Brandon Twp.- The school board is moving forward with plans to offer an early retirement incentive to eligible teachers in the district. The board has received two proposals from firms that specialize in financial planning for school districts. One of the companies offering to formulate a plan for teacher buyouts is Educators Preferred Corporation, which […]
Brandon Twp.- June 26, 2015 will be remembered in history as the day the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right in all 50 states. For Willie and David Ollie-Ray, township residents, the date is yet another to celebrate in their life together. ‘I am excited!? said Willie on Wednesday. […]
Ortonville- The village council has approved ballot language for a November vote on a proposed wastewater treatment system. The council unanimously approved at their June 22 meeting a sewage disposal system contract proposition to be submitted to the Oakland County Elections Board. If the language is approved by the county elections officials, the proposition will […]
Ortonville-A divided council has approved reopening the long-shuttered Skate Park. Council Member Liz Waters made a simple motion to ‘reopen the Skate Park as soon as possible? at the June 22 council meeting. The motion was approved by a 4-3 vote, with Waters joined in voting yes by council members Debbie Baker, Tonja Brice, and […]
Brandon Twp.- Prints and drawings by some of the world’s most famous artists are no longer on public display at the Detroit Institute of Arts due to their fragile nature, but locally there is an opportunity this week to see and hear about these treasured works in a special program. Constance Corrigan will present ‘Ordinary […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- The village council unanimously approved at their June 22 meeting the 2015-16 budget, with matching revenues and expenditures of $730,825. The budget will leave the village with a projected ending general fund balance of $432,558.85, or 62 percent, a slight decrease from the existing fund balance of $461,094.71. ‘We’re […]
Brandon Twp.- Rumor has it that elves work at the North Pole. What is not as widely known is that Santa has his own helpers right here. Janet Kurnat is one of many. Kurnat, a Groveland Township resident and retired Brandon school teacher, hates shopping. Despite her loathing of the task, she was out shopping […]
Grace Holstein grew up in a time when the world seemed safer and no one locked their doors or were concerned about kids being left alone. Little did her parents know that one Christmas Eve, there was reason to be concerned? about her brother. On that snowy Christmas Eve nearly 60 years ago, Holstein’s parents […]
Ortonville- Got Christmas cookies? Joe D’Anna does. D’Anna creates thousands of pizzas all year long as the co-owner of Papa Bella’s Pizza, but once a year in December, the pizza maker turns into cookie baker? creating on average about 2,500-2,800 cookies in about four hours with his family. This year’s cookie extravaganza happened last Sunday […]
Brandon Twp.- In the past, elementary students here have been provided transportation to the school of their choice in the district. No more. Beginning next school year, students will be bussed only to the elementary school they are assigned to based on the area in which they reside. ‘In the tight economic times and because […]