Pontiac- Daniel Austin Hunt says he was drunk and ‘got a kick? out of shooting out windows on two homes on Granger Road last November. The choices he made on that night have resulted in a prison sentence for him and have changed the victims? lives and his forever. Hunt will serve one to four […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Ripped phone books and broken bats are not items normally expected to be seen at school. But that is exactly what many students saw when the S.T.A.N.D. Strength Team visited the Brandon schools recently. The Brandon School District does not have a D.A.R.E. program, but the township and […]
Brandon Twp.- Jessica Laviolette has done it again. On March 8, the Brandon High School senior won the grand prize at the Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit, along with eight professional awards, including a grand prize from DTE Energy; six first-place prizes and a second-place prize. The wins repeat Laviolette’s success last year […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- What began as a public hearing for the proposed township purchase of a 14-acre parcel of land ended with another purchase proposal on the table? a separate 54-acre parcel also located off M-15. More than 50 people turned out for the March 6 public hearing, with some residents […]
Not many people can face an angry polar bear, temperatures as cold as 40 degrees below zero, and breaking ice underfoot and live to tell about it. Pam Flowers can. Flowers, 59, will speak about those experiences at 7 p.m. March 20 and 21 at the Brandon Township Library when she presents, ‘Alone Across the […]
Police and school officials are urging parents and children to be extra cautious after several suspicious incidents occurred over the past few weeks in the area. ‘We’ve increased our patrols by threefold during the time kids are waiting for the bus before school, with marked and unmarked cars,? said Genesee County Sheriff’s Department Captain Chris […]
The search for a new superintendent of Goodrich Schools has narrowed to two candidates. During the March 23 school board meeting, Leonard Johnson of the Michigan Association of School Boards, which has screened potential candidates, told boardmembers that two ‘successful, good quality? candidates are left after three candidates withdrew. The candidates are John Fazer, superintendent […]
Liz Hendershott wasn’t expecting anything unusual when she had an ultrasound in February 1998, early in her third pregnancy. She and her husband, Steve, had conceived their first two children, Jamie, now 18, and Katelyn, 12, using a low-dose fertility drug. Her doctor was not supportive of multiples, and before her treatment, made her sign […]
Brandon Twp.- Wind turbines haven’t cropped up on the township landscape yet; however, as the push toward renewable energy grows, officials here are taking a proactive approach and may soon consider ordinances addressing wind turbines and alternative energy sources. A representative from Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Inc. will give a presentation on alternative energy during the next […]
The Goodrich School Board is considering a change in the schools of choice program it participates in. During the March 23 board meeting, boardmembers chose to table the subject until the April 20 meeting to give themselves more time to examine whether they want to continue their participation in the Genesee Intermediate School District collaborative […]