A budget bill recently signed by the governor and promoted as an $11 increase in per-pupil funding is not really an increase, says one local superintendent. ‘For fiscal year 2010, we are expecting to receive an increase of $11 per pupil from the state,? said Brandon Schools Superintendent Lorrie McMahon. ‘Technically, all it does is […]
Goodrich- Last August, on one of the hottest days of the year, Margaret Stump walked 22 miles. Sweating, exhausted, and with a blister on her right foot, the Goodrich resident, now 54, made it to her destination, a camp filled with a sea of pink two-person tents, all awaiting the participants in the Susan G. […]
Brandon Twp.- This fall, Amanda Goodloe will teach language arts, math and science to her students in a new environment. In the morning, the fifth-grade teacher will instruct these core subjects in the new Instructional Technology Exploration and Collaboration Center (I-TEC), located adjacent to the Brandon Middle School, 609 S. Ortonville Road. In the afternoon, […]
Brandon Twp.- Township officials are urging residents to complete a fiscal priorities survey found in today’s edition of The Citizen. The survey asks Brandon Township residents to rank the importance of 13 services currently offered, including fire, police, recreation, roads and senior citizen programs. Additionally, the survey seeks opinions on reductions and eliminations in expenditures […]
Brandon Twp.- Kris Norlin is an avid reader and a fan of author Stephen King, but it was difficult for her to hold his massive books without feeling pain in her wrists. Not anymore. The township resident recently finished ‘The Stand,? and enjoyed every minute of it as she read the 1,000-plus page tome on […]
The petition filing deadline to be on the November ballot for several elected positions in the community is drawing near. In November, voters will elect two candidates to fill two four-year trustee seats on the Brandon School Board. Currently, those seats are held by Greg Allar and Diane Wiley. The Ortonville Village Council also has […]
With interest rates below 5 percent, now could be the time to refinance? if you meet certain guidelines. This past week, Genisys Credit Union was offering 4.5 percent interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage with no points and just 4.25 percent on a 15-year. ‘If you have the equity in your home, it’s […]
Hazel Inscho likes to say that if she knew she was going to live this long, she would have taken better care of herself. It seems she’s done all right? particularly since the average life expectancy in the U.S. in 1904’the year she was born’was a paltry 47 and on July 15, Hazel marked her […]
Ortonville- The village council voted unanimously at their July 26 meeting to hire Beth Forys as the new village treasurer. Forys, an Atlas Township resident, was the Atlas Township office manager from 2004 to 2009, performing accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll duties and working closely with the clerk and treasurer. She also served for 25 years […]
Groveland Twp.- Firefighters from the township responded July 25 to an early 1900s farmhouse in the 2900 block of Bald Eagle Lake Road for the second time in less than a year. However, unlike last December when firefighters were called out for the blaze that gutted the home and rendered it a complete loss, this […]