It’s ‘business as usual? at Clarkston Brandon Community Credit Union, despite of, or perhaps in light of, a $20 million embezzlement investigation. The credit union’s former chief financial officer, Michael LaJoice, walked into the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Pontiac on Jan. 6 and confessed to embezzling roughly $20 million from CBCCU during the […]
Brandon Twp.- Just a few days before the school district’s winter break, a father lamented the bullying his elementary age children once again endured on the bus. Wishing to remain anonymous to protect his children, the man expressed his frustration about school officials who seemed to ignore his pleas for a remedy. He and his […]
Ortonville- Implementation of building application fees, as well as reinspection fees, will insure the building department is self-funding, or as close to breaking even as possible. By a 4-1 vote at their Jan. 25 meeting, the village council approved amendments to the building department fee schedules. Trustees Debbie Baker, Dan Eschmann, Courtney McClerren and Coleen […]
Brandon Twp.- Nearly 50 employees, both union and non-union, have offered to reduce their hours and/or take cuts in their compensation to ease the deficit the district is facing by about $200,000. On Tuesday, Superintendent Lorrie McMahon announced that 21 non-union staffmembers, including the directors of curriculum, finance, food service, aquatics and fitness center, special […]
Brandon Twp.- She didn’t win a million dollars from Publisher’s Clearinghouse, but Debbie Brauher felt like she had when representatives from Oakland Schools and district officials entered her fourth grade classroom at Oakwood Elementary on Tuesday and proclaimed her the 2010 Oakland County Outstanding Elementary School Teacher of the Year. ‘In all of Oakland County?? […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park opened for the season on Wednesday under new supervision. Interim Village Manager Larry Brown hired Addison Turk, 24, as the new park monitor and he started work immediately,overseeing several happy kids at the park located at the corner of Ball and Cedar streets. ‘It’s a good job to help out […]
Ortonville- The village will apply for a grant to replace a deteriorating Ball Street bridge. ‘If the grant were given, the bridge would be replaced in 2013,? said Interim Village Manager Larry Brown. ‘It is now in a condition where bridge replacement would be considered by the funding authority.? The Ball Street bridge is one […]
Brandon Twp.- Parents who choose any of the district’s preschools will be putting their children in a program that has received a 5-star rating from Great Start to Quality. ‘We have two of only 12 schools in Oakland County with this rating now,? said Diane Zedan, director of preschool programs for the Brandon School District. […]
Judges are not required to do background checks on individuals seeking guardianship of special needs adults. Still, when Wayne County Probate Court Judge Martin T. Maher awarded guardianship of a mentally incapacitated man to Duane Kuerbitz, he was aware that Kuerbitz was a registered sex offender. Kuerbitz, a former Brandon Township resident, is now charged […]
Ortonville- Larry Brown is the new interim village manager. The village council unanimously voted to assign Brown to the position at their April 12 meeting. The former village manager, Bill Sprague, has taken a position in the private sector after five months in the village. His last day was April 9. ‘I think Larry will […]