Brandon Twp.- Jamel Chokr has plenty to eat this winter. Chokr, 21, a township resident and veteran hunter, shared some of his bounty by donating a deer to the Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger. ‘When I went out deer hunting this past November, I pledged my first deer to the MSAH,? said Chokr. ‘So I shot […]
Atlas Twp.- The number of soccer fields may be growing in the township. Representatives of the Goodrich Soccer Club, a local group consisting of about 400 area youth players plus a bevy of parents and coaches presented a conceptual plan to the township board of trustees Tuesday night for a new soccer field. Harry Flotemersch, […]
On Jan. 15, Catherine Brosseau was working on the upper westside of New York when a US Airways plane bound for Charlotte, NC crashed into the Hudson River after aborting its takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York. She, along with her husband Randy, a Goodrich High School graduate, and their two children, Raegan, 3, […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
Brandon Twp.- Bald Eagle Lake has a new and uninvited visitor. ‘The reports are very sporadic but I found zebra mussels on my old wood dock and a neighbor discovered them attached to his boat hoist,? said Rob Rohde, a Bald Eagle Lake resident for the past 30 years and vice president of the Lake […]
Brandon Twp.- More than 400 township residents lined the road leading to Brandon High School on Saturday morning during the annual spring clean up. Towing rusted cars, lawn tractors and trailers of used tires, area residents arrived with a variety of debris collected from they countryside. The annual Spring Cleanup project year cost residents about […]
On Wednesday morning Alex King was happy. The Goodrich High School Freshman bagged his first wild turkey in the Genesee County area. King is just one of a host of turkey hunters that venture out in late April and May statewide in search of that big gobbler. Al Stewart, the upland game bird specialist for […]
Goodrich – The search begins. The school board is seeking a new superintendent to replace Larry Allen. Allen, 63, a former superintendent for Mt. Morris Schools, took the post after then superintendent Kim Hart was put on an administrative leave in July 2007. The search to replace Hart continued until a special meeting on Nov. […]
Atlas Twp.- The township board voted 4-1 on Jan.19 to form a land division committee. Under the new guidelines the supervisor, assessor and planning commission chairperson will review any changes in land splits the township may encounter. According to the rules, details of the split will be made during a public meeting, a simple majority […]