SYNOPSIS Village of Ortonville Regular Meeting November 27, 2017 Call to order 7:02 p.m. Trustees Present: Brice, Butzu, Eschmann, Skornicka, Sleva, Wills Public Hearing held at 7:31 p.m. The following items were approved: Agenda Minutes of October 18, 2017 Minutes of October 23, 2017 Disbursements in amount of $34,567.35 Fire Authority requests (4) 2018 OTV […]
ATLAS TOWNSHIP PUBLIC NOTICE BOARD OF REVIEW Please be advised, the Atlas Township Board of Review will convene at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Special meeting of the December Board of Review may be convened by assessing officer to correct mutual mistake of fact or clerical error. (211.53b). An owner of a property […]
SYNOPSIS CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON REGULAR MEETING December 4, 2017 Call to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Allen, Broughton, DePalma, Kordella, Marshall & Thurman. Absent: Darnall (with notice) Presentation: Appreciation Award Scott Laga Appreciation Award Deputy Eric Overall Presentation by BMS FTC Pineapple Warriors Public Hearing: 2018 Proposed Budget Approved: Agenda Adoption of Amendment to […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer A Taiwan native is just now getting a taste of a cold Michigan winter. “I like the snow but it’s too cold for me,” said Brandon high school sophomore Pei-Hsuan Ming, a.k.a. Savannah. “Taiwan in the summer is 90 degrees every day.” Savannah is one 16 Brandon foreign exchange students […]
Dear Santa, My name is Dylan. I live in Clarkston, Michigan. I have been good this year. How have your elves been?Thank you for the nintendo 3DS and other gifts. For Christmas I would like a Nintendo Switch, big lego sets, nerf guns, pokemon cards, and Harry Potter stuff. Would you please bring these. Love, […]
(In response to Clarkston Church eyes Brandon Fletcher, The Citizen, Nov. 25, page 4) Welcome Bridgewood Dear editor, I was thrilled to read that Bridgewood Church has interest in the former Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School Building. Bridgewood Church has been remarkable in giving back to the Ortonville community. Each school and every student has benefited […]
By David Fleet Editor By the tenth frame Jeremiah Turner’s legs were shaking. “That’s the frame when the bowling alley got real quiet,” said Turner, 16, a Brandon High School junior and member of the varsity bowling team. “My heart was pounding, I was super nervous. I knew everyone was watching me.” Turner’s brush with […]
By David Fleet Editor The township hall facelift is complete. In August, by a vote of 5-0 the township board of trustees OK’d Swartz Creek based—RBF Construction for building renovations to the township hall, 7386 Gale Road. The cost of the project, which started just after Labor Day cost $148, 210. The renovations included reconstruction […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- On Nov. 6 the township board of trustees voted to reclassify the positions of Senior Center Coordinator and Parks and Recreation Director as exempt. The decision changes the director’s wages from hourly to salary wages. The 6-0 vote will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Trustee Dana DePalma was […]
By David Fleet Editor For more than four decades, Goodrich resident Guy Adamec has molded a career as a master potter, builder and in his words—a “maker.” “We are so use to machine made objects we look at variations as flaws,” said Adamec, 66. “In reality those are the things that make it interesting. It’s […]