Student count mixed locally

Brandon School student count was down by 17 students, while Goodrich enrollment grew by 71 following the offical state school count on Sept. 24, 2003. The drop in enrollment will cost the Brandon District about $113,900 while Goodrich will net about $475,700 in additional state revenue. The decrease is due in part, says Bart Jenniches, […]

People should expect the truth

The Sept. 8 sudden resignation of Department of Public Works Supervisor Joe Bruz remains, “The X-Files of Ortonville.” The truth is still out there. To begin, the answers to any and all allegations of abuse remain in Bruz’s personnel file, information kept confidential by law. Unless Bruz agrees to release his employment records to the […]

Century-old landmark gets new life

Groveland Twp.? Sometime around 1890 Edward Sevener, Township Supervisor and local farmer built a 60-by-40 barn just north of his home near the corner of Groveland and Thayer roads. The structure, constructed on a foundation of cut stones, pine logs, and supported by wooden beams, featured a north-side livestock entrance from ground level where several […]

Volunteers needed to bridge the ‘technology gap?

Brandon Twp. – Brandon Seniors continue to ‘hang-10? while surfing the Web. Beginning earlier this year area citizens and businesses have been donating computers to the Brandon Senior Activity Center for use Brandon seniors. Recently, with the help from Groveland Township and a Community Development Block Grant the Center now has seven new computers complete […]

BAPO

Brandon Twp.-The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating alleged accounting discrepancies in treasurer reports from Belle Ann Parent Organization (BAPO). According to a report issued by Diane Taylor, BAPO vice president, “during the transition of duties from last year’s BAPO officers to this year’s officers, reports from financial paperwork were reported as missing by […]

Changes necessary

Brandon Twp.—Belle Ann Parent Organization officials say more stringent accounting procedures are needed. Following a report in August which prompted the Brandon School District to investigate the accounting procedures of the former treasurer, BAPO officials are now making some changes. “If we would have had better accounting procedures and they were followed perhaps these discrepancies […]

Brandon High School marching band delivers

Groveland Twp.-On most Sunday afternoons the serene Groveland Township countryside is rather peaceful. Yet, on Oct. 26, that silence was broken thanks to about $20 in raffle tickets and members Brandon High School Marching Band. Township residents Jim and Kathleen Russell’s home was serenaded by the Marching Blackhawks after the couple’s daughter, Shana DeVoe, sold […]

Arson suspected in series of mobile home fires

Brandon Twp. — In the early morning hours of Nov. 1, Brandon Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire at Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Park storage facility near Dartmouth and Seymour Lake roads. When firefighters arrived, one mobile home was completely engulfed and two others were beginning to burn within the fenced-in compound area […]

Power outage hits 5,000 Ortonville customers

On Nov. 3, electricity in the Ortonville area went out at 8:16 a.m. and was restored about 10:30 a.m., said Detroit Edison Energy spokesperson Len Singer. “We’re not quite sure what caused the outage,” Singer said. “Typically a branch or something breaks a circuit that causes the shutdown.” Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School and Brandon High […]

Local fire departments respond to Holly Twp blaze

Fire departments from both Brandon and Groveland Township assisted at the Holly Gardens fire on Tuesday. Brandon and Groveland joined other area departments in battling the blaze at the abandoned building, located on Grange Hall Road just west of I-75. According to reports, firefighters from Brandon and Groveland townships were called to the fire at […]