Brandon Twp.- Brandon High School seniors Ahmad Dandachi and Chelsea Perry are bound for Reno, Nev., thanks to their website featuring Chicago. The students entered a website competition sponsored by Business Professionals of America and placed first regionally, and by virtue of taking second place at the state level, will compete against 100 teams nationally […]
Brandon Twp.- Evidence of success with the STARS program keeps turning up. STARS (Student Tutoring and Reading Sessions) began in September as a free after-school tutoring and reading program for students in grades K-4. The program that was initially geared to students residing in the Sashabaw Meadows and Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Parks has now […]
Atlas Twp.- Township residents will have the opportunity to vote on Tuesday afterall. The sole issue on the Nov. 8 ballot for residents will be whether to recall State Representative Paul Scott (R-51). Numerous last-minute court challenges caused confusion and doubt to whether the recall would make it to the ballot. ‘The recall language was […]
Ortonville- The holiday shopping season kicks into high gear this month and area residents can find locally made, unique gifts by visiting the Brandon Boutique & Craft Show, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 12, at the Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School gymnasium, 300 South St. ‘This is your chance to shop locally for Christmas […]
Jim Gibson was having difficulty walking and what he describes as ‘heaviness? in his legs. The General Motors retiree saw an orthopedic doctor who told him he had flat feet and wrote him a prescription for inserts, but it didn’t work. The problem worsened, and he saw commercials for peripheral artery disease, but because of […]
A Brandon Township man who choked his wife and then fled from police will serve prison time. Howard John Dwyer, 48, was sentenced Oct. 20 by Sixth Circuit Court Judge Nanci J. Grant to 1 to 20 years in prison for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, to which he […]
Brandon Twp.- Mark your calendars now for the 2011 Annual Business Expo, set for 5-8 p.m., Nov. 17, at the Brandon High School cafeteria, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. The public is invited to the family-friendly event sponsored by the Greater Ortonville Area Chamber of Commerce. Admission is free and activities for kids include face-painting, a […]
Brandon Twp.- The Brandon Board of Education meeting started on Monday much as it did last month? with a standing room only crowd. But while there were again questions from the audience about Superintendent Tom Miller’s performance, this time Miller and some boardmembers fired back, defending decisions from placement of the new high school parking […]
Ortonville- The music of Frank Sinatra played on Tuesday at the Edna Burton Senior Center, and Katie Hobson played, too. Sitting on a chair, arms raised in the air, with a drumstick in each hand, the 86-year-old grinned as she struck a red exercise ball in front of her again and again as ‘New York, […]
Spring officially arrives this week, but be ready for more severe weather after one of the snowiest winters on record. ‘We have a system coming next week that could bring in misery,? said National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Deedler last Wednesday. ‘Right now, models disagree on the track, but the storm could come in Tuesday, […]