The average sale price of existing homes increased in the fourth quarter of 2004 in local markets according to a report from the North Oakland County Board of Realtors. Brandon Township home sales prices outpaced Groveland, Goodrich and Atlas Township sales during the fourth quarter. The number of homes listed on the market in Brandon […]
Brandon Twp.-After more than 33 years as an elementary teacher culminated by a nomination for Oakland County teacher of the year, a local teaching icon says this will be her last year. ‘It was all farm county when I first came to Brandon,? said Diane Pich, Harvey-Swanson elementary third grade teacher. ‘There was no McDonald’s […]
Most vehicles that maneuver the curves in front of Atlas native Harold Anderson’s home pass by without incident. However, the handful of motorists that have stopped by unexpectedly over the years have him concerned. Anderson estimates that more 30 drivers have missed the corner of Gale and Perry roads just west of the Atlas Mill […]
Atlas Twp.-Weather conditions for Goodrich March 13, 2010: Water temperature 33 degrees, air temperature 40 degrees, wind gusts 35 mph, with light freezing rain. A brutal day to take a swim’a great day for a plunge. About 70 individuals were present at the third annual Polar Bear Plunge’held at the Washburn Road home and pond […]
Mike Hemmingsen, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Davison Transportation Service Center manager said a major section of M-15 between I-69 to the Oakland County line south of Goodrich will be resurfaced with one-and a half inches asphalt starting in May, with the projected completed in late June. The M-15 road surface in the Village of […]
Groveland Twp.- Life will be just a little more green for some township residents thanks to a grant awarded earlier this year. Governor Jennifer Granholm announced in late January that the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth (DELEG) has awarded $17.4 million in grants to 125 cities, villages, townships, and counties throughout Michigan […]
January home sales in Genesee and Oakland counties increased by more than 21 percent while home sale prices nudged slightly higher according to a report issued by Realcomp last week. The higher home values are a possible change in a three year downward spiral said Jeff Dawley, of Goodrich based Atlas Real Estate. ‘Our inventory […]
At 6 p.m., March 29 the Goodrich School Board will host a special meeting at the Goodrich High School Cafeteria for the public to discuss School of Choice for the district. At issue will be the district’s options regarding acceptance of students from other school districts outside of Goodrich. During the 2009-10 school year the […]
The 2010 high school baseball season will begin much like the last nearly two decades for Coach Ron Wagner’with one major exception. After 18 years’compiling a record of 284 wins and 245 losses at the helm of the Brandon Varsity Baseball team? Wagner will travel north on M-15 this spring, stepping in as an assistant […]
A 1996 candidate for Groveland Township supervisor pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false 2003 tax return. Pamela Blodgett, 57, of Holly will be sentenced in front of United States District Court Judge Gerald E. Rosen on June 21 and faces a maximum of three years in prison and a […]