By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- Ron Sutton was just 17-years-old when the church fire occurred July 14, 1947. “Mom got me out of bed in the morning,” said Sutton, now 88. “She told me Mt. Bethel Church was on fire and we drove out there— about 10 minutes behind the fire trucks—since my dad, […]
Trash alert Dear Editor, The Citizen needs a trash alert on the front page. A big red check mark, warning of a Bonnie Beltramo letter, so it can hit the trash on the way from the mailbox. When will you realize that our hometown paper has become her platform for her obsessive thinking and shaming […]
SYNOPSIS ATLAS TOWNSHIP REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2017 AT 5:30 P.M. 7386 S. GALE ROAD, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 636-2548 www.atlastownship.org Members present: T. Onica, K. Vick, A. Moore, B. June, P. Major Members absent: None Staff present: S. Wilkerson, D. Lattie, F. Forys, M. Hart The Board took the following actions: 1) […]
BRANDON TOWNSHIP SYNOPSIS Charter Township of Brandon Special Board Meeting August 24, 2017 Call to order at 7:05 p.m. Present: Allen, Broughton, Darnall, DePalma, Kordella, Marshall & Thurman. Absent: None Approved: LWCF Resolution Election Commission Members Held Workshop on Police Budget Adjourned at 9:11pm A full copy of the minutes is available at the Clerk’s […]
PUBLIC NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING The Charter Township of Brandon will hold a public hearing on September 21, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed millage rates for 2017. The proposed 2017 millage rates are: Year 2016 […]
ATLAS TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 18, 2017 at 5:30 P.M. GALE LAKE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR WEED CONTROL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF ATLAS TOWNSHIP, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, in accordance with PA 188 of 1954, a resolution by the Township Board was adopted to […]
By David Fleet Editor Clear Lake, Texas- Anthony Lapp considered his community lucky just missing the slow-moving, record-shattering Hurricane Harvey that battered much of the southern coast of Texas over the past week. Lapp, a 1999 Brandon High School graduate who along wife Erin moved to the city of about 62,000 residents about 60 miles […]
Death to mosquitoes Dear Editor, The guys of the street department (can do anything it seems) recently spent several laborious hours cleaning overgrowth from the creek in our neighborhood, the creek had become stagnant and insects were thriving. The guys did a outstanding job of opening the creek back to a flowing stream and they […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.- Dog food and plenty of sunshine. Two seemingly unrelated components that could now save the district and taxpayers more than a million dollars. Due to the lack of a sanitary sewer system in the township—the Brandon district’s high school and middle school share a wastewater treatment plant that, for […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At 1:19 p.m., Aug. 22, Brandon deputies and township firefighters responded to the 2800 block of Seymour Lake Road for an injury accident. The crash occurred when the driver of a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville was traveling westbound on Seymour Lake Road and had crossed the center line. The Bonneville then […]