March 2007 Four deputies in four years Brandon Twp.-In less than four years, Treasurer Linda Owen has fired two deputies and had two others quit. Owen says the problem lies not in her hiring choices or in her office specifically, but with the atmosphere of the township offices as a whole. Teens charged in shooting […]
Brandon Twp – While the roof was going up on Fire Station 3 last week, contractors ran amuck in the driveway. ‘This report has nothing in it that’s good news,? said Brandon Fire Chief Bob McArthur as he asked the board for approval of an additional $50,000 to reinforce the driveway and parking lot.? We […]
This year’s Oakland County 4-H Fair has a definite local flair. Several Brandon and Groveland Township residents are volunteering or have displays at the fair, which begins July 27 and lasts through Aug. 1 at the county 4-H Fairgrounds in Davisburg. Rosemary Hotchkiss of Brandon Township first became involved with 4-H when she was a […]
Lucille Saunders remembered Brandon Twp.-Lucille Saunders was remembered as a caring person, dedicated to her family and community. The former Brandon Township and Village of Ortonville clerk died May 14 in Palmetto, Fla. She was 83. ‘She always thought about the community first, as well as the schools,? recalled Clyde Fischer. As superintendent of the […]
School contract Goodrich – In June, the end was in sight for contract negotiations that had long plagued the Goodrich School District and a tentative agreement was finally reached. School Board President Michael Tripp announced the tentative agreement between school administrators and teachers at the June 11 special meeting of the Goodrich Area School Board […]
Brandon Twp – Wilford Rymar has been ‘pleasure? hunting for more than 30 years. While his wife Sheila tells her husband that his treasures are’old junk,? Rymar considers the metal coins, buckles and pins a prize of the ancient sort. Rymar’s hobby is metal detecting. ‘The first time I tried it I was hooked,? chuckled […]
Atlas Twp. ? Developer Matthew McCarty is still giving it his best swing, but the Atlas Township Planning Commission hasn’t approved the site plan for McCarty’s Golf Center. The driving range, proposed to be located at 7127 State Road, north of Brown’s Do-it Center, needs to be located on a parcel of at least nine […]
Afghanistan Pfc. Joseph A. Miracle, a 2003 Brandon High School graduate, died July 5 from wounds sustained from hostile enemy fire in the Watapor Valley of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He was 22. ‘He was well-respected by his classmates and teachers,? said BHS Principal Michael Ferguson. ‘I’m sure everyone appreciates what he was trying to do […]
Patterson’s wife seeks damages in civil suit Atlas Twp. – In September, a civil suit was filed in Oakland County Circuit Court by Steven Potter, attorney for Brooks Stuart Patterson’s widow, Jessie Patterson of Lake Orion, in the death of her husband, 28, who was killed the evening of Feb.10 on Lake Shinanguag in Atlas […]
Brandon Twp. – On July 22 Kay Green who had been campaigning for township trustee dropped out of the Aug. 3, primary election. Green, who works for a state funded agency, just became aware that a state employee can not run for a partisan office while still employed with the state. ‘I am currently in […]