NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Regular Meeting The Charter Township of Brandon Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing August 23, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. at Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462 to hear the following appeals: Appeal #17-0023 Zoned RE Property ID #03-16-200-033 & 03-16-200-034 Name: Christopher Stephenson Barry Brock […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville- In the spring of 1945 Dane Guisbert was in the Philippine Islands when shrapnel from Japanese artillery knocked him down. “It took my breath away,” recalls Guisbert, now a 90-year-old Brandon Township resident. “They sent me to first aid and then back to my unit.” Guisbert, a Sanilac County native, […]
By David Fleet Editor Less than a second. That’s how close Cooper Teare came to becoming one of just 10 high school athletes ever to eclipse the 4-minute mile mark. Cooper, 17, son of Dave, a 1980 graduate of Brandon High School, and Charlene Teare, graduated earlier this summer from St Joseph Notre Dame High […]
Robert Albert Bergamini of Ortonville died July 15, 2017. He was 86. Born Jan. 8, 1931 in Detroit to the late Albert and Virginia (nee: Ilitch) Bergamini. He is survived by his soulmate of 45-plus years, Genevieve McKinney; three children, Denise Ceriotti, Kim (Janine) Pavkovich and Robert Pavkovich; four grandchildren, Danny and Courtney Ceriotti, Adam […]
By David Fleet Editor Opening on the road. Both Brandon and Goodrich will not only open the 2017 football season on the road, they will play in neutral stadiums. At 1 p.m., Aug. 24, the Martians will take on Bendle at Kettering University’s Atwood Stadium in the Vehicle City Gridiron Classic. At 1 p.m., Aug. […]
Douglas J “Dozer” Moors of Goodrich, Michigan, passed away on July 30, 2017 in Troy, Mich. He was 22. The family will receive visitors on Thursday, August 3, 2017 from 3pm – 8pm and Friday August 4, 2017 from 12pm -2pm at Hill Funeral Home, 11723 S. Saginaw Street, Grand Blanc, Michigan. A celebration of […]
The Citizen asked Tenny Webster, Appalachian Trail Conservancy Trail Information Specialist, some questions about hiking the trail. Webster has worked at the ATC headquarters in Harpers Ferry, W.V. for 2.5 years, thru-hiked the trail in ’96, and volunteers with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, one of the 31 Trail clubs that maintains the Trail. How […]
HICKEY, Mary Jane – age 89, passed away on August 1, 2017 in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 6, 2017 from 4pm – 8pm with Rosary Prayer Service at 7pm at Hill Funeral Home – 11723 S. Saginaw Street, Grand Blanc, Michigan. Funeral mass will be held on Monday, August […]
Dennis Allen Pillsbury of Ortonville; died July 30, 2017. He was 73. Born November 5, 1943 in Goodrich, Michigan to the late Otis and Dorothy (nee: Beltz) Pillsbury. He married Rochelle Pridemore on May 2, 1988 in Pigeon Forge, TN. He is survived by his loving wife, Rochelle; one son Scott Pillsbury; one step-son, Damian […]
Arthur O. Sans died Friday July 28, 2017. He was 88. Born July 12, 1929 in Pontiac, MI, the son of the late Julienne (Sans) King. Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth (nee Zwicker). Dear father of Jeffrey Sans, Elizabeth (Sean) Tierney, Artha (Jonathan) Horowitz, Peter (Gretchen) Sans and Margaret Mary Sans; proud grandfather of […]