Brandon Twp.-Jeffery Beane, 32, an Oxford native and current Oxford Middle School assistant principal was named principal at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School at the school board meeting on Monday. Beane replaces longtime principal, Donald Patrick, who retired in June. Beane, a 1992 Oxford High School graduate, received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in mathematics from […]
Brandon Twp.- Truck traffic and environmental impact are just two reasons the township planning commission temporarily turned back a Detroit-area development company’s plan to excavate a township parcel. The Silverman Development Group is considering removal of about 177,000 yards of material from 25 acres north of Solley’s Appliance & Fireplace Center south of Seymour Lake […]
Goodrich School District enrollment jumped to 2,211, an increase of 43 students compared to the 2007 count, while the Brandon School District lost 92 students following Wednesday’s count day. Higher or lower enrollment means an increase or loss in revenue for the schools. The Brandon School District will realize a loss of $673,072 base on […]
Ortonville-It’s been more than 50 years since the Ortonville Fire Department’s 1928 Ford Model A fire truck raced off to a blaze. While the firefighting days for the historical truck may be past, the memory of the first motorized fire truck owned by the Ortonville Fire Department will be immortalized. The 1928 Ford Model A […]
Ortonville-In November 1941, Bill Duman, a 17-year-old Cheboygan resident, faced a momentous decision’stay in high school and endure the tough employment conditions, or join the war efforts brewing in Europe. Despite his young age, the opportunities outside the small northern town, although dangerous, seemed the best option, says Duman. ‘Dad refused to sign for me […]
A Brandon Township man and woman suspected of assaulting a man in his home with a baseball bat on the night of May 3 were in 52-2 District Court on Monday. Shelly Klanke pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon before Judge Dana Fortinberry. She will be sentenced on Nov. 4 […]
Atlas Twp.-Just before dark Sunday night, Coltan Hadsell, 11, made a great connection. The township youth shot his first deer from a tree stand while hunting on the family’s township property during the Youth and 100 percent Disabled Veteran Firearm Deer season Sept. 27-28. Hadsell, a sixth grade student at Goodrich Middle School, was hunting […]
Ortonville- Teamsters Local 214 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the village after local officials refused to ratify an agreement with the Department of Public Works. At the Aug. 14 village meeting in executive session, council members rejected by a 4-3 vote a final draft of a tentative agreement accepted and ratified by […]
Navy Engineman Kenneth Rogers describes a 30-foot wave breaking over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during an encounter with an Atlantic hurricane. ‘That ship can go right through those storms,? said Rogers, 38, a 1986 Brandon High School graduate. Many sailors, including Rogers, say it was ? and arguably still […]
Goodrich- Marine Sgt. Ryan Lopez is home’for a second time. After enlisting in June 2005, the Goodrich High School graduate served more than a year in Ramadiyah, Iraq and completed his first tour of duty in March 2007 with a leave home. Then, in mid-April, he returned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., before deployment to Fallujah, […]