Goodrich: Day one

Goodrich: Day one

Delylah Raelynn waving to her friend on the first day of school at Reid Elementary on Aug. 28. Photo: Patrick McAbee.

Oakwood opens

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp — The Oakwood and Hadley Road intersection is now open. On June 19, the intersection closed for the summer to make safety improvements and to replace the culvert under the road. The project was finished ahead of schedule, and the intersection opened to traffic on Aug. 25. “We […]

Village council OKs marijuana license transfer

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Ortonville — During the regular Monday night meeting, the Ortonville village council voted unanimously to transfer the conditionally approved retail marijuana license for 456 S. Ortonville Road from Berserker Group, LLC to Violet License Group, LLC. “In conversations about transferring the license, it was guaranteed that they will abide by […]

Letters to the Editor September 2, 2023

OCEF Thank you Thank you, thank you, thank you! We cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Please know grateful we are to everyone who so generously donated school supplies and gave of their time to our OCEF 2023 School Supply Project. We would like to thank Brandon Township Public Library, all of the area […]

Darrell Mollett

MOLLETT, DARRELL of Ortonville, Michigan, died on August 28, 2023. He was 67. Darrell was born January 4, 1956 in Tomahawk, Kentucky. He married Shelly Gula on June 15, 1978 in Waterford, Michigan. He is survived by his loving wife, Shelly Mollett; one daughter, Hannah (Matt Collins) Mollett; mother-in-law, LaVon Gula; he was preceded in […]

Classroom ready

Classroom ready

Lauren Cheek testing out her Boxlight display board in her kindergarten classroom at Reid Elementary. The first day of school for Goodrich is Aug. 28. Photo: David Fleet

Veteran educator to lead BMS

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon — Kevin Ayer has spent 27 years in education, and now he’s making his mark on the Brandon School District as the new middle school principal. “I grew up in this area, I went to Kearsley, so Brandon has always been a solid school,” said Ayer. “The community is […]

What it means to be part of history

My husband and I recently spent four days in New York City and I bought something I’ve wanted since I was a little girl. I got myself an American Girl doll. For anyone who doesn’t know, American Girl is a line of dolls and print media, such as magazines and books. They have a line […]

BHS required reading update

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon — In April of 2022, the Brandon school district began updating the English Language Arts, ELA, required readings for the English 11 students. During the regular Monday night meeting, the board of education received an update on how the change affected the students for the 2022-2023 school year. “We […]

Barbara Bancroft-Jordan

BANCROFT-JORDAN, BARBARA JEAN of Davison, Michigan, died on August 21, 2023. She was 85. Barbara was born June 15, 1938 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Frederick Eugene and Alta Grace (nee: Sanford) Crane. She is survived by her three sons, Jay E. (Rhonda) Bancroft, Dean B. (the late Luann) Bancroft and Tracy L. (Janice) […]

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