Brandon Twp.- It’s been 38 years since Donald Patrick first walked into a classroom in the Brandon School District. Now the local education icon, known for community dinners, establishment of the intermediate school concept and a lighthearted character says it’s time for a change. Patrick, 64, Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School principal, announced his retirement from […]
Groveland Twp.- Before the paving project is completed the rural landscape that boarders Groveland Road will be changed forever.. A $2 million county project to pave a mile stretch of Groveland Road between Barron and Jossman roads started last week sparking some rather significant tree cutting operations. About 300 trees along Groveland Road ranging in […]
Weather reports from the afternoon of May 25, 1896 included some strong winds during the day, but nothing unusual for late spring in northern Oakland County. However as evening approached and area farmers returned home from their day in the fields the placid countryside turned deadly. A tornado ripped through northern Oakland County starting near […]
Goodrich-The 110th Boston Marathon covers 26.2 mile from the New England village of Hopkinton, past Wellesley College onto Beacon Street and finishes near the John Hancock Tower and Copley Square. Clad in neon green jerseys and scattered among the more than 22,000 runners in this years race were a contingent of local athletics running in […]
Brandon Twp.- Sales in the early stages of two township developments has been mixed, but warmer temperature and model homes should turn that around say company officials. Tim Stapleton, Centex Homes division president for Michigan says sales have been slow in Long Lake Village, the 70 acre development west of M-15 and north of Seymore […]
Brandon Firefighter Sgt. Steve Pappas was among the members of the Oakland County Technical Rescue team that responded to 5700 Rochester Road in Addison Township on April 23 as part of a trench rescue. Pappas, a 16 year veteran with the department was one of the first to arrive on a construction area where two […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
Brandon Twp.- Bald Eagle Lake has a new and uninvited visitor. ‘The reports are very sporadic but I found zebra mussels on my old wood dock and a neighbor discovered them attached to his boat hoist,? said Rob Rohde, a Bald Eagle Lake resident for the past 30 years and vice president of the Lake […]
Brandon Twp.- More than 400 township residents lined the road leading to Brandon High School on Saturday morning during the annual spring clean up. Towing rusted cars, lawn tractors and trailers of used tires, area residents arrived with a variety of debris collected from they countryside. The annual Spring Cleanup project year cost residents about […]