An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This isn’t the motto of Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance, but it’s an adage the organization certainly believes in. The purpose of BGYA, in existence since 1979, is to strengthen youth and families who reside within the Brandon School District. This mission is reached through primary […]
Ortonville- Ortonville High School was torn down in 1964. Still, the memories remain. Marilyn (Potter) Featherston and Shirley (Ruple) Pletcher recall taking their shoes off and climbing up the long fire chute at the two-story brick building with a basement, located at the corner of Schoolhouse and Ball streets in the village. They would take […]
Ortonville- ‘Night at the Movies,? planned for 7-11 p.m., Aug. 11, has a new location. The fifth annual free family event, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority/Main Street, is set to take place at the ballfields at Cedar and Ball streets in the village. The Dreamworks film ‘Over the Hedge? will be shown. ‘We’re partnering […]
A Brandon Township man has been found competent and criminally responsible, but mentally ill, in the April stabbing of his ex-girlfriend. Robert Logan, 38, has waived a preliminary exam, and will be arraigned Aug. 6 in front of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge John J. McDonald on charges of assault with intent to do great […]
Brandon Twp.- The official opening of the Brandon Township Community Park will happen next spring, not this fall. Parks and Recreation Director Fred Waybrant had hoped to have play begin soon on four multi-purpose fields at the new park located at Oakwood and Hadley roads. However, a recent heat wave and a lack of ordinances […]
Ortonville- What a long, strange trip it has been for Ken Dockery. On his bike ride across America, he has participated in an Indian Pow-wow, met an Alaskan gold prospector in a Wal-Mart parking lot, climbed to the top of Mt. Hood and crossed the Continental Divide (both on bicycle) and found treasures along the […]
Brandon Twp.- Change in the use of school buildings in the district is coming. What remains unknown is what that change will look like in December, when a facilities review concludes. At the Oct. 15 school board meeting, Steve Gaynor of the Michigan Association of School Boards presented results from an online facilities review survey […]
Brandon Twp.- With Thanksgiving just four weeks away, the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund is asking for help in making sure all area residents have food to celebrate the holiday. OCEF, the non-profit organization that provides a food pantry to service Brandon School District residents who are facing hard times, is collecting donations of food and […]
During his deployment to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard this year, Spc. Logan Rascher marked the passage of time by finding the same star in the sky every night. His wish on the star was always the same’that his wife and son would be safe and healthy. At home in Michigan, Jenny Rascher was […]
Brandon Twp.- Fran Hotchkiss expects to be able to purchase at least 160 new books and 40-80 music cds with grant funds she recently won for the library. The head of youth services was notified earlier this month by the Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society that the library would be awarded $2,000 as the winner […]