January 18,2016 RESOLUTION Resolved, that the regular monthly meeting of the Brandon Board of Education, Brandon School District, shall be held on the third Monday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Brandon School District I-TEC Center, 609 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville, Michigan, 48462. Regular Meeting Dates February 8, 2016 (2″? Monday due […]
‘Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.? ? Mao Tse-Tung I was reading an Oct. 22, 2009 article in The Economist entitled, ‘A message from Confucius: New ways of projecting soft power? and something caught my eye. Li Changchun, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) boss, was quoted as describing […]
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 […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE COUNTY OF OAKLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION FOR THE TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an Election will be held in the: CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE If you are not currently registered to vote or need to register at a new […]
SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE January 12, 2016 A. A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 7:00 PM at Independence Township Hall. B. The Pledge of Allegiance was given C. ROLL CALL: Present: Kittle, Pallotta, Brown, Lohmeier, Ritchie, Schroeder Absent: Aliaga […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board will consider a moratorium on a medical marijuana ordinance, allowing time for local officials to establish regulations before growers come to the community. ‘The moratorium is necessary to put on hold land use until the planners can develop regulations to control the use (of land) for the public good,? said Rick […]
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?? […]
CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF CLARKSTON Artemus M. Pappas Village Hall 375 Depot Road CLARKSTON MI 48346 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Eric Haven Mayor Pro Tem, followed by the Pledge of allegiance. Roll Call: Present ? Catallo, Sabol, Kneisc, Avery, Haven, Marsh. Absent Mayor […]
Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees Synopsis, Regular Meeting, Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Meeting called to order at 7:02 p.m. Invocation: Pastor Josh Yates, Gingellville Community Church. All rose for the Pledge of Allegiance. Recognized Ben Gerdeman as Orion Township Citizen of the Month. Heard presentation from Orion Neighborhood Television regarding the annual Food […]
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 […]