Goodrich – Owners of cars for sale parked in parking lots along M-15 may soon get more than just an offer to buy their ride. Used vehicles sold along M-15 are becoming an eyesore, say village officials, as well as a potentially hazardous distraction along the busy road. So numerous are the hodgepodge of vehicles […]
Lansing – The future of the Groveland Township State police post could be known as early as this week say officials from State Rep. Jim Marleau’s office. ‘The governor and the Senate agree with me that public safety is a top priority for our communities and should not be taken lightly,? Marleau said. ‘I am […]
By David Fleet Special from The Citizen New Orleans seemed like a great vacation destination. Tom Turnbull, 27, a Brandon Township resident and 1998 graduate from Oxford High School along with his fianc’e Melissa Kember,19 scheduled a week at the Park Plaza Hotel near Canal Street just four blocks from the historic French Quarter and […]
Brandon Twp.-On Sunday afternoon, Oakwood Elementary School Principal Kristy Spann spent the best part of an hour-and-a-half of a two-hour open house outside. ‘The crowd was steady all afternoon,? said Spann, who will lead the newly constructed Oakwood Elementary School when it opens this September. ‘I had very little time to come in and show […]
Brandon Twp.-Retirements, coupled with a change from part-time kindergarten classes to full-time classes and a few more kindergarten students, have prompted the addition of teachers in the Brandon School District. Janet McLeod, Brandon School District Human Resources coordinator, said the job postings were up on the Brandon Schools website for about seven days this summer. […]
Atlas Twp.-Two area bridges were inspected earlier this month by the Genesee County Road Commission along with township officials. The Jordan Road bridge located between Irish and Atlas roads, along with the Henderson Road bridge were the focus of the daylong study. Fred Peivandi, director of engineering at the Genesee County Road Commission, said both […]
Brandon School officials are now seeking buyers for two parcels of district-owned property. The sale includes a 23-acre section of property along Oakwood Road, just north of Leece Road, purchased with bond extension dollars in December 2006 for the construction of the new Oakwood Elementary School. Purchased at a cost of $500,000 from Tucker Investment […]
Ortonville-For one area family, ‘the Sunday before, the Sunday before Labor Day,? has been marked on their calendar for the past 90 years. Since August 1916, the Howell family’a local clan who since the summer of 1857 when Abram and Sally Howell first sailed up the old Erie Canal to Sandusky, Ohio, crossed Lake Erie […]
It’s likely that hundreds of years ago pioneers made sauerkraut for the sole propose of preserving cabbage for the long winter months, long after the late summer crop was gone. Today, that traditional process of mixing curing salt, garlic, and freshly sliced cabbage in a nonmetallic container lives on in Goodrich. Village resident Pete Morey […]
Brandon Twp.- Climbing to 12,000 feet above sea level on a Santa Fe, New Mexico mountain, Jonathan Schechter was inspired. The 58-year-old township resident, avid hiker and camper had made the trek to the southwestern region of the United States to attend a wilderness medical conference on high altitude illness. ‘I made a decision while […]