Groveland Twp.-Area residents can now pick up energy kits at the township offices, thanks to the state Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The township received $53,700 to purchase 512 energy kits, which are now available for distribution to residents on a […]
Groveland Township resident and former lawmaker Ruth Johnson has announced she will run for Secretary of State. Johnson said she will battle special interest groups who support allowing voters to register the day of an election and not requiring voters to have to show identification at polls. ‘Between no photo identification and same day voting, […]
More than 100 student, parents, teachers and staff jammed the Goodrich community room on Monday night during the regular meeting to speak out on a host of proposed cuts to balance a budget estimated to be $2.2 million in the red. The turnout was in part sparked after the district distributed 21 pink slips to […]
Groveland Township will soon have an Ace. Local owners Robert and Shawn Frisch are anticipating the opening of Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road by the first of June in the old True Value Hardware location, which closed in August 2009. The store is currently undergoing some renovations, including a fresh coat of paint and […]
Michael Cameron knows electronics. After seven years in the United States Navy as an electronics technician assigned to a 500-foot destroyer sailing in the west Pacific, followed by a decade stint with General Motors at the Warren Technology Center’Cameron has acquired a vast knowledge of computer technology. ‘Whether a virus, hardware problem or software, I […]
Brandon Township resident Jeremy Skibo, 38, has hunting in the northern Oakland County area for more than 20 years. For the past five years Skibo has hunted turkey on private land in the township. ‘Four birds in the past five years,? said Skibo. ‘The 2010 year has been slow so far. I’ve been hunting since […]
The small business marketplace is anything but small. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, there are an estimated 29.6 million small businesses in the United States employing more than half of the country’s private sector workforce, hiring 40 percent of high tech workers and include 52 percent home-based businesses. Locally, a […]
On May 10 the school board will conduct a special meeting at the Goodrich High School community room to discuss a host of options to contend with a $2.1 million deficit for the 2010-11 school year. Goodrich Superintendent John Fazer and school boardmembers discussed a host of budgetary cuts for a three year budget during […]
Local EMS may realize some improvements in Atlas Township. Lloyd Fayling, 9-1-1 director for Genesee County, said within a year a new mode of EMS dispatch could be in place that could speed service to the southeastern regions of the county. Under the new plan, each ambulance that wishes to participate will be required to […]
Goodrich Middle School Principal Paul Minns was one of six candidates considered by the Ithaca Schools Board of Education to be hired as superintendent for the central Michigan district. However, following six open to the public superintendent interviews for the district top spot on April 15 and 17 in the Ithaca School’s Media Center, Minns […]