Twp. budget: Pay hikes, 200 percent fund balance

Groveland Twp.- On Monday night by a 5-0 vote the township board of trustees OK’d the 2013-2014 budget. Township officials report about $200,000 in surplus revenue with about $2 million in the infrastructure fund, just over 200 percent based on a general budget of $987,520 and building fund of $26,000. The infrastructure fund is earmarked […]

Almost a Tiger: On the field at Briggs

In 1961 the Detroit Tigers finished the season with a record of 101-61, second in the American League, eight games behind the New York Yankees. First baseman Norm Cash led the team hitting .361, following by outfielder Al Kaline who hit .324. A box seat at Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, cost $3. […]

Back to Back

The Goodrich Girls Basketball team successfully defended its Class B State titled on Saturday The the Lady Martians capped off the 2012-13 season by defeating Flint Powers 51-34 at the Jack Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. Tania Davis had 20 points and Tyler Gleason tossed in 14 with 11 rebounds in […]

Back-to-back

By David Fleet Editor East Lansing-The 2013 Goodrich girls basketball season ended the same way as the 2012 campaign concluded. With a state championship. The Goodrich Lady Martians successfully defended their Class B state title on Saturday, defeating Flint Powers Catholic Chargers 51-34 at the Jack Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. […]

‘If they write it, we will find it?

Brandon Twp.- On Tuesday, school officials, along with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, identified a suspect and are seeking a warrant package in connection with a threat of violence at Brandon High School on Thursday, April 26. A bomb threat received at the high school at approximately 12:30 p.m. forced the evacuation of the school. […]

Kent State University shootings recalled

Groveland Twp.-On Monday, May 4, 1970, Dane Lovelady was 21-year-old student at Kent State University. Lovelady, now 58 and a township resident, was just a few hundred yards from the campus area where four students were killed and nine wounded by gunfire from Ohio National Guard troops. According to newspaper reports, the shootings came after […]

Polling locations

Goodrich School District Precinct 1- St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 7296 Gale Road. Precinct 2- Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, 5366 S. State Road. Precinct 3- Victory World Outreach Church, 10291 Green Road. Precinct 4 (village residents)- Goodrich United Methodist Church, 8071 S. State Road. Brandon School District (Brandon Township) Precinct 1 & 2? Brandon Fletcher […]

Connected from Portugal

Ines Figueira watches the snow fall outside the classroom window. ‘It’s too cold here,? she said. ‘It’s been cold for so long’I had no idea about that when I came here to Goodrich.? Figueira’s disdain for frigid Michigan winters is about the only problem the Goodrich High School senior has encountered since arriving in August […]

Copier issue draws ire of township officials

Atlas Twp.-On Monday night the board of trustees put to rest a controversy over the sale and return of a township copier. The concern was first expressed during the Feb.19 board of trustees meeting. Township Clerk Tere Onica reported to the board a leased Xerox copier was sold by Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones to her daughter […]

November election costs challenged by village official

Atlas Twp.-Fees to the Village of Goodrich for the 2012 election, which included a detachment issue, have recently come under fire. A bill of $1,187 sent to the village from the township came under scrutiny during the March 11 Village of Goodrich meeting. Village Councilmember Richard Saroli questioned the bill from the township. ‘Do we […]