About 280 of the 330 kindergarten through fourth grade students brought in pledges but nearly all the students participated the first annual Fund-Run at HT Burt Elementary. Deborah Rader, school principal says the fund-raiser netted more than $15,000, surpassing their goal. Students received pledges from sponsors for about a 1/10 of a mile lap around […]
It was March 21, 2003 when Charles and Darlene Newberry of Brandon Township walked into The Citizen office and proclaimed their son, Douglas Newberry, a paratrooper in the United States Infantry 173 Airborne was deployed in northern Iraq. Just a few days earlier on March 19, 2003 United States and United Kingdom forces began conducting […]
Francine Parry accomplished more than just a decent workout running on her treadmill Wednesday morning. The monotony of jogging in place coupled with a passion for the Regis and Kelly show paid some decent dividends at about 9:20 a.m. The show airs locally at 9 a.m. on WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit. ‘I’ve been watching the […]
Just weeks before the Atlas Township Planning Commission grapples with recommendations for an ordinance to contend with medical marijiuana in the community’two raids of area medical marijuana dispensaries may make even foggier an already hazy issue. ‘What’s happening around us regarding medical marijuana is raising more questions than answers. Where do we go? ? asked […]
Goodrich-A $15.4 million bond extension OK’d by the district last month may sweeten district coffers following a special school board meeting on Tuesday night. By a 7-0 vote, the board passed a resolution to apply for Quality School Construction Bonds that if approved would drop the projected interest rate from about 5.125 percent down to […]
At 8 a.m., Sept. 21, Coats Village Funeral Home, 135 South St., Ortonville, invites veterans and their spouses to join them for a free breakfast and a bus trip to Holly’s Great Lakes National Cemetery for a personal tour of the property. Great Lakes National Cemetery is the second national cemetery built in Michigan and […]
A village land owner is questioning the procedure as to how public officials notify citizens when an ordinance is in violation. Atlas Township resident Al Ryden, who owns the building and property at 8223 State Road, said he received a phone call from someone claiming to be the village code enforcement officer last month. The […]
By David Fleet Editor Earlier this spring the Michigan Department of Transportation conducted a study that measured peak hour traffic on M-15 between Richfield Road (north of Davison) to the Oakland-Genesee county line. Positioning video cameras along M-15 at Richfield Road, Lippincott Boulevard and the Oakland-Genesee county line, vehicles were tracked heading south in the […]
Groveland Twp.- Each fall for more than 10 years the friendly face of a 12-foot inflatable scarecrow sitting atop a bright orange pumpkin welcomed patrons to Oak Haven Farm, located at 7515 Grange Hall Road near Dixie Highway. Yet when workers at the farm–which attracts about 4,000 to 6,000 students each year for autumn field […]
Tracy Murphy, 40, had never encountered a black bear until the afternoon on Sept. 26. Hunting from an enclosed ground- blind in Dickinson County in the western Upper Peninsula, Murphy–a veteran hunter of about 15 years– watched as several smaller bears came into the bait pile to snack on a mix of bread, pancake syrup, […]