Atlas Twp.-Since his graduation from Goodrich High School in 2003, Thomas ‘Jake? Sanford, has been a Marine on the move’from a stint in Okinawa, Japan, to earning honors on the rifle range, to achieving the rank of sergeant’Jake’s military career has been stellar. Now the 22-year-old Atlas native is faced with an even greater challenge. […]
Atlas Twp.- It’s been about a year since the response time of a local ambulance company to an injured player during a Goodrich High School football game come under fire prompting a host of concerns. This season it’s a new ball game thanks to the efforts of Groveland Township emergency medical personnel. A Groveland Township […]
Groveland Twp.-On Sept. 10, the township board of trustees approved a resolution to support increased legislation and regulatory action on oil and gas development in the area. Brandon, Springfield and Waterford townships recently signed similar resolutions. Specifically, the resolution takes aim at fracking’the hydraulic fracturing for natural gas which involves chemicals and potentially hazardous materials […]
On Sept. 13, officals from Oxford Bank announced they have entered into a ‘definitive agreement? under which it will be acquired by the Farmington Hills-based Level One Bank for a $3.47 million. Locally Oxford Bank has two locations 345 South Ortonville Road, Ortonville and 8125 South State Road, Goodrich. In addition Oxford Bank branch offices […]
Goodrich Superintendent Kim Hart’s job hunt has been delayed. After offering Hart the top spot for the Whitmore Lake School District last week, the school board tabled a contract offer for Hart at the Aug. 13 school board meeting. John Mayleben, president of the Whitmore Lake School Board, said the contract for Hart was discussed […]
Goodrich’From on-board to on-line’Jan’s Sport Shop is going to change this fall. After more than 30 years in town, Jan’s, 7285 State Road (M-15), will now host an on-line auction at their location just north of the village. The local company will continue to offer boat service and parts at the same site. Large items […]
Groveland Twp.’Oak Haven Farm owner Nick Nichols, or Farmer Nick as he is commonly known, says the local landmark will be here for at least one more season. Despite some remaining ‘For Sale? signs, Nichols, 62, says a deal with Dixie Baptist Church, 8585 Dixie Highway, Clarkston to purchase the 34-acre Oak Haven Farm located […]
Groveland Twp.-By 4-0 vote Monday night, the township board of trustees OK’d a commercial noise ordinance that would curtail excessive sound late in the evening. Trustee David Ax was absent. The ordinance comes after residents in the Thread Valley and Bavarian Woods subdivisions just to the east of Bottoms Up Food & Spirits, 14007 Dixie […]
Goodrich- Just what the costs of the detachment will be will have to wait until after the vote in November. On Sept. 20 a special meeting to establish value on village assets prior to the detachment vote in November was called for the village and Atlas Township by John O’Brien, director of the water and […]
A series of mild winters have kept local deer populations level over the last few hunting seasons, say Department of Natural Resources officials. But a new factor may be thrown into the mix as the general 2012 Michigan archery deer season opens statewide Oct. 1. ‘The deer numbers are creeping up in the northern areas […]