Atlas Twp.- A fighter for social justice, a leader in Michigan government and a tireless advocate for senior citizens ‘characteristics of a local educator whose half century of contributions will now be etched in Michigan history. On April 22, the lifelong work of township resident Olivia (Libby) Maynard was honored as she was one of […]
Brandon Twp.- A new development may be heading to the township after officials unload some undeveloped township property. At a sale price of $725,000 the township board approved the sale of 60.45 acres of township property on the north side of Seymour Lake Road just west of Sashabaw Road to Farmington Hills based Atlantis Development […]
Brandon Twp.-The Brandon School board narrowed a field of four superintendent candidates down to two following a day long public meeting on Saturday. Nancy Campbell, assistant superintendent for the Berkley school district since 2000, and Tom Miller, assistant superintendent of Port Huron school district since 1998 were the finalists selected by the school board. Campbell […]
Brandon Twp.- On Feb. 7, 2004, high school classmates and best friends Elizabeth Ash, 18, and Tiffany Lambiris, 16, had just put the finishing touches on some homemade Valentines. After spending the night at Tiffany’s home, Elizabeth called her mother Linda Rieck to say she’d take Tiffany to work at nearby Cook’s Farm Dairy then […]
More than 100 student, parents, teachers and staff jammed the Goodrich community room on Monday night during the regular meeting to speak out on a host of proposed cuts to balance a budget estimated to be $2.2 million in the red. The turnout was in part sparked after the district distributed 21 pink slips to […]
Groveland Township will soon have an Ace. Local owners Robert and Shawn Frisch are anticipating the opening of Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road by the first of June in the old True Value Hardware location, which closed in August 2009. The store is currently undergoing some renovations, including a fresh coat of paint and […]
Michael Cameron knows electronics. After seven years in the United States Navy as an electronics technician assigned to a 500-foot destroyer sailing in the west Pacific, followed by a decade stint with General Motors at the Warren Technology Center’Cameron has acquired a vast knowledge of computer technology. ‘Whether a virus, hardware problem or software, I […]
Brandon Township resident Jeremy Skibo, 38, has hunting in the northern Oakland County area for more than 20 years. For the past five years Skibo has hunted turkey on private land in the township. ‘Four birds in the past five years,? said Skibo. ‘The 2010 year has been slow so far. I’ve been hunting since […]
The small business marketplace is anything but small. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, there are an estimated 29.6 million small businesses in the United States employing more than half of the country’s private sector workforce, hiring 40 percent of high tech workers and include 52 percent home-based businesses. Locally, a […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.- The school board selected four candidates for superintendent during a special meeting on Jan. 31. In December, at a cost of $17,500 the board approved the Grand Rapids area-based T.D. & Associates to replace current superintendent Bart Jenniches who announced his exit after nine years last summer. A new […]