Board seeking input on superintendent

Goodrich – The Goodrich Board of Education will meet beginning at 4 p.m. May 24 to conduct second interviews with three candidates for school superintendent. The board narrowed its search to four contenders last week: Janet Sifferman, current Hartland School District assistant superintendent; Kim Hart, current principal of Goodrich Oaktree Elementary; Michael Dodge, current principal […]

Eat out to support Goodrich playgrounds

Goodrich – If you’re hungry for Italian food, don’t plan on cooking. Eating out can help support the playgrounds of the Goodrich Community. From 4 to 9 p.m. June 7 you can order take-out or dine in at Italia Gardens, located at 1141 S. State Road in Davison. The restaurant will donate a percentage of […]

Atlas Township eyes

Atlas Twp. – Atlas Township may get a golf driving range. Property owned by Gerald Barnett, located on M-15 approximately one-half mile north of Brown’s Do-it Center may be turned into a driving range by architectural firm API Inc. of Grand Blanc. The project was presented to the Atlas Township Planning Commission at its May […]

Goodrich-Ovid mayor exchange day

Goodrich – Goodrich officials and leaders from the Village of Ovid prepare to board a bus for a full day’s tour of area highlights during last Monday’s Mayor Exchange day. Back, from left: Ovid leaders Rod Tew, Phil Cooley, and Don Passmore with Goodrich Village Administrator Jakki Sidge, Goodrich Village Secretary Traci Christner, and Goodrich […]

Smacked

Goodrich – An all-American feel drifted over the Martian football field that 1996 autumn Friday evening. Goodrich was behind. An anxious crowd turned exuberant as junior Eric Curtis made a spectacular block, then the winning touchdown. Life was good. In high school, Eric’s friends were everywhere. A football captain and weight lifter from a close […]

Lightning sparks day off for GMS students

Goodrich – Goodrich Middle School students were evacuated this week after the school’s alarm system was disabled by a lightning strike. The school was thought to have taken a hit during the May 10 lightning storm, which elicited a full response from Atlas Township firefighters, said Atlas fire chief Jim Naugler. ‘We don’t know where […]

Officer dies in

Groveland Twp. – Bloomfield Township Police Officer Gary Davis, a Groveland Township resident, died early Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle while on duty. Davis, 36, was a decorated 12-year veteran of the force. At approximately 3 a.m. May 13, Davis had placed a driver in the back seat of his vehicle in […]

Late tax fees to stay

Goodrich – Goodrich Village Council members recently voted to keep late tax collection in-house. Village tax bills, normally sent out July 1, are due by Sept. 30. Instead of Genesee County collecting delinquent taxes after the deadline’and keeping the accompanying late fees’the Goodrich Village Council opted to allow residents to pay taxes at the village […]

Davison State Bank branch slated to

Goodrich – A vacant M-15 office will soon house Davison State Bank’s first non-Davison branch. Although remodeling plans have not yet been finalized, senior vice president Kevin Hammer estimates the 800-square-foot location will offer three teller stations, and employee five to seven personnel. No further approval is required by the Goodrich Planning Commission for the […]

Building fee hike Ok’d

Goodrich – Increases in some Goodrich building permit fees were approved at the May 10 village council meeting. The building fee for a house under 2,000 square feet increased from $350 to $470 since the 2003-2004 schedule. Fees for garages, porches, and decks accompanying any size house increased from 4 to 8 cents per square […]

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