It’s been more than 50 years since the village first took ownership from the township of the Lyceum building, home to the Goodrich Library. Later this year that may change. During a special public meeting at the Atlas Township Hall on Aug. 27, village councilmembers, along with township officials, Friends of the Goodrich Library, and […]
It’s been 17 years since the Goodrich and Brandon high school soccer teams battled for the County Line Cup. The fight for the trophy included seven games between 1985 and 1992, 1989 excluded, and was dominated by the Blackhawks. At 6:45 p.m., Tuesday, the battle will be revived at the Brandon High School soccer field. […]
On June 1, Simms Chevrolet was notified by General Motors that a contract would not be renewed for 2010. Typically, new vehicles would begin arriving on dealers? lots in August for the next calendar year’a given for owner Larry Simms after purchasing the dealership in 1992 from Owen Chevrolet, which opened the M-15 location in […]
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 only seven blocks from Bourbon Street. Hurricane […]
Brandon Twp.-In the1980s, township resident Roger McCarville once told a Detroit newspaper, ‘Rosa Parks could get on the bus to protest (and) we still can’t get on the bus.? McCarville’s quip at Detroit City officials, followed his arrest after he and others chained themselves to city buses on Jefferson Avenue, protesting a lack of adequate […]
Ortonville-Army veteran Steven Bellant was honored on Sept. 4 by about 60 members of the Patriot Guard following services at Coats Village Funeral Home, Sherman Wilk Chapel, 135 South St. Patriot Guard Ride Captain and Independence Township resident John Koval said the group was invited by the family to post in front of the funeral […]
Brandon Twp.-In the1980s, township resident Roger McCarville once told a Detroit newspaper, ‘Rosa Parks could get on the bus to protest (and) we still can’t get on the bus.? McCarville’s quip at Detroit City officials, followed his arrest after he and others chained themselves to city buses on Jefferson Avenue, protesting a lack of adequate […]
Ortonville-Army veteran Steven Bellant was honored on Sept. 4 by about 60 members of the Patriot Guard following services at Coats Village Funeral Home, Sherman Wilk Chapel, 135 South St. Patriot Guard Ride Captain and Independence Township resident John Koval said the group was invited by the family to post in front of the funeral […]
Atlas Twp.-What began at a small rural prayer meeting has grown into a local landmark near the county line. Lakeview Community Church will celebrate their 40th anniversary at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 13 with a special service and a fellowship meal. ‘We have a vision here at Lakeview Community Church,? said current Pastor Jeremy Spear. ‘All […]
At noon Tuesday, the first day of classes at Goodrich High School, senior Elizabeth Gray was reading in the school’s media center while about 700 of her classmates were in the auditorium watching President Barack Obama’s ‘Back-to-School? speech. ‘I don’t believe we should be forced to watch Obama,? said Gray. ‘If my parents want me […]