Brandon Twp.- Consumers Energy will make a decision by the end of this month on which roads to release in the final phase of a gas main extension project in the township. Township Supervisor Kathy Thurman announced at the board meeting Monday night that the public utility has received 351 returned applications for gas service […]
Ortonville- A public hearing on amending the Downtown Development Authority’s tax increment financing plan will be at 6:30 p.m., May 27, at the township offices, 395 Mill St. The hearing will be held just prior to the regular village council meeting. Tax increment financing does not add taxes. The DDA is required by Public Act […]
Brandon Twp.- Voters will be asked to approve 4.25 mills for police services, an increase of a quarter mill over what voters have approved in years past. During a special workshop April 28, the township board approved by a 6-1 vote police millage ballot language for the August primary. Supervisor Kathy Thurman voted no. ‘The […]
Laten Terry, 3, sits quietly in a chair, scribbling on a piece of paper. Suddenly, he is up and pushing a swing, then moves quickly to pick up a pen, which he trades for chips before climbing into a play tunnel. His actions seem like that of any normally active toddler, except within a few […]
Brandon Twp.- Declining enrollment has plagued the district for several years now, but as the school board enters the final weeks of planning next year’s budget, a new challenge looms? the lack of a sinking fund. Such a fund would pay for building repairs and maintenance and unlike recent years, there will be no leftover […]
Brandon Twp.-The message sent to young volunteers at the Annual Youth Recognition Night was ‘U Rock.? Appreciative members of the community, including businesses, organizations, school administrators, librarians, senior citizens, hope the students received their thanks loud and clear. About 300 people attended Youth Recogition Night on April 24 at the Brandon High School cafeteria. Brandon […]
Village officials are heading to arbitration to resolve issues surrounding the termination of two Department of Public Works employees. Teamsters Local 214 President Joe Valenti, who is representing Bill Prince and Kevin Booms, said Tuesday an agreement to arbitrate the Prince case had been reached and the Booms case will also be arbitrated, with the […]
Brandon Twp.- During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged Americans to plant ‘Victory Gardens? to supplement their incomes and the food supply during a time of rationing. Dale and Ginnie Richmond remember that time clearly. Their families and their neighbors all participated. Now, in a recession that is the worst in 74-year-old Dale’s […]
Atlas Twp.- Every year at this time, English teacher Bill Duso gives a special writing assignment to all the seniors at Goodrich High School. He tells them to write a letter to their mothers. Duso doesn’t read the letters, but he mails them and has been doing so for 20 years. ‘When I watched seniors […]
Brandon Twp.- Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives are seeking two suspects in a larceny from an auto and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. According to police reports, on May 4, a Brandon deputy responded to the 200 block of Howland Pines for a report of larceny from an auto. The complainant […]