According to police reports, Brandon Township resident Ramon Felix Pineda, 25, consumed numerous beers, climbed behind the wheel of his white Camaro before hitting the motorcycle and killing off-duty Flint police officer Vincent D’Anna, 26, in an Independence Township drunk-driving crash on Aug. 26. Pineda, who was driving on a suspended Michigan license, is also […]
A World War I survivor, an Italian immigrant, loving mother’local centenarian Alice Santulina will be remembered as a steadfast St. Anne Church member who put family and community first. Santulina died Jan. 27 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. She was 100. A funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday from St. Anne Church, […]
Former township clerk and local bank teller Helen M. Jencks of Oxford, formerly of Ortonville, died Jan. 30. She was 89. Jencks attended Ortonville High School and served as Brandon Township clerk from 1953 until 1960. She also worked for many years at the Genesee Merchants Bank. ‘When I was a teenager I would go […]
Atlas Twp.- It’s been about three months since local voters narrowly recalled State Representative Paul Scott from office. The Nov. 8 election ousted Scott by a vote of 12,284 to 12,087. In the township, 33.5 percent of registered voters turned out, with 972 votes to recall Scott and 1,035 votes to keep him in office. […]
Goodrich- By the time many of the district’s students return to school in September their surroundings will look a lot different. After a few upgrades to the middle school last year, the second phase of a $15.4 million bond extension approved by voters in Feb. 2011 has started. Projects totalling $7.219 million, which include renovations […]
Atlas Twp.-It took less than 12 minutes for a local ambulance company to respond to an injured player during a Goodrich High School football game last fall. Just exactly how many minutes Swartz Ambulance Company took to arrive sparked concern for Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones, who called the incident inexcusable and shameful. The issue started […]
The Brandon Building and Site Committee will recommend to the board of education on Feb.11 a permanent memorial to honor 2003 Brandon graduate Pfc. Joseph A. Miracle, who was killed in military action July 5, 2007. Miracle was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for valor. The memorial will consist of a raised masonry […]
Brandon Twp.- From a 20-year stint in the entertainment industry to a degree at a prestigious art school to innovative designs as a metalsmith? new Brandon Middle School art teacher Jody Daniels aims to spark imagination and thinking ‘outside-the-box.? ‘It’s all about finding creative ways to solve problems and situations,? said Daniels, a Wyandotte High […]
Goodrich- Two new businesses will soon be opening in the village. Marvin Pattah, owner of Goodrich Plaza, 8147 S. State Road, said that Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General Corporation, the nation’s largest small-box discount retailer, along with PHARMD Co., a franchise of Health Mart, an independent pharmacy, will open this spring. ‘They both should be open […]
Too few medium-priced homes for sale has started to inch up area real estate prices. According to Realcomp, a Farmington Hills-based multi-listing service that provides data for the real estate market, the median price of a home sold in Brandon and Groveland townships increased from $129,950 in 2010 to $139,925 in 2011. The bump up […]