Bridgeport News

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District leaders plan to lay off up to 15 teachers in the next few weeks, though the precise number depends on how many veteran educators accept a $20,000 cash incentive to resign by Jan.

Danny R. Buford, 35, of 1905 Cherry was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison, with 126 days credit, for third-degree fleeing from a police officer and resisting and obstructing a police officer April 2 at 17th and Holland in Saginaw.

The sight of Saginaw County Road Commission plow trucks pushing snow out of the way on weekends could become a rarity on some streets.

Bridgeport Township police and state police from the Bridgeport Post were looking for an armed robber.

The dream of making the Cass River a tourist attraction is moving forward. On Wednesday, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board of Trustees recommended 67 recreation projects and land acquisitions for 2010 totaling $35.7 million to Governor Jennifer Granholm.

Nick Santino, left, 49, owner of Santino's Tree Farm, 7650 Bell in Bridgeport, shakes loose needles from a tree that Linda R. Sebald, 69, and Dick T. Sebald, 78, of Frankenmuth are purchasing.

30, in the parking lot of The Rehmann Group, 5800 Gratiot; and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Martin Chevrolet, 8800 Gratiot.

Turkey-weary folks can heat up their palate at La Uni-n C'vica Mexicana's first "Tamale Taste-off" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

More than 300 moms, dads and youngsters gave The Verve Pipe's newest venture a rousing vote of approval Saturday afternoon at the Mid Michigan Children's Museum in Saginaw.

A painting by Bridgeport artist Alan Maciag and these wood block prints made by Russian children will be auctioned off at Studio 23's "Black and White Affair "fundraiser. "Rare" is the word at "Black and White Affair," the year's biggest fundraiser for Studio 23/The Arts Center in Bay City.

A judge has postponed the trial of a former teaching assistant at the Millet Learning Center in Bridgeport Township charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with an incapacitated person.

Original story posted on MLive.com Nov. 13 About 1,400 Saginaw County high school freshmen gathered this morning at Saginaw Valley State University's Ryder Center to embrace the "stay in school" message.

Rosemary Tinney drives about 15 minutes to Frankenmuth from Bridgeport Township every time she has business to do at the Secretary of State, despite a nearer branch in Buena Vista Township.

Barry S. Coleman Jr. told Tiffany L. Smith he would kill her if she didn't pay him the money she owed, a witness testified Wednesday.

OK, I have questions on the following articles: "Wrong Path?" dated Oct. 11 and then "Bridgeport and businesses should work toward a quick compromise for bridge-trail project" dated Oct.

One old bridge continues to cause a stir in a Mid-Michigan community. Last week WNEM TV5 reported on a few small businesses in Bridgeport Township who said plans to refurbish the bridge could harm their livelihood.

Joan M. Chaltraw, 73, of Bridgeport Township calls a bingo game after eating lunch at Bicentennial Hall, the Saginaw County Commission on Aging Bridgeport Senior Center, 3670 Southfield in Bridgeport.

When Eva Martinez made the leap from Bridgeport High School to her first class at Michigan State University, she was in for a shock.

Addie Savard Wilde, 91, 'walked on' into the loving arms of her Savior Saturday, Nov.

Some seniors in Saginaw County will need to find a new place to receive meals and other services because the Bridgeport Senior Center is slated to close.