Brandon Twp.- Down. Up. Up. Down. Since June, the school district’s fund balance has experienced ups and downs, but the bottom line is that right now the fund balance is nearly the same as what was approved in the budget five months ago. ‘The operating deficit is slightly higher? $262,000 more than we thought, but […]
Brandon Twp.- Eric Lott openly admits he was ready to play spoilsport when asked to be on a committee to examine outsourcing technology support services for the school district. The Brandon High School computer teacher joined several administrators for a trip to Ohio to see how VARtek, a company based in Dayton, has assisted a […]
A man who fired a gun through a wall of his Brandon Township home while discussing with his wife their pending divorce has been found guilty of reckless use/discharge of a firearm. A jury deliberated less than an hour Nov. 21 before delivering the guilty verdict for Zonnie Jay Fritsche, a former reserve police officer […]
The Brandon School District has faced a turbulent year so far and the troubles appear to be continuing. The Brandon Board of Education, aka Brandon School District, and Superintendent Tom Miller, along with Marian Horowitz, current Boardmember Beth Nuccio and former boardmembers Ken Quisenberry and Gina Muzzarelli, have been named in a lawsuit filed by […]
Brandon Twp.- Joe Miller has missed a lot of ‘firsts? in his young son’s life, but there was one first that could wait until the Army sergeant took leave from a 15-month deployment to Iraq. Luisier Miller, now 17-months old, got his first haircut on Feb. 20, while seated on his daddy’s lap at Amedae […]
Former Ortonville village manager Paul Zelenak has been selected to be the next village manager of Lake Orion. The Lake Orion Village Council chose Zelenak by a 6-1 vote during their Feb. 25 meeting. ‘It’s still an offer, we haven’t negotiated the contract,? Zelenak said Tuesday. ‘I’m very excited and looking forward to the opportunity […]
A father who lost his son nearly two years ago when a dead tree in Brandon Township fell and killed the 25-year-old man, is suing the Road Commission for Oakland County. Attorney Jeffrey Himelhoch said he filed a lawsuit on Feb. 21 in Oakland County Circuit Court on behalf of Doral Lawrence, father of David […]
Brandon Twp.- Two township men are lucky to be alive after the car they were in struck a tree when the driver lost control while doing ‘doughnuts? on the ice of Hummer Lake. According to police reports, deputies were called out to the 4000 block of Hummer Lake about 12:33 a.m. on Feb. 26. A […]
Brandon Twp.- The library board will gauge support of a millage increase by forming a campaign committee. At the board’s Nov. 28 meeting, Director Paula Gauthier said the board stopped short of declaring they would go to voters next year asking them to return to a 2.0 operating millage rate previously approved. That rate has […]
Dannie Vernon Vore, Jr., 27, of Goodrich, pleaded guilty to larceny over $1,000 and receiving and concealing stolen property over $1,000 in front of Sixth Circuit Court Judge Shalina Kumar on Feb. 19, in connection with several thefts of catalytic converters in Brandon Township. According to police reports, Vore and Jason Brian Morgan, 23, of […]