he would tell you about how much work the parents and teachers do to make SOCKS day a success each year. Others would say he is being modest, that the principal’s […]
Rhonda Louise Sheppard, 32, of Troy, was arraigned Feb. 21 on charges of child neglect and abandonment, after Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputies said she left her two-year-old daughter alone in a parked car while the she was inside a bar on Feb. 16. The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office also planned to charge the woman […]
With the M-24 Moratorium scheduled to be lifted at the end of April, the chances of anyone getting a waiver granted from Orion Township appears to be slim at best. The township board agreed Feb. 6 that any granted waiver requests at this point could have a negative impact on how the planning commission conducts […]
Her store might be called ‘Second Time Around,? but, after her recent numerous efforts to help Hurricane Katrina victims in the Gulf Coast region, Miriam Sibbald might have to consider a name change. Sibbald is currently working on sending a fourth shipment for the relief efforts. With every shipment of clothing and other necessities, she […]
Students at Webber Elementary were given a real treat on Feb. 8th, literally. As part of the school’s Grandparent or Special Person Day, students were allowed to eat lunch in the cafeteria with someone close to them. In all, 175 students shared lunch with a grandparent or special person in an event that principal Sarah […]
No one can argue that the Bald Mountain State Recreation Area is a beautiful piece of land. But many area residents don’t know about the effort that goes into keeping this park beautiful. The Parks and Recreation Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is piloting a new program called the Core Volunteer Steward […]
When our ancestors traveled through the new frontier in their Conestoga wagons, they had no expectations of smooth thoroughfares. They encountered roads with a washboard surface, and roads with holes deep enough to swallow wandering buffalo. Move forward several generations, and travel, other than herds of buffalo, remains about the same. Michigan roads, any time […]