Brandon Twp.- School doesn’t start until Tuesday, but lectures for some parents began earlier this year and Michelle Ervin is not pleased. Under a new rule implemented Jan. 1 of this year, Michigan parents and guardians requesting a vaccination waiver for their children for philosophical or religious reasons must have a conversation about the benefits […]
Brandon Twp.- The township board and Ortonville Village Council unanimously approved 2016 fire department budgets during a special joint meeting Aug. 26. The fire equipment and housing budget was approved with anticipated 2016 revenues of $318,569 and expenses of $521,130. The nearly $200,000 discrepancy is no cause for alarm, as Fire Chief Dave Kwapis explained […]
Brandon Twp.- Township taxpayers should have some decreases in their bills under proposed 2015 millage rates. Fire millages are scheduled to remain the same at 3.8000 for operating, and .5905 for equipment and housing, but due to the Headlee rollback, the township operating millage should fall from the 1 mill levied in 2014 to .9966 […]
BRANDON TWP. ? A 16-year-old male Oxford High School student is facing criminal charges instead of returning to the classroom for a new school year. The teen is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle before crashing into township woods and fleeing on foot Sept. 2, prompting a mass search […]
In a show of support for the family of fallen Michigan State Trooper Chad Wolf, community members opened their wallets to donate thousands of dollars last weekend and illuminated the exteriors of their homes with blue lights in a display of solidarity with law enforcement everywhere. Groveland Township firefighters conducted a ‘boot drive? Sept. 5-7, […]
Brandon Twp.-Nearly a year after filing suit against the former library director, the library board has reached a tentative agreement with Paula Gauthier. Board Trustee Ann Schmid announced Sept. 8 a tentative agreement that once signed by the judge, will require Gauthier to pay $92,000 to the library. ‘A down payment on the settlement amount […]
Brandon Twp.- Before classes even started this week, teachers and other staff in the district were taking steps to prevent bullying and ensure a successful year for students. On Aug. 26-27, Olweus training was conducted at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School. ‘This is a seed and we hope to grow it up to the middle school […]
Brandon Twp.- Nancy Mills and her classmates helped open Brandon High School at what is now Harvey Swanson Elementary in 1962. Now, more than five decades later, the Class of 1965 will return to the school to celebrate their 50th reunion. A tour of the building is planned as part of a weekend celebration Sept. […]
Ortonville- As people around the world face despair so great they would risk their own lives and those of their children, citizens of this community are invited to come together to pray for them and for people everywhere, whatever their struggles. International Day of Peace is this Monday. From 1-5 p.m., Sept. 20-21, the Old […]
Brandon Twp.- Meet people from your community, in a similar stage of life, and possibly facing familiar challenges this week in an ‘Early Childhood Parent Cafe.? Parents of children who are in preschool all the way up to third grade in the district are invited to attend the ‘cafe,? from 2-3:30 p.m., Sept. 22 and […]