Brandon Twp.- As upsetting as it may be when children are fighting at the table and the milk gets spilled, the old adage, ‘Don’t cry over spilled milk,? really does apply. Judith Cox will explain why the response of parents to children’s actions makes a difference in their behavior in the seminar ‘Becoming a Non-Critical […]
Brandon Twp.- Carrin Weirauch is a ray of hope for wannabe entrepreneurs in a dark economy. The owner of Down to Earth Toys has been named ‘Home-based business champion of the year for the State of Michigan? by the U.S. Small Business Administration and is finding tremendous success a little more than a year after […]
Ortonville- Hold on to your skateboards, the skate park isn’t open yet. A Village Skate Park ordinance says the park opens March 1, weather permitting; however the park will remain closed until further notice, even if the weather is nice. Any skateboarders entering the locked park will be deemed trespassing. During the village council meeting […]
Brandon Twp.- Not so fast. Public outcry against a proposed change to the starting and ending times of school days at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School has prompted school officials to call a meeting regarding the matter. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon and BFIS Principal Jeff Beane will take public input at 6 p.m., March 25, in the […]
Sara Taylor was anticipating Christmas 2013 as the first one in her new Atlas Township home, as well as the first one for her baby. However, things for the Taylor family, like hundreds of other area families, didn’t go quite according to plan. Sara, who is married to Brad and the mother of two? Braden, […]
Looking for an opportunity to volunteer in the new year? You don’t have to look far. The seventh annual Relay for Life of Brandon/Ortonville is planned for June 14-15 and Mary Woods, chairperson, needs volunteers to help make the event a success. ‘Reach out and express an interest and we will set up a time […]
Brandon Twp.- Karl Haiser will conduct the first phase of a forensic audit of the library. ‘We are really focused on seeing if there was anything besides mismanagement going on,? said Library Trustee Ann Schmid. ‘We are going after restitution if we possibly can.? The library board approved the hiring of Haiser, a certified public […]
Growing up in Ortonville, Shea Grounds thought to herself, ‘There’s got to be more out there than this.? Now she knows there is. The 2011 Brandon High School graduate lived in China for three months and also visited Japan this year, widening her worldview far beyond what she had dreamed. ‘I saw shrines in Tokyo, […]
Brandon Twp.- More than one in every 10 students attending school here doesn’t live in the community. The Brandon School District participates in schools of choice and currently has 327 students (11 percent of the entire student body of 3,422) who reside in other school districts. Brandon has been a schools of choice district since […]
Brandon Twp.- The good news is, crime in the township decreased in 2008. But beware: Obey the traffic laws or face a ticket? deputies issued 1,858 citations last year, compared to just 816 in 2007. ‘It is an honor to go in front of the township board and give such a gleaming report of our […]