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 […]
HOLSTEIN, HERBERT JAMES of Ortonville, Michigan; died August 16, 2019. He was 78. Born October 28, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Herbert and Wilma (nee: Morris) Holstein. Herb married the former Ginger Starr in 2003 at the Ortonville United Methodist Church. He is survived by his loving wife Ginger; his two favorite step-daughters, […]
Front, Lucy Thompson. Back from left, Macey Toutant, Avery Smith, and Lennox Hudson play at the Crossman Park Ortonville during the last days of summer vacation. The first full day of school in the Brandon district is Sept. 3. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- At the regular Monday meeting, the school board voted 7-0 to approve a resolution to refund the school loan bond fund portion of the 2006 Brandon bond, which will reduce the payment on the bond by over a $1 million due to lower interest rates. “It’s basically like […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Tom’s Market has been a fixture in Ortonville for 30 years, and the new owner is looking forward to many more. “I want to grow in the community,” said new owner Jay Patel. “I’ve been a member of the community already for 15 years.” There will be plenty of changes […]
GILLETT, RAYMOND PHILLIP of Goodrich, Michigan. Died unexpectedly on August 11, 2019. He was 62. He was born December 7, 1956 in Flint, Michigan to the late William K. and Rose Marie (nee: Chaney) Gillett. He is survived by three children, Savannah Meksto, Dustin (Fiance’ Kathy) Gillett and Sarah (Nate) Kindt; four brothers, Larry Gilmore, […]
Caleb Duffield and Kylee Lanpher jump into Vacation Bible School, Giddy-up Junction at First Baptist Church, 6116 S. State Road Goodrich. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The board of trustees approved the 2019-2020 intergovernmental agreement to provide a police liaison officer for Brandon Schools with a 6-0 vote. Treasurer Terri Darnall was absent with notice. The current officer in that position is Detective Mike Taylor, who has been with the substation for the past […]