Waterford Twp.-The two-year saga involving a defiant runaway teen, her older boyfriend and his parents that kept her, ended Monday in a township courtroom. A jury returned with a guilty conviction of harboring a Brandon Township runaway against defendants Ethel Swan, 59, and her son Anthony Swan, 19, following a two-day jury trial, before Judge […]
Atlas Twp.- For many, the recent escalation of conflicts in the Ukraine may seem a world away. But for five Goodrich School District students, it’s much closer to home. Former Ukrainian citizens Kristen, 14, Annie,16, Lisa, 16, Emily, 19, and Max, 19’the children of township residents Vicki and Paul Jankowski, have watched closely the recent […]
Goodrich-A long time area business is seeking alternatives to a costly village drain project. At 7 p.m., March 12 the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road, will host Tammie Heazlit of Lotus H20 Environmental to discuss options to a pending upgrade to the Wheelock & Watkins Drain. An agricultural drain built in about 1897, the […]
Atlas Twp.-The future of a township bike path is moving forward. Plans for bike/walking paths were spearheaded by township resident Paulette Johnson during the Oct. 21 township meeting and have now expanded with monthly meetings. At 6:30 p.m., the first Tuesday of each month, at the Atlas Township Hall, 7386 S. Gale Road, the public […]
A record seven Brandon High School grapplers competed at the Michigan High School Athelic Association individual state championships on Feb. 27 and March 1 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Top finisher for the Blackhawks was Bryan LaVearn (112 pounds) who finished second to Lucas Hall of Lowell High School. Competing for the Blackhawks were […]
Brandon Twp.- Technical Directions, Inc. was awarded a contract for $750,000 from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control of Dallas to continue the development of the TDI-J45 engine-generator system for the Non Line of Sight-Launch System Loiter Attack Missile. The TDI engine-generator system has been designed into three mini-cruise for the new generation cruise missiles, […]
Detroit- Slow and powerful’two key tugboat characteristics that inspired Brandon Township resident Paul Vassall to sail off on a lifelong dream. ‘They’re like the little engine that could,? said Vassall, 55, an on-call Brandon Firefighter for the past nine years and Detroit native. Vassall, who served in the Navy during the early 1970s, was first […]
Groveland Twp.-One buck. After 15 years, the township-wide natural gas pipeline came to a conclusion on Monday night at the board of trustees meeting when $1 was handed over to Consumers Energy, completing a project that now makes natural gas available on nearly every road. ‘It’s the end of a long process that brought natural […]
On Saturday morning, Limeng Liu analyzed the progress of the Goodrich High School Martian Robot while it battled at Flint’s Kettering University during FIRST Robotics District Competition March 7-8. ‘Our robot is way ahead of others’we’re the best,? he said. ‘The robotic team has been like a big family to me. Everyone cares for each […]
The liturgical season of Lent will come alive later this month with the musical ‘Godspell.? A musical by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak, ‘Godspell? opened in 1971 and is a series of parables, mostly based on the Gospel of Matthew; however, three of the featured parables are recorded only in the Gospel […]