Atlas Twp.-On the Nov. 4 ballot township residents will be asked to renew 1 mill to provide police protection. A resident with a $200,000 home will continue to pay $100 per year for the service from the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. The estimated revenue the township will collect if the millage is renewed is about […]
On weekend mornings Jennifer Brothers typically makes time for a long run. However, last Sunday morning the 2007 Goodrich High School graduate and current Michigan State University sophomore ran with a little more purpose in the first annual Brooksie Way Half Marathon and 5K race in Rochester Hills. ‘I run a lot, but not a […]
Less will get you more this year as the Greater Ortonville Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the seventh annual Business Expo 2008. ‘Times are tough out there for any business right now,? said Lisa Dwyer, Expo chairperson. ‘The pricing for the Expo has been lowered from the 2007 Expo and we are going to be […]
Groveland Twp.- Scattered on Ruth Johnson’s dining room table is a minimum of three cell phones, a box of DeVos for Governor ink pens and a bowl of left over potato chips’the remnants of a whirlwind 36 hours for the new GOP candidate for lieutenant governor. ‘It’s an honor to be asked,? says Johnson, 51, […]
Brandon Twp. A quarter-mile long traffic backup along M-15 is not uncommon for those dropping off or picking up students at Brandon Middle School during school days. A combination of business traffic, commuters and school traffic converge around one entrance to the school, causing an entanglement that has drawn the ire of parents and others […]
Groveland Twp.- The traffic signal at the intersection of M-15 and Oakwood Road should be operational by Aug. 21, say officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation. The $60,000 project, installed by Mt. Pleasant-based J. Ranck Company and funded by federal transportation money, will be maintained by the Road Commission for Oakland County, who will […]
Goodrich- A mid-September storm that dumped record rainfall of more 4.16 inches in the village area and 6.06 inches of rain in Ortonville swelled the mill pond and nearly covered the Hegel Road bridge. The report issued by Pete Morey, village street administrator and councilmember, was presented Monday night at the village meeting. The village […]
By David Fleet Editor The width of a razor blade. That’s the thickness of a crack a Michigan State Police Traffic Division Inspector found in the body of a Brandon School bus following a week-long review last June. Rick Jerrell, head mechanic for the district’s 36 school buses, said in addition to the small fissure, […]
Few good options. That’s what former Goodrich resident Ken Wood figured when his local mortgage business was no longer lucrative and he needed to relocate to Cleveland for a new career. ‘I didn’t even try to sell my house,? said Wood, a 1985 Goodrich High School graduate. ‘I’d be in a world of hurt trying […]
Brandon Twp.- A 49-year-old Orion Township man was killed Aug. 5 when he lost control of his motorcycle on Oakwood Road and hit a minivan head-on. Edward Allan Majesky was traveling eastbound at about 5:14 p.m., east of State Park Road, when he crossed the centerline on his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle and hit a […]