Johnson’s one last sound of music

For the past 28 years, chances are if you learned to play a musical instrument while attending Brandon Schools, you could thank Roy Johnson. ‘I had the students play what I think I can get away with in regards to difficulty,? said Johnson, who announced his retirement from Brandon Schools in April. ‘In my eyes, […]

Hit-and-run suspect may be in local area

Area police are seeking information regarding a hit-and-run accident. According to Lt. Steve Hill of the Grand Blanc Police Department, at about 11:45 a.m. June 18 a 65-year-old female was walking with her dog on Crofishire Dr. in the Kirkridge subdivision located in the City of Grand Blanc when she was struck by a vehicle. […]

Battle over township police funding continues

Atlas Twp.- An expired special assessment, escalating costs for police service, coupled with a decline in revenues sparked an hour-long public hearing Monday night. The future of funding township law enforcement will now move to a second public hearing at 6:30 p.m., July 26 after a 4-1 vote to establish a special assessment district. The […]

Bus drivers ink concession deal

After more than an hour of closed session on Monday, the school board voted 7-0 to approve a tentative agreement with Teamsters Union 214 Brandon bus drivers and mechanics for contract concessions of $235,098. The agreement was set to be ratified on Thursday after presstime. Complete terms of the one-year agreement with the district’s 28 […]

Council names Larry Brown Ortonville Village manager

Ortonville-By a 6-1 vote on Monday night, Larry Brown was hired as the new village manager. The village council had unanimously voted to assign Brown to the position of interim village manager at their April 12 meeting. The former village manager, Bill Sprague, has taken a position in the private sector after five months in […]

‘Keeping a part of rural America?

Chances are if you live in the Village of Atlas you know Joan Smith. For the past 13 years, Smith has served as the Atlas Postmaster’and in a rural community where mail is still picked up in one of about 236 post office boxes? she’s somewhat of a celebrity. On June 30 she will retire. […]

District settles Wuopio lawsuit, terms undisclosed

Following more than an hour-long closed session of the Brandon Board of Education voted 7-0 to settle a lawsuit between the school district and former district employee June Wuopio. Brandon Schools Superintendent Lorrie McMahon confirmed a settlement was near. ‘The case never went to trial,? she said. ‘The total liabilty of the district was settled. […]

Twp. man arrested after prerscription drug theft

A 21-year-old Brandon Township resident has been arraigned on charges after allegedly breaking into his neighbors? home. Joshua Johnson was arraigned on June 14 on one count of second degree home invasion, a 15-year felony, by 52-2 Judge Kelley Kostin. Johnson remains in custody at Oakland County Jail on $10,000 bond. According to police reports, […]

‘We are very judicious in sending patrol cars?

A riff between Brandon and Groveland townships over police coverage could be an issue for Lansing to decide. In the past month, Brandon Township deputies have responded nine times to Groveland Township, a ‘significant? number, said Brandon Substation Commander Sgt. Pete Burkett. These calls have been for car accidents, as well as issues such as […]

‘God had other plans?

Groveland Twp.- Perseverance. For 173 years the Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, 3209 Jossman Road, has endured storms, fires and a host of struggles for a congregation of about 50. However, the quaint rural church has endured’a tribute to the generations of families that have passed through. Church Pastor Pat Harton was perhaps a perfect […]