A New York native born in 1858, the daughter of Irish immigrants, Mary Lyon began teaching in rural Genesee schools in the mid-1870s. About 1895 she moved to the southern Genesee County area and taught at the one-room Atlas Village School south the intersection of Perry and Gale roads. Lyon’s contribution to the education of […]
A recent effort to cut $349 million from the current state budget earlier this year, also included chopping $1.7 million from the Michigan State Police budget. The move prompted the layoffs of 100 troopers statewide and three from the Groveland Township Post. However, the cut may not have immediate impact in MSP coverage in the […]
Goodrich native Richard D. Horton learned to operate tractors and heavy trucks’fairly routine for a young man working on a farm during the 1930s. However, those skills learned as a teen would pay big dividends for thousands of Allied prisoners of war held deep behind German lines near the end of World War II. Born […]
Brandon Twp.- After just a few days? business, new restaurant owners Deb and Larry Goldman are already getting to know some regular customers. ‘Homestyle country cooking for breakfast and lunch brings them back,? said Deb, who with Larry opened Deb’s Grill & Coney, 5500 Oakhill Road, last month. ‘They are already starting to roll in […]
Goodrich – Allegations of refusal to reduce village costs have prompted recall petitions aimed at removing four of five councilmembers. Petitions seeking to oust Councilmembers Richard Horton, David Lucik and Pete Morey, as well as Council President Edmund York, were filed by village resident Diana Fredericks. Councilmember Patricia Wartella was not named. A clarity hearing […]
Goodrich-The school board voted 6-0 on Monday night to provide two sections of full-day kindergarten. A total of 44 students are needed, with a maximum of 50, for the classes which are set to begin this fall. Three sections of half-day kindergarten, two morning and one afternoon, will also be made available. ‘We are being […]
Sipping wine while working at an upscale East Lansing restaurant appeared to all in a day’s work for 1987 Goodrich High School graduate Brian Morey. At the time, Morey was earning an accounting degree from Michigan State University, and had stepped in to tend bar part-time at the Evergreen Restaurant. The decision sparked a career […]
Atlas Twp.-Vandals allegedly eager to cross the closed Green Road bridge removed two earthen barricades along with road closed signs and opened the 70-year-old structure that crosses the Kearsley Creek east of M-15. Genesee County Road Commission Manager-Director John Daly said the bridge was shut down indefinitely by the GCRC following a Dec.13 inspection with […]
A frigid, snowy January morning in 2004’snow had fallen the night before and area roads were slick. Hadley resident Elizabeth Adams, 76, loses control of her car, slides off Hadley Road, and overturns’trapping her upside down on a frozen pond’the vehicle gradually sinking below the ice into waist deep water. Three passers-by venture out on […]
Atlas Twp.-The township planning commission did not take action on changes to the master plan during Wednesday’s meeting. The master plan, which is reviewed every five years, is a guide for land use in the community it serves. Rick Misek, planning commisson chairman, said several proposed resolutions including low cost housing, senior housing in addition […]