New Brandon superintendent named

Brandon Twp.-By a six-to-one vote Tuesday night the board of education offered the position of Brandon School District superintendent to Tom Miller, current assistant superintendent of the Port Huron area school district. The three-year, $120,000 contract which could begin on July 1, 2005 was offered to Miller via cell phone at the meeting. He accepted […]

Detachment flops, supporter vows to continue battle

By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-The detachment will have to wait. Nearly eight out of every ten voters that cast ballots on Tuesday said no way to a detachment proposal that spawned debate, speculations and heated meetings since it was first introduced last summer. But in the end the proposal failed with 967 yes votes to […]

‘Whose Life Is It Anyway??

Goodrich-After more than 13 years at the helm of the high school theatrics department, Steve Mitchell has, on occasion, nudged the outer edges of controversial plays. Audiences seeking to escape the mundane should check out the high school performance of ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?? ‘I like to pick some shows that make people think,? […]

After Sandy, local braces for nor’easter

Emma Lieber may have been cold, but she considers herself lucky. Lieber was one of millions on the East Coast that felt the impact of Hurricane Sandy when the storm ripped up the Atlantic earlier this month. Lieber, 20, is a 2010 Goodrich High School student who is studying educational theatre at New York University. […]

Millage renewal passes, but omitted from ballot in Hadley

A handful of voters in Hadley Township may feel a little left out after Tuesday’s election. Brandon School District residents that reside in Hadley Township should have had the opportunity to vote on a proposal to renew the operating millage proposal for the district. According to the Oakland County Clerk’s Office, 13,252 registered voters live […]

Atlas Township voter turnout high

Atlas Twp.-Despite a two page ballot and plenty to vote on?78 percent of township registered voters turned out to have their say on Tuesday, the second highest turnout since 2000. ‘In precinct 3 the lines were long? about a half hour wait to start,? she said. ‘At the beginning of the day things come up’it […]

Brandon graduate joins staff on ABC’s 20/20

It’s April 2003, the first weeks of the war, and U.S. forces reach the outskirts of Baghdad, encountering fierce fighting from Iraqi’s Republican Guard. Information from embedded reporters were calling in news from Iraq and Kuwait to the New York Fox newsroom. Producers from Fox, CNN and MSNBC where cranking out live reports of the […]

Access ‘sticking point? with grant

Brandon Twp.-In January supporters of a proposed township nature preserve were denied a grant from The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund’now they say, ‘we’ll try again.? The 80 acres, just south of the Brandon High School is owned by the Casselman Family and includes a section of Kearsley Creek, dense forests and several acres of […]

Hurricane felt locally; former local residents impacted on East Coast

Donald Lennox, has lived on Green Road in Hadley Township for about 12 years and power outages are fairly routine. ‘If it looks like the wind is going to blow, we get ready to be without power,? said Lennox, who on Tuesday was in Goodrich getting gasoline for his new generator he purchased. ‘Winter, summer, […]

Reid Elementary named Reward School by MDE

Goodrich-Reid Elementary students and staff have been working around ongoing construction as an extensive bond project is completed. Despite the inconveniences of the project, Principal Beth Zito is still smiling. And for good reason. In August, Reid Elementary School was one of about 280 schools statewide designated as Reward Schools for either high student achievement […]