By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- At the Monday night meeting, the council voted 7-0 to donate $2,000 to the Old Mill Museum’s blacksmith shop, a project that started in May. “These services have been gratuitous in nature, in-kind services, so we have been able to save money on the blacksmith shop, and I would […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- At the Monday night council meeting, the board voted 4-3 to table the reappointment of two planning commissioners whose terms had ended June 30, with councilmen Larry Hayden, Pat George, and Village President Tonja Brice voting no. The council asked the village manager to explore posting the openings to […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- At their Monday night meeting, the council had a discussion on businesses carrying cannabidiol (CBD) oil products in the village limits. “A local pharmacy is considering moving into the vacant space next to Fitbody Bootcamp, they sell a line of CBD oil, and they wanted to make sure that […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- The village council voted 7-0 at their Monday meeting to extend the deadline that residential waste haulers must switch to Monday pick-up. “Waste Management in particular is seeking an extension until January because they took over a lot of Odd Jobs customers,” said clerk Liz Edwards. “And they indicated […]
SHARPE, THOMAS H. (age 77) passed away on August 27, 2019 after several months of illness. But throughout that fight, he never lost his sense of humor (although the jokes were sometimes lost on others). Let’s just say he was a master at dry humor. He also was a man of many interests. Some may […]
Jillian Ferrill 11, helping her little brother Brayden, 7. On Wednesday night Reid Elementary hosted an open house for students. The first day of school is Aug. 26. Photos by Patrick McAbee.
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Work is underway at the township park on Hadley Road. At the Monday night special meeting, the board of trustees voted 5-2 to award the bid for stripping and stock piling topsoil for approximately five acres of the park to Roger Ingles, as well voting 7-0 on a […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- At a special meeting on Monday night, the township hosted a workshop on their 2020 strategic planning, which examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the community. One of the issues that was brought up as a weakness is fewer children. “We are still probably at fewer […]
Charter Township of Brandon 395 Mill Street Ortonville, MI 48462 SPECIAL Meeting – August 19, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 7:35pm. Present: Allen, Darnall, DePalma, Kordella, Marshall, Rumball, Thurman Approved: – Agenda, as amended – New Business: A. Taking action on stripping and stock piling topsoil at the Township Park B. Pay scale […]
PUBLIC NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING The Charter Township of Brandon will hold a public hearing on September 3, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed millage rates for 2019. The proposed 2019 millage rates are: Maximum Year […]