Brandon Twp.- A modern bench created to honor the memory of Larry Roberts is finished; however, roughly $25,000 must be raised to place the sculpture in its final home? the Brandon Township Community Park. A spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise the funds to make the site bench- ready is planned for 5-10 p.m., […]
Ed Szach and Steven Worley are looking forward to graduating from Goodrich High School. With the rite of passage, they’ll receive their diplomas, but will also receive something extra? pagers. The Atlas Township residents, currently Groveland Township Fire Department cadets, are about to become firefighter 2/emergency medical technicians. Szach, 19, and Worley, 18, began their […]
Former Ortonville Clerk/Treasurer Mary Clark has pleaded no contest to charges of willful neglect of duty by a public officer. Clark made the plea May 21 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio. Sentencing has been set for 3:30 p.m., July 9. Clark served as the Ortonville clerk/treasurer from 2003 until she resigned […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- A change in state law in 2012 that forces school districts to pay back loans from the state sooner means a jump in millage rates is coming. District officials here have protested the move and pleaded to be exempt and ‘grandfathered in,? holding to their original repayment agreement […]
Brandon Twp.- Lessons in the Brandon Post High classrooms don’t look like lessons elsewhere in the district. The students are a little older and their success isn’t measured by grades or diplomas, but by gains in social interaction and independence, learning to cook, to garden, to make friends, to work. On Tuesday, Jessika May moves […]
Brandon Twp.- Considering a run for a seat on the board of education? You may want to consider attending a roughly 90-minute session designed to help you make an informed decision. ‘So You Want to Be a Board Member,? is set for 6:30 p.m., June 5, at central district office, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. Current […]
Brandon Twp.- A 100-year rain is defined as a weather event so severe it can be expected to happen no more than once in 100 years on average. Salli Petherbridge wonders if that is what happened this past Monday, when torrential downpours flooded Sarah’s Way and prevented her and neighbors from using their road. More […]
Three men have been sentenced in an armed robbery in which they held a man and woman at gunpoint in Brandon Township last September. Eddie Ruben Almodovar, 23, Rafael Angel Cordero, 19, and Darius Leon Jarman, 20, all of Pontiac, had their cases heard by Oakland County 6th Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris. All […]
Brandon Twp.- Garage sale signs are popping up like flowers this spring and soon one will be in front of the Brandon Education Center. The first annual BEC garage sale is planned for 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m., May 29-May 30 at the center, located at the former Belle Ann Elementary, 155 E. Glass Road. Each and […]
Groveland Twp.- Paul Holstein has played disc golf in a foot of snow and in pouring rain, but on May 10, he played in near ideal conditions. Under clear blue skies, with temperatures hovering around 70 degrees, as the sun shone down, Holstein took aim off the first tee at Holly Woods Disc Golf Course […]