Atlas Township and Goodrich residents will have a chance to make history when they head to the poll on Tuesday. Local voters, along with Flushing Township voters will be the first in Genesee County to utilize the new M100 Optical Scan Election System and Software voting system. Using a pen or pencil voters will blacken […]
Atlas Twp.’The Michigan Manufactured Housing Association responded last week to new House bills that would change rules governing manufactured homes. The two bills, spearheaded by several lawmakers including State Representative David Robertson (R-Grand Blanc) provide township boards and city councils the authority to govern codes, licenses, repair and installation of manufactured homes parks. The second […]
On Tuesday Atlas Township and Goodrich voters approved by a 5-to-1 margin 1 mill for a period of five years to contract police services with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. The renewed millage cost an owner of a home worth $200,000 about $100 per year. The deputies also patrol Goodrich which contributes 30 percent of […]
The Michigan House is considering a bill that would provide every sixth-grade student a laptop computer. The estimated 132,000 computers would cost taxpayers about $39.3 million with $17.3 million from the federal government. The ambitious project would provide students a ‘leg up? on technology and help educators by giving sixth grade students a computer to […]
As Atlas Township and Goodrich residents brace for yet another round of debates regarding a proposed 1,000 unit mobile home community: existing area mobile home parks are nearly full’prompting some questions regarding the need for lower income housing. Representatives of the Mobile Home Association, created by the Mobile Home Commission Act in 1977 to respond […]
Students in the Brandon school district return to class on Thursday, Aug. 21. The first day of school will begin with a full day for all students. The following is the schedule of opening day times and information for each building: nBelle Ann Elementary: Students attending Belle Ann Elementary School are scheduled to begin classes […]
Brandon Twp.-On April 18, 2003 Brigett Briggs and her mother Waltraud Wehr were on a return flight to Frankfurt, Germany with nearly all hope lost. Now, four months later hope has returned. Brigett Briggs, 53, a native of Neuhof, Germany came to Brandon Township with her husband Carl about 35 years ago. Her mother Waltraud […]
Students in the Brandon school district return to class on Thursday, Aug. 21. The first day of school will begin with a full day for all students. The following is the schedule of opening day times and information for each building: nBelle Ann Elementary: Students attending Belle Ann Elementary School are scheduled to begin classes […]
When township residents say, ‘slow down,? local drivers are going to listen. ‘Often people would question the speed on local roads,? said Robert DePalma, Groveland township supervisor. ‘Many times residents need motorists to slow down driving past their houses and they request the township’s help. This new law will aid with the process.? DePalma along […]
About a month ago my son Sam,15, and I were out checking our deer blinds behind our cabin in Antrim County in northwestern Michigan. My blind (of all places) is amid a major wild blackberry patch thus a major dining area for resident black bears. Needless to say, the “four-legged-fur-bags” deposit their calling card in […]