Atlas Twp.- Cleaning up after a house fire may soon be a sure thing for township residents. On Monday night, the board of trustees voted 5-0 to withhold township residents? insurance money in escrow from casualty losses including fire or explosion to repair, replace or remove damaged structures that may violate local codes. About 500 […]
Groveland Twp.- When the township hammers out a budget this spring a major item will be missing. Debt. Township Supervisor Bob DePalma said that part of the 2012-13 budget will include paying down about $206,000 in pension funding through the Michigan Employees? Retirement System (MERS). ‘Since we have the cash reserves the township can make […]
The amount of snow varied in Oakland County from six to more than 15 inches, but when the last flake fell late on New Year’s Day, there was plenty of white stuff to go around. David Koehler, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in White Lake Township, said a tightly packed low pressure center moved […]
Area motorists traveling M-15 may want to pay extra attention when crossing two key area intersections. According to a report issued by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) late last year, the highest number of crashes in Brandon Township were reported at the intersection of M-15 and Seymour Lake Road, leading the township with […]
Atlas Twp.-In November, local voters narrowly recalled 51st House State Representative Paul Scott from office. On Tuesday, township voters chose Republican Joseph Graves to fulfill a partial term that will end Jan.1, 2013. Graves received 10,290 votes (53 percent) while Democrat Steven Losey tallied 8,173 votes (42 percent). Green Party candidate Cary Neuville-Justice had 803 […]
Steve Gotham is a clown. And that’s no joke. ‘I just always wanted to be a clown my whole life,? said Gotham, 58, a Hadley Township resident. ‘When everything turns bad, laughter makes people feel better. It releases endorphins’you can’t experience pain when you’re laughing.? In the 1970s, Gotham attended Florida State University, which just […]
Goodrich- Plenty of questions’few answers. On Monday night the regular school board of trustees meeting was moved to the middle school cafeteria to accommodate about 100 parents, teachers and students following a row allegedly between the school administration, boy’s basketball coach Gary Barns, players and parents. The issue was not on the school board agenda. […]
Goodrich-In November, the village council voted 4-0 to hire Grand Blanc CPA Karl Haiser to resolve an unpaid bill of about $6,000 as well as answer questions regarding whether 19 individuals? private information was compromised by the removal of computer files after the dismissal of the village administrator. The council approved a $9,300 contract with […]
Goodrich-Isaac Jewell began his wrestling career at a rather dismal 0-23. ‘As a seventh grade wrestler at 75 pounds, I was getting pinned all the time,? said Jewell, now 18. ‘The coaches were throwing me out there against tougher opponents’they knew I would come back.? He did. On March 3, Jewell, 103 pounds, won an […]
Goodrich-By a 7-0 vote on Feb. 27 the school board approved $586,140 for artificial turf for the athletic field. After a few upgrades to the middle school last year, the second phase of a $15.4 million bond extension approved by voters in February 2011 has been ongoing since December. The bid was awarded to Kiefer […]