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. […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Atlas Twp-The township emergency siren was retested after repair and is in full working order. That’s the report from Shirley Kautman-Jones, township supervisor, after a failed test last month. ‘The siren will sound at noon each day and on the first Saturday of the month,? she said. After a failure of the Hegel Road emergency […]
Networking’a key element in a challenging business climate? is one of several reasons Roy Langolf, director of Coats Village Funeral Home, 135 South St, Ortonville, attended the Coffee Club on Wednesday morning. ‘Each week there’s plenty of new businesses at the Coffee Club to share ideas,? said Langolf. ‘For about an hour each week it’s […]
‘Hour Detroit? magazine has named Ortonville attorney, Kirk Falvay, ‘Best of Detroit? in the area of estate planning in their June 2010 issue. ‘Hour Detroit? magazine made their selection based on a survey of financial services industry professionals and high-net-worth households in the Detroit area. The final selections were made by a blue ribbon panel […]
Joe Hervey, a 2010 Brandon High School senior was awarded the $2,000 Harvey Fletcher Scholarship last week. Hervey, will attend Central Michigan University in the fall to study secondary education as a Spanish instructor. Joe is the son of Catharine and Greg Hervey of Hadley. Established as an endowment in memory of Brandon Schools Principal, […]
To Allen Hatch, the recipe was simple. Eight decades of American automotive history coupled with a relentless desire to promote Flint and Genesee County’grounded on a passion for classic automobiles. The results: Back to the Bricks Cruise Weekend, which in just short four years has triggered a following that spans north America. Hatch, an Atlas […]