It’s been a tough start for the boys varsity lacrosse team being five weeks into the season and having only played one game due to poor weather conditions. ‘I have a 16 game schedule coming back from the break, playing three times a week which means we don’t get a lot of time to improve […]
Mayhem was the order of the day Saturday as 340 smiling children stormed the field at Seymour Lake Township Park as part of the annual Easter Bunny Bonanza. When the horn sounded, the kids scrambled to pick up as many colorful plastic eggs as they could. After that, they raced around again to collect ping […]
When Justin Walker lined up at the starting line of the 2014 Boston Marathon on Monday, it wasn’t an entirely new experience. He was about to mark his fifth running of the world’s most famous race, and his 61st open marathon overall. But while he had been here before, this marathon was different from all […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board approved at their April 21 meeting a 3-year superintendent contract for Dr. Matthew Outlaw. While the board was unanimous in their selection last month of Outlaw as the new superintendent, they were split on his contract. Treasurer Kevin McClellan, Secretary Chris Yuchasz and Trustees Debbie Brady and John Chartier voted […]
Ortonville- It was in the late ?90s that Alice Gajewski’s husband, Sylvester, saw a special sign outside of the Ortonville United Methodist Church. The sign was for a quilt show. He drove home and brought his wife, new to the quilting hobby, back to the church. ‘There was a whole basement filled with quilting women […]
Atlas Twp.-About 150 area armed forces men and women will receive a much deserved honor this Memorial Day. On March 6, township officials first proposed at a budget work session to purchase the flags and holders for veterans interred in the Atlas Community Baptist Church Cemetery, Goodrich Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, Horton Cemetery, Sandborn Cemetery and […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board of trustees voted 6-0 to OK a special assessment for $114 for improved lots for a total of $254,676. Garbage collection and recycling from all occupied properties in the township. Residents are currently paying $107 annual for the service. Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones was absent. ‘We are still in the same […]
Atlas Twp.- Can you hear me now? Area residents may soon get notification of inclement weather just a little louder and clearer following the Monday night township meeting. The board of trustees OK’d $13,000 for the purchase of an additional tornado siren. The funds, along with a grant from the Genesee County Emergency Management and […]
Goodrich- Apple pie. Blueberry pie. Boston cream pie. Chocolate pie. Coconut cream pie. Chicken pot pie. Ice cream pie. All these pies and more, in all 102 pies and quiches and even cheesecake, will be found at the 12th annual silent pie auction, planned for 6 p.m., May 4, at the Goodrich United Methodist Church, […]
Crafters, scrappers, and shoppers are needed to help spark the interests of some area students. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., May 3, the Brandon Middle School Parent Teacher Organization will host its first annual Spring Scrapbook Crop. The fundraiser will benefit the seventh grade Hands-on Science Day. From a liquid nitrogen investigation to exploring dry ice […]