It was a night they’ll remember for the rest of their lives ? and that’s exactly the way it should be. About 40 of Oxford and Lake Orion’s special education students and members of LOFT, a post-high school program, attended a prom organized just for them Saturday evening at Merge Studio and Gallery. They ate. […]
We’ve all heard about best-laid plans. For a project from start to finish that was laden with curiosity and weather delays, it could not have ended better. On a 60-ish degree glorious day last Saturday, we cut the ribbon and opened our new, much anticipated play structure, Dragons Den. The only thing that didn’t go […]
We’ve all heard about best-laid plans. For a project from start to finish that was laden with curiosity and weather delays, it could not have ended better. On a 60-ish degree glorious day last Saturday, we cut the ribbon and opened our new, much anticipated play structure, Dragons Den. The only thing that didn’t go […]
Goodrich-After serving 30 years in public education in the State of Michigan, including Goodrich Area Schools, Superintendent Scott Bogner has announced his retirement from the district at the end of the current school year June 30. The decision was announced on Wednesday. ‘While we regret his departure, his leadership initiatives will remain and enhance our […]
Brandon Twp.- Voters will be asked to approve 4.25 mills for police services, an increase of a quarter mill over what voters have approved in years past. During a special workshop April 28, the township board approved by a 6-1 vote police millage ballot language for the August primary. Supervisor Kathy Thurman voted no. ‘The […]
Laten Terry, 3, sits quietly in a chair, scribbling on a piece of paper. Suddenly, he is up and pushing a swing, then moves quickly to pick up a pen, which he trades for chips before climbing into a play tunnel. His actions seem like that of any normally active toddler, except within a few […]
The Kentucky Derby has been run 139 times. And since 1936, the Kentucky National Guard been assisting with the annual Run for the Roses. This year a local will be a part of the May event. Goodrich native Cody Petit’s trek to the winner’s circle of the Churchill Downs’the home of the Kentucky Derby’began in […]
A city rolled into one big fist. That’s how Boston Marathoner Bill Snyder described Boston after completing his 26th consecutive 26.2 mile race there on April 21. Snyder, an educator for 45 years and Brandon Middle School principal for 15 years prior to his retirement in 2012, joined 52 official participants that have completed 25 […]
Brandon Twp.- Declining enrollment has plagued the district for several years now, but as the school board enters the final weeks of planning next year’s budget, a new challenge looms? the lack of a sinking fund. Such a fund would pay for building repairs and maintenance and unlike recent years, there will be no leftover […]
On May 26, 1850, Nathaniel Fairchild, 54, became the first person buried in the Goodrich Cemetery. The cause of death was lockjaw and blood poisoning caused by a horseshoe nail in his hand. Over the next 160 years, hundreds of other community members like Fairchild were interred in the village burial ground, including Cummings, Hegel, […]