Brandon Twp.- A mother with her two children recently approached Recreation Director Fred Waybrant at the township community park located at 1414 N. Hadley Road. Waybrant was working on rubber flooring to go under the universally accessible playground structure installed this summer and the kids wanted to know when they could play on the equipment. […]
Goodrich- When Goodrich High School junior Dylan Foglio ended his own life on June 6, 2008, his aunt believes he left his family and friends pain and suffering that he couldn’t have imagined. ‘If he would have known what he has put the family through, I don’t know that he would have done that,? said […]
Ortonville-The Brandon Senior Center has a new name? the Edna Burton Senior Center. At a meeting on June 20, the board voted 5-2 to memorialize Burton, a township clerk for 22 years who died in January, by renaming the senior center she founded. The new name is effective immediately, but nothing will be actually changed […]
Ortonville- Wanted: Village residents and business owners who are interested in being involved in the community. The purpose of the open house is to explain the DDA and encourage village property and business owners to become involved with the group, whose mission is ‘to promote the continued revitalization of the business community and support its […]
Collin Pincumbe recently learned that U.S. soldiers give Iraqi children toys and in return those kids often tell the soldiers where bombs are. With his new knowledge, the H.T. Burt Elementary student joined forces with his fellow fourth graders at the school, wrote letters and sent them? along with toys, food and health care items? […]
Brandon Twp.-Demolition crews are set to move in and move John Sloan out. On July 6, Addison Disposal will demolish Sloan’s partially constructed home and a ruined Quonset hut located at 1076 LeGault Boulevard and clean up debris around the 3-acre property that includes broken concrete, boards and metal. Sloan could stop the demolition only […]
Brandon Twp.-Michael Via, a 2005 graduate of Brandon High School, has been named a National Merit Scholar. Via received the designation after achieving a score in 99th percentile on the PSAT and a high score on the SAT college exam. As a National Merit Scholar, Via has received a yearly $1,000 scholarship from Michigan Technological […]
Brandon Twp.- It wasn’t a knockout punch, but a 5-2 decision has ended a months-long dispute between the township clerk and treasurer over the check policy. At the board meeting June 20, supervisor Ron Lapp, clerk Jeannie McCreery and trustees Bob DeWitt, Tom Stowell and Sandra Willett voted to amend section 3.2 (a) of the […]
Brandon Twp.- Police protection in the township will remain the same? for now. The township board approved, by a 4-2 vote at their Nov. 16 meeting, to postpone indefinitely any staffing adjustments to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office’s Brandon substation. Supervisor Kathy Thurman and Trustee Charlene Carlson voted no. ‘We need more in-depth discussion of […]
Brandon Twp.- Patrick Lewis was riding home on the school bus the afternoon of Nov. 11 when he turned his head to look behind him, where his friend, Curtis Tucker, was sitting. Patrick turned to the front again, and doesn’t remember the next four minutes. Tucker will likely never forget it. As he watched, Patrick […]