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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brandon Twp.— Strong winds ripped the roof off this new home in Brandon Township when gusts estimated at more than 60 mph hit the area at about 5 p.m. Wednesday night and continued through Thursday. “These storms are anything but unusal in November,” said Bill Deedler, meteorologist from the National Weather Service in White Lake, […]
Three 2003 Brandon High School Graduates have received AP Scholar Awards for achievements on the Advanced Placement exams. Lisa Thibodeau and Christina Via both scored in the top15 percent nationally in the College Board AP Scholar Award. In addition, Anna Stanzyk earned the National AP Scholar award with honors. The Advanced Placement Program is sponsored […]
Local jobless rates continued to increase in September, according to a report from Michigan Department of Career Development Employment Service Agency. Genesee County unemployment increased by 1.1 percent for September 2003 compared with 2002, while Oakland County jobless rates increased by .6 percent. Locally, Brandon Township leads the area in unemployment with 6.6 percent outpacing […]
The Class of 2003 at both Brandon and Goodrich out paced students statewide in exceeding or meeting standards on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). Local students exceeded the state average in nearly every category, according to records released in November by the Michigan Department of Education. The number of students qualifying for the Merit […]
Local governments that have been fiscally sound over the past few years could end up paying for their penny-pinching ways if state lawmakers have their way. Legislators may consider significant cuts to local governments with general fund balances exceeding 15 percent of the annual expenditures. The cuts would come in the form of less state […]
Goodrich— Kelly Stonerock confesses to being a just a little competitive when it comes to deer hunting. At about 9:30 a.m. Nov. 15, Kelly was perched in a tree stand on private land near Clarkston, when she bagged a 160-pound 10-point buck. In the same morning hours of opening day, and 500 miles to the […]
A few weeks ago The Citizen received a letter addressed to the Michigan Utility Commission regarding 12 power outages that have occurred in the Brandon Township area between July and November 2003. The resident, who has given up setting appliance clocks as a result of the outages, explains some of the blackouts are perhaps the […]