Goodrich- Resident David Worley’s life is all about harmony. Literally. Worley is a member of the Flint Arrowhead Barbershop Chorus. The group will perform ‘along with the Sweet Adeline and Fermata Nowhere quartets? at 4 p.m., April 21 at the Raymond C. Green Center for the Performing Arts in Goodrich High School, 8029 Gale Road. […]
Goodrich- The Commons may become a warm-weather hot spot for locals this summer. Village council president Ed York announced during the April 9 meeting the council’s intention of revamping the Commons area near M-15 and Erie Street to draw the community together for some fun in the sun. The council is looking at ways of […]
Atlas Twp.- The petitions are in. Approximately 124 petitions bearing about 1,109 signatures of residents requesting the hotly debated five acre minimum be put to a vote were turned in at 3:30 p.m. on April 2 at the township hall. The signatures were received by the township prior to the March 5 deadline to bring […]
Goodrich-They may be called ‘Ugly Quilts,? but the creations turned out by some of the women of Goodrich United Methodist Church are a beautiful sentiment. Barbara Maki, of Goodrich, says the quilts are made from large pieces of clean bedding to create durable, portable, quilted sleeping bags for area homeless. Three women, including Maki, started […]
Goodrich-Allegations of sexual harassment surrounded the middle school last week, as students claimed inappropriate behavior on the part of their principal. According to reports from ABC-12, the incident stems from a sexual education class in which students were told whistling and barking at women were inappropriate behaviors that qualified as sexual harassment. At that point, […]
Atlas Twp.- The petitions are in. Approximately 124 petitions bearing about 1,109 signatures of residents requesting the hotly debated five acre minimum be put to a vote were turned in at 3:30 p.m. on April 2 at the township hall. The signatures were received by the township prior to the March 5 deadline to bring […]
Goodrich- Superintendent Kimberly Hart is keeping her job for at least one more year. The Goodrich Area Schools Board of Education unaniomously approved a new contract for Hart during their March 26 meeting. It’s a renewal that comes in the midst of mounting tensions in the community concerning negotiations between the district’s administration and it’s […]
Atlas Twp- A new township budget has been approved, with an increase in salary for township employees and a raise for the fire chief. Township clerk Tere Onica said a 4 percent raise in salary was given to township employees across the board in the form of a Cost of Living Allowence (COLA). ‘That’s all […]
Goodrich- The district is buying two new school buses. Keeping with their tradition of buying two new buses each year to keep a rotation of newer vehicles in the fleet, the Goodrich Area Schools Board of Education voted unanimously in favor of decision. Both 2008, 71 passenger buses are being purchased from Capital City Bus […]
Goodrich- Ryan Lopez is home. At least for the moment. Lopez, 20, was welcomed back to Goodrich at around 7:30 p.m. on March 22 with a celebration at The Bull Ring, 8234 M-15, after spending nearly a year serving with the United States Marine Corps in Ramadiyah, Iraq. A 2005 graduate of Goodrich High School, […]