Synopsis Groveland Twp. Board 5-11-2020 Call to Order & Roll Call Approved Agenda Approved: Consent Agenda Accts Payable Financial Reports Investment Reports Board Minutes Twp. /Fire 03/09/2020 Special Twp. Minutes 03/24/20 & 04/24/20 NEW BUSINESS Approved CDBG Approved 2019/2020 Audit Approved Fire and Twp. Insurance Approved Michigan Outdoor Services Approved BGYA Money allocated Approved Health […]
Building complaint At 2:58 p.m., May 12, Brandon deputies responded to a township home for an alleged violation of the Michigan Builder’s Trust Act. Upon arrival the complainant, acting on behalf of a family member, stated a contract for several interior home improvements was agreed upon with an area contractor. A deposit was made by […]
Molly Smith 10, removes some chalk dust from her art work near Reid Elementary School in Goodrich on May 12. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
At 1:52 a.m., May 18, Brandon Township deputies responded to the Mobile Gas Station, 1152 S. Ortonville Road on the report of glass breakage alarm. Upon their arrival, Deputies discovered that the business had been broken into. The front door glass had been shattered. Deputies checked the interior of the business, but no suspects were […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- The Martians seniors will graduate. On April 2 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered all K-12 schools to remain closed throughout the academic year to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Statewide, the order shuttered school campuses and sent about 1.5 million students home for about 30 percent of the academic […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville is hoping to welcome customers back to businesses downtown in a big way. “Our community is facing a very different challenge right now and it is difficult to know the short and long-term impact the COVID-19 crisis is having on our local businesses and our community culture,” said Courtney […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.-The opening of the new Holly Oaks ORV Park has been pushed back to Sept. 17 due to the coronavirus. The project has been on hold this spring– including hiring and training staff, grant-funded planning/development along with volunteer work. Michigan’s latest state park, located in the township near I-75 and […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Brandon Community Clothing Closet is officially closed. “The clothing closet had to close due to the Brandon Community Church closing it’s doors,” said Esther Skiba, who ran the clothing closet. “I would like to thank the community for keeping the racks filled at the clothing closet and for volunteering […]
By David Fleet Editor At the time of his retirement from Goodrich Schools, Bill Duso explained he’d taught 6,100 students in 37 years—”And I hope they learned more than the fact that I said, ‘Smoke ’em if you got ’em,’ whenever I left the room.” William Thomas Duso of Owosso, passed away peacefully May 7, […]
By David Fleet Editor In January, Michael Clancy opened AC -Tire Service Center-North, 595 Ortonville Road the former Brandon Tire store. “Just a few months after we opened in Ortonville the coronavirus prompted the shutdown of economy,” said Clancy, who for the past 50 years has operated AC-Tire South, 5440 Dixie Highway, Waterford. “Since we […]