Bre’ann Davert, 21, isn’t like most singers her age. While others set their sights on being the next American Idol or achieving the pop stardom of artists like Britney Spears or Miley Cyrus, Davert dreams of becoming a worldwide star? in opera. The 2006 Brandon High School graduate will take a step toward her goal […]
Brandon Twp.- The Brandon School District may receive $600,000 in federal stimulus money this year, but the funds won’t solve a looming budget crisis. School officials are facing a list of unknowns as they plan to approve a budget following a public hearing planned for 6 p.m., June 8, in the Board of Education room, […]
Brandon Twp.- A modern bench created to honor the memory of Larry Roberts is finished; however, roughly $25,000 must be raised to place the sculpture in its final home? the Brandon Township Community Park. A spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise the funds to make the site bench- ready is planned for 5-10 p.m., […]
Ed Szach and Steven Worley are looking forward to graduating from Goodrich High School. With the rite of passage, they’ll receive their diplomas, but will also receive something extra? pagers. The Atlas Township residents, currently Groveland Township Fire Department cadets, are about to become firefighter 2/emergency medical technicians. Szach, 19, and Worley, 18, began their […]
Former Ortonville Clerk/Treasurer Mary Clark has pleaded no contest to charges of willful neglect of duty by a public officer. Clark made the plea May 21 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio. Sentencing has been set for 3:30 p.m., July 9. Clark served as the Ortonville clerk/treasurer from 2003 until she resigned […]
Brandon Twp.- Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives are seeking two suspects in a larceny from an auto and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. According to police reports, on May 4, a Brandon deputy responded to the 200 block of Howland Pines for a report of larceny from an auto. The complainant […]
Brandon Twp.- Christine Gatton says Christmas wouldn’t have happened for her family without the help of the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund. Gatton, a single mother and Ortonville resident, works both a full-time job in Rochester as a direct-care provider and a part-time job to make ends meet and support her four children, aged 9, 3, […]
Brandon Twp.- Voters will be asked in August 2006 to approve the restoration of .3981 mills to the township’s operating tax rate on property. Approval would bring the total mills that the township could levy to 1.41, the amount voters authorized in 1978. The Headlee Amendment, which limits property tax revenues to the rate of […]
Solutions for the library By Susan Bromley Brandon Twp.- The police are out, but a ‘Center for the Afterschool Crowd? is in. The Community Afterschool Taskforce is out, but a taskforce to consider a community center is in. The Brandon Township Library staff and community members have been busy working on solutions to the library’s […]
Brandon Twp.- During a special meeting Dec. 14, the township board adopted a $2,170,345 operating budget as well as approved a 2.5 percent raise for elected officials and all township employees. Both the budget and the raises were approved by a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Ron Lapp, Clerk Jeannie McCreery and trustees Tom Stowell and […]