Brandon Twp.- Something’s in the water. That was the conclusion first of the Oakland County Health Division, which found coliform bacteria in Brandon High School’s water supply and ordered the district on Nov. 4 to shut down all drinking fountains at the building, and close the Aquatics Center pool. The district complied and sent letters […]
After 15 years as a Brandon Board of Education trustee, Beth Nuccio is leaving after being elected Oakland County Commissioner, District 1. Now, the school board and superintendent must find a replacement. Residents of the school district who are interested in being appointed to the school board to fill the remainder of Nuccio’s term (from […]
Brandon Twp.- After a year of workshops and lengthy, sometimes contentious discussions, the township board has a 2011 budget to present to residents. A public hearing on the 2011 budget will be held during the next township board meeting, set for 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6, at the township offices, 395 Mill St. The budget will […]
Brandon Twp.- Santa needs some helpers. The Community Christmas Toy Store (CCTS), a non-profit organization formed to provide Christmas gifts for low-income families in the Brandon School District, is seeking donations of toys, books, games and more to make sure that all area children have presents to open this holiday season. Cash donations are also […]
Brandon Twp.- The kindergarteners in Toni’s Schlaire’s classroom had a visitor that traveled for five days to meet them recently. Mike Woods, a Navy diver senior chief who has been deployed to Afghanistan since June, came home to Michigan on two week-leave and stopped in at Oakwood Elementary Nov. 18. ‘I haven’t been around a […]
Ortonville- For at least the past six years, the village council hasn’t had a prayer. That changed at the Nov. 22 meeting. Following the swearing-in of Council President Wayne Wills and Council Members Debbie Baker, Tom Peters, Coleen Skornicka and Liz Waters, all elected in November, the council and audience members said the Pledge of […]
A youth pastor from Grand Blanc is facing up to life in prison after indecently exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl at a Brandon Township campground. Curtis Burkhardt, 43, was arraigned on a felony charge of indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person on Nov. 22 in front of 52-2 District Court Magistrate Elizabeth Chiappelli. […]
Brandon Twp.- Outside St. Anne Church on Monday, more than two dozen people waited in line in the rain. Inside the church, a small army of Ortonville Community Emergency Fund volunteers stood in the center of a hall, surrounded by hundreds of paper grocery bags loaded with food. In minutes, those waiting outside would come […]
Goodrich- There’s a new pizza place in town. And sub place. Chicken also. Ribs, too. Don’t forget the ice cream, baked goods, and coffee shop. It’s all in one stop at Little G’s Pizza & Deli, 8339 S. State St. (M-15). Bill Moonan opened the restaurant, which has a spacious dining area, on Nov. 19. […]
The two Brandon Township youth, ages 13 and 14, arraigned in September on nine counts of sexual assault against younger boys have been bound over for trial. Preliminary exams for the charged boys were held Nov. 15 and Nov. 19 in front of Sixth Circuit Court Judge Cheryl A. Matthews. They remain in custody at […]