Ortonville- In tough economic times, animals also suffer. While the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund uses cash donations to feed people, they will accept donations of dog and cat food to help owners feed their pets. OCEF Food Pantry Director Judy Henley said a concerned resident in the community has donated both dog and cat food […]
Brandon Twp.-The library board voted unanimously March 23 to terminate library director JoAnn Foster Gavey. The termination comes after a two-week long investigation into complaints about Gavey from staff members. ‘We found a widespread feeling that the library was an extremely poor working environment,? said Matt Ault, board vice-president. ‘The board felt that for the […]
Brandon Twp.? A blue note sent home with students from Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School recently has at least one parent seeing red. The note informed students and parents that the Brandon Township Public Library would be closed to students 12 and under on March 24 (a half-day of school) unless they were accompanied by a […]
Brandon Twp.- The opening of Oakwood Elementary next fall means a reconfiguration of school boundaries in the district. But in an effort to honor parents? wishes, school officials plan to allow students to attend the school of their choice for the next four years so they can remain with their friends. The plan applies to […]
Three fundraisers are being planned for Pam Neff, the Goodrich High School dance team coach who was in a rollover auto accident Feb. 22. Neff, a single mother of four children, Felicia, 16, Anthony, 11, Cameron, 5, and Tanner, 3, remains in the intensive care unit of a local hospital with extensive injuries. While she […]
Atlas Twp.-Carol Powers has four ancestors who fought for the Union in the Civil War. James B. Hatch, her great-grandfather, was a captain? he married and had six children before the war; When his first wife died, he married Powers? great-grandmother and had seven more children, including Powers? grandmother, the next to youngest. James E. […]
Ortonville- Village Manager Ed Coy has denied a grievance filed by recently terminated DPW workers Bill Prince and Kevin Booms, who are represented by Teamsters Local 214. ‘Our position is that they were discharged for just cause,? said Coy, who answered the grievance on Feb. 13. ‘They have a right to appeal to the next […]
The possibility of a joint sewer venture between Genesee and Oakland counties has surfaced again, after nearly three years of little discussion. Representatives from Ortonville, Brandon Township, Groveland Township and the Oakland County Drain Commission met with officials from Goodrich, Atlas Township and the Genesee County Drain Commission on Tuesday to discuss interest in a […]
Ortonville- Behavior and academic data are the main driving forces behind the decision to change the starting and ending times of the school day at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School. Beginning in September, fifth and sixth graders will start school at 7:15 a.m. and finish at 2:20 p.m. They will also ride the bus with seventh […]
Brandon Twp.- More than one in every 10 students attending school here doesn’t live in the community. The Brandon School District participates in schools of choice and currently has 327 students (11 percent of the entire student body of 3,422) who reside in other school districts. Brandon has been a schools of choice district since […]