For Steve Wood it often starts with a phone call. ?’I hope you don’t think I’m crazy,? the caller will say,? said Wood. ? ‘But there’s something going on in my house and I just can’t explain what it is.?? For the past five years Steve and his business partner, Mike Marton, have worked to […]
Groveland Twp.- The Michigan Renaissance Festival is over, but the traffic and parking woes for the late summer township event continue. On Tuesday night, the township board of trustees and Supervisor Bob DePalma vehemently expressed concern with the congestion from the festival that draws more than 250,000 visitors between Aug. 22 through Oct. 4. ‘We’ve […]
Goodrich-The acts of kindness were diverse, simple and random. ‘I cleaned my room without being asked,? ‘I paid for the person’s food behind us at the drive thru,? ‘A kid in my math class was crying because he did not have a partner so I promised him I’d always be his partner if he needed […]
Goodrich- Fresh water is often taken for granted these days, so when a neighboring community’s supply was recently compromised it became news. District students, along with village residents, recognized the need and acted. ‘Many of the students heard the story about the water in Flint on the news along with the lead contamination impacting children,? […]
Goodrich- Fresh water is often taken for granted these days, so when a neighboring community’s supply was recently compromised it became news. District students, along with village residents, recognized the need and acted. ‘Many of the students heard the story about the water in Flint on the news along with the lead contamination impacting children,? […]
Goodrich- A new senior housing project may be coming to the village. Local officials were expected to meet on Thursday to discuss phase one of 50 one or two bedroom apartments for individuals 55-years-old and up. The proposed housing will be on six acres purchased about five years ago from the Goodrich United Methodist Church […]
East Lansing-In their first full year as a varsity sport, the Goodrich Girls Golf team finished the 2015 season as runners-up to the state champions for Division 3 following competition Oct. 17 at Forest Akers West Golf Course at Michigan State University. ‘We started as a club sport halfway through the 2014 season,? said Jason […]
Groveland Twp.- Renaissance officials say changes will be made to help avoid Dixie Highway traffic gridlocks next year. Township officials are concerned after the Renaissance Festival weekends of Sept. 19-20 and 26-27, where traffic on Dixie Highway was bumper-to-bumper for miles in both directions for several hours. Traffic stretched from the Renaissance entrance north to […]
Atlas Twp.-By 2017, a township pathway will border the west side of Gale Road from Goodrich High School to Atlas’the culmination of years of planning and cooperation between area leaders and residents. Those efforts were recognized on Oct. 23 by the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission who awarded the citizen-led group Walk, Bike, Run Atlas […]
Goodrich- By a 7-0 vote on Monday night the school board of trustees accepted an audit from Lewis & Knopf for the 2014-15 fiscal year ending June 30. The audit was presented by Antia Abrol, principal. The district ended the 2014-15 fiscal year with a fund balance of 9.60 percent or $1,799,546, up from 7.33 […]