It’s been 14 years since Matt May parachuted onto Goodrich High School’s football field to deliver the game ball to his younger brother, starting Martian quarterback Lane May. According to news reports, with the crowd on their feet and the National Anthem blaring, Matt landed on the 50-yard line with the football tucked under his […]
Goodrich- By a 6-0 vote on Monday night the school board of trustees accepted an audit from Lewis & Knopf for the 2013-14 fiscal year ending June 30. Board President David Cramer was absent. The district ended the fiscal year with a fund balance of about 7.33 percent or $1,336,529, using $124,791 to balance the […]
On Nov. 4 Genesee County voters will decide on an additional .425 mills for five years to meet the demand for fixed route bus service, Your Ride and other related services for the elderly, persons with disabilities for the public transportation in Genesee County. The hike will cost voters about $15 per year. While the […]
Goodrich-When Paul Jakey’s Mustang was built, a gallon of gas was 30 cents per gallon, the Beatles first arrived in America and a stamp cost 5 cents. Today, 50 years after Jakey’s 1964 Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Dearborn, it still turns heads. ‘My mother purchased the car about 15 years ago, then […]
Groveland Twp.- Mud, snow and plenty of Jeeps. On Saturday and Sunday about 300 contestants participated in the Dixie Gully Run, at 14300 Shields Road. Located just north of Groveland Oaks County Park, the 35-acre demonstration off-road vehicle course was created on former gravel mining ground. The professionally designed track is made to test the […]
New paths, new faces. On Tuesday area voters went to the polls and unseated incumbents on the school board and in the Goodrich Village Council. Atlas Township voters also OK’d recreational pathways by a vote of 1,664 yes to 1,502 no. The 1/8 mill or $6 per year for a $100,000 home will generate about […]
Goodrich-An area teacher is using cloud technology to thank those serving in the military. Michelle LaRowe, a district teacher for the past 14 years currently serves as an eighth and sixth grade literature instructor. In an effort to incorporate creative writing skills into a real world perspective she assigned letter writing to active military. ‘The […]
Emily Waru is a country girl a long ways from home. The 15-year old Australia native, who has been in Goodrich since late August as an exchange student, grew up in Wallerawang, New South Wales, a small rural community about two hours west of Sndney ‘I was born in Sydney but lived on a farm […]
Goodrich-One vote can make a difference. Ask incumbent school board trustee Chip Schultz, who lost his Nov. 4 reelection by just one vote to newcomer Jeff Brown. The unofficial results for the school board election were incumbent Daniel Keller received 1,676 (26.93 percent) votes, Jennifer Riggs 1,668 (26.80 percent), Jeff Brown tallied 1,324 (21.27 percent) […]
On Dec. 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will host an environmental review open house at the Holiday Inn, 5353 Gateway Center, Flint regarding the ET Rover pipeline project. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public an opportunity to learn more about the commission’s environmental review process and to verbally comment […]