Brandon Fire Department wins $120K grant for equipment

Brandon Twp.- The third time was the charm. For the third year in a row, the fire department bid for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant, and their persistence finally paid off? to the tune of more than $120,000. On Friday, June 13, the department was notified they would be awarded a grant of $127,499 to […]

Board OKs new Reid Elementary principal

Goodrich- On June 9, the school board of trustees voted 7-0 to promote Reid Elementary Kindergarten Teacher Beth Millerschin to school principal. Millerschin replaces Principal Christy Flowers who will work in the Davison School District this fall.. ‘I am very excited to accept this new challenge and look forward to working with this great staff […]

Christ Lutheran Church cemetery turns 150-years-old

Hadley Twp.-On June 15 Christ Lutheran Church commemorated the 150th anniversary of their cemetery. David Paslean, a church member for 71 years and chairman of the cemetery operations, said township resident Wilhelm Rose donated about one acre on the northwest corner of Hadley Road and Fox Lake Road in 1864 to establish the cemetery. Christ […]

Vi’s Polish Cuisine

Dennise Sigler’s motto for her new business is ‘from grandmother’s kitchen with love.? For Sigler, a Groveland Township resident, the love that came from her grandmother Violet’s kitchen? Polish food? now comes from a 14-foot trailer. That trailer, with the name ‘Vi’s Polish Cuisine,? will be seen this weekend at CreekFest in Ortonville. ‘My grandmother […]

Strawberry fields

Brandon Twp.- Raymond Kramer was on his hands and knees picking strawberries on Tuesday, the day before his 94th birthday. As the sun beat down, sweat trickled from the Clarkston resident’s face, but he was cheery as he plucked the ripe fruit at Middleton Berry Farm, 4790 Oakwood Road. ‘I like that this is close […]

Observations

? It’s taken me a lot of my lifetime to acknowledge it’s much more important to have and keep friends, than to move conversation topics into politics and religion where I know from the start we don’t agree. We’ve been good friends of Tom and Irene for a few decades. I’ll admit it might help […]

Thud, thud: Thrown under bus whilst on vacation

You may or may not know this, but I was on vacation over the span of two weeks (but for only six days). Always wanted to go to Maine. The opportunity came up, I jumped and the rest is history. I went to Maine. This column is not about what I did on that trip. […]

Atlas Township

TOWNSHIP OF ATLAS GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NUMBER 14-04 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE An ordinance of the Township of Atlas adopting the 2012 edition of the International Fire Code, regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, […]

Ortonville Village

Village of Ortonville Brandon Township Offices 395 Mill Street Ortonville Village Council Meeting June 9, 2014 Synopsis Trustees Present: McClerren, Skornicka, Eschmann, Baker, Wills, Peters, Waters Absent: None 1) Approved the agenda as presented. 2) Approved the Minutes of: May 27, 2014 Public Hearing ? As amended May 27, 2014 Village Council Meeting ? As […]

Brandon Township

Public notice Charter Township of Brandon NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION FOR THE AUGUST 5, 2014 PRIMARY ELECTION To the Qualified Electors of the Charter Township of Brandon, County of Oakland: Notice is hereby given that the last day to register for the August 5, 2014, Primary Election will be Monday, July 7, 2014. If […]