nSign recovery fee: The board approved to charge a $10 penalty fee for removal of temporary signs such as election signs left up to 14 days after an election, temporary business advertisements, and garage sale signs that have to have been removed by the township. Previously the township removes the signs and returns them to […]
Brandon Schools – In addition to sharpening their math skills, Belle Ann students? totalled up more than $5,000 for the children and families of St. Jude Hospital. Once again the Belle Ann students participated in the program to help raise money for the families of children receiving treatment at St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, […]
Groveland – As a child in Kentucky all Terrie Lea wanted to do was sing the songs played by her father, a country western musician. ‘My dad always had people with instruments at our house every weekend,? said Lea, a Groveland Township resident. ‘We did it because we loved it and I just wanted to […]
Name: Sally Swayne Occupation: Human Service specialist at Lighthouse of Oakland County in Pontiac. Personal: The 58- year Brandon Township resident is the mother of five daughters and five granddaughters, all of whom attended Brandon district schools. Memberships: Swayne is currently a member of the Ortonville United Methodist Church, a chairperson of the Senior Citizen […]
Ortonville -Organizer of the June 12 Ortonville Creekfest event Lois Robbins said there were more people working on committees for the second annual River Day event than last year, which she says is a good sign that attendance will be up at the Kearsley Creek celebration. The day brings attention to the Kearsley Creek, a […]
Brandon Twp.-The township is currently negotiating the purchase of 47.5 acres near Hadley and Oakwood roads for a possible recreation park. The estimated cost of the parcel currently owned by James Vantine Sr. is $807,000 (or $17,000 per acre), to be purchased on a five-year land contract. Brandon Township Supervisor Ron Lapp announced the plans […]
Brandon Twp – Early Sunday morning a 50 year-old Ortonville resident contacted police at 1:30 a.m. following an altercation was his son. The father told Oakland County Sheriff Detective Brad Teague that he arrived home and discovered several teens including his son, at his house without his permission. An argument ensued between him and his […]
Brandon Twp – On May 20, 2004 lifelong Brandon Township resident Randy Ray Cooper stood before Chief Judge Nick Holowka of the 40th Circuit Court in Lapeer and plead guilty on two counts each of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct. Cooper has remained free on two separate $100,000 personal bond since July 2003 for sexual […]
nTownship agrees to modify sign ordinance: At the request of the Township Supervisor Ron Lapp, the board moved to recommend an addendum to an existing sign ordinance to include a time limit on displaying political signs. Currently the ordinance does not specify the number of days prior to an election which a candidate can display […]
Brandon Twp – Police tape, a crowds of onlookers, cameras, an ambulances, and a night sky flooded with the sound of helicopter blades seemed to support the murmur of a dead body found in Brandon Township. Coincidentally, the helicopter was real but the rest was the final scenes to the movie, ‘Pay Dirt?, a murder […]