Goodrich – Goodrich Elementary teacher Mike Ellis is destined for the Oaktree principal’s office. Ellis, a third-grade teacher who has also been involved in student projects such as Destination ImagiNation, was approved by the Goodrich Board of Education to replace former principal Kim Hart, who took over as district superintendent last month. Ellis was in […]
Goodrich – On Aug. 16, the board of education will decide whether to join the Genesee Intermediate School District in funding a skill center bus consortium. Currently, the district pays approximately $30,000 per year for fuel, buses, maintenance, and drivers to transport Goodrich students to the county’s skill center, said Goodrich superintendent Kim Hart. Joining […]
Goodrich – From her hospice bed, Nadine Clear’s face was intent on the trio who’d come to make her smile. ‘He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B,? sang the Dibbleville Dolls, a musical threesome who this week entertained the residents of Genesys Hospice. Clear clapped her hands in delight. ‘I enjoyed that immensely,? […]
Goodrich – Car and motorcycle enthusiasts will be joining a local housing company next Saturday to raise funds for children with cancer. The second annual ‘Cruising for Cancer? classic car and bike charity event will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at empty sites in the Goodrich Meadows […]
Atlas Twp. – Detective Sgt. Joe Parks is fed up with the recent upward spike in drunk driving arrests. As commander of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department Atlas Township precinct, Parks is wading through a backlog of paperwork involving felony drunk driving arrests. Nine of his 20 open complaints involve intoxicated drivers. Parks pulls the […]
Atlas Twp. ? Developer Matthew McCarty is still giving it his best swing, but the Atlas Township Planning Commission hasn’t approved the site plan for McCarty’s Golf Center. The driving range, proposed to be located at 7127 State Road, north of Brown’s Do-it Center, needs to be located on a parcel of at least nine […]
Atlas Twp. – A vigilante shooter bent on ‘protecting neighborhood children? was arrested this week. The 43-year-old Atlas Township man armed himself with a registered handgun and shot a neighborhood pit bull July 19 after two pit bulls on the loose attacked a neighbor’s dog. ‘The defendant stated he was not satisfied with animal control? […]
Atlas Twp. ? Atlas Township is one of the last municipalities in Genesee County to get online with a 17-year-old tax collection system. ?(Atlas Township) would be almost the last? in the county, said Maxine Henry, systems analyst for the Genesee County Property Tax Team. Atlas Township officials approved using the system at the July […]
Goodrich ? It’s been years since the Goodrich Chamber of Commerce has been active. That may soon change. Patty Plant, owner of Cranberries Caf? in Goodrich, is looking for prospective members to fuel the organization and spur community interest in local businesses. With an absence of area entertainment such as a movie theater, ‘the only […]
Goodrich ? An officer active in the U.S. Army Reserves may soon take charge of Goodrich High School. The Goodrich Board of Education selected LakeVille High School Principal David St. Aubin to take over the role of GHS Principal Kenneth Andrezjewski, who will retire in January 2005. St. Aubin, of Davison, was one of three […]