By David Fleet Editor AJ Craven lived for baseball. The 8-year-old Fenton first grade student had played the game since he was 2-years-old, recalls Eileen Craven, his mother. ‘He just loved to play’so when he woke up late for a game one spring day I became suspicious’something was not quite right. AJ was very tired […]
Goodrich-At a special meeting on Monday night, the school board accepted the resignation of Board Trustee James Bertrand. School Board President Michael Tripp, who at times battled with Bertrand over a variety of issues, said he brought plenty of knowledge to the board over the years. ‘I did not always agree with Jim, but I […]
Groveland Twp.-For three decades, Dale Smith, 56, former Holly Township supervisor, and his brother, Mark Smith, have cared for the Olive Branch Cemetery. ‘We mowed the place and pretty much cared for the acre cemetery, it’s time for a change,? said Smith. ‘There’s about 200 graves in the cemetery, the earliest dates back to about […]
Groveland Twp.-In November 1910, LC and Clara Scramlin purchased 121 acres near Jossman and Oakhill roads for a cost of $5,800. The parcel of property had been owned by area resident Charlie Knox. ‘The farm could not have been too profitable,? said grandson Marvin Scramlin who, along with his wife Terrie, still farm a 12-acre […]
Reading 100 books and helping collect money for the Goodrich Library is just part of how an Oaktree Elementary student has spent her summer vacation. Hannah Dawley, 9, an avid reader and frequent library patron, said she was inspired to collect donations door-to-door in her township neighborhood for the Goodrich Library after finding an article […]
Atlas Township-By a 4-1 vote on Monday night the township board approved a special assessment of $50 for improved parcels, and $25 for unimproved parcels, to partially fund law enforcement for the community. The public hearing comes after a 4-1 vote last month to establish a special assessment district. The purpose of Monday’s meeting, which […]
After more than 16 consecutive hours of paddling covering 120 miles on AuSable River from Grayling to Lake Huron’Jeff Caryl was ready to hang it up. Almost. ‘The last two-and-a-half hours (of the race) I was feeling it,? he said. ‘I could not raise my arms, I had blisters on my hands. I said I […]
Muldorf, Germany 1945. That’s where Richard D. Horton was when WWII ended. It’s also where the Goodrich native jumped down off the M-4A4 Sherman tank for the last time. His military tour of duty as part of the 14th Armored Division who earned the nickname, ‘Liberators,? where during the last days of WWII they liberated […]
The Goodrich School Board moved forward Monday night with a proposal by the Oscar W. Larson Company to replace three 40-year-old underground fuel tanks that had failed an Enviromental Protection Agency inspection earlier this month. At a cost of $125,042, the board agreed to a plan which included removal of the existing tanks, upgraded fuel […]
Brandon Twp.- A small piece of the community is missing. An 80-year-old brass plaque identifying Tunis D. Hummer (1789-1863) and wife Francina (Swayze 1793-1878) along with their family members as one of the township’s pioneer families has been allegedly removed by vandals. In 1932 descendants of Tunis D.and Francina moved a rock (known as Hummer […]