Brandon Twp.- With the exception of a slight increase in the library debt millage, residents will pay the same tax rates next year as they did this year. The township board voted 4-2 at the Sept. 20 board meeting to keep the general fund, police, and fire millage rates unchanged, and to raise the library […]
School attendance is important every day, but especially this Wednesday, Sept. 29? student count day. The first of two statewide student count days determines 75 percent of school funding. The second student count in February accounts for 25 percent of per-pupil funding. Schools depend on per-pupil funding from the state and with student enrollment on […]
Brandon Twp.- Lee Cleric had to stop driving two years ago after her eyesight deteriorated. The 81-year-old township resident’s only mode of transportation is the Edna Burton Senior Center vehicles. She depends on the van and bus drivers, Pat Reed and Janet Clair, to get her to her optometrist, dentist, physician, and chiropractor. The senior […]
Ortonville- A cloud of uncertainty still hangs over medical marijuana nearly two years after Michigan voters approved legalization of the drug for patients in need of pain relief. The village council wants the air to clear before making any decisions on ordinances regulating medical marijuana here. In the village, patients will have to wait at […]
Brandon Twp.- On Wednesday evening, with autumn in the air and the sun lingering in the sky over the soccer fields at the community park, Corene Sebring relaxed in a lawn chair on the sideline and watched a game that included her daughter, Delaney. Sebring is no stranger to soccer games? Delaney is her fourth […]
Ortonville- Even though it is estimated that up to half of all marriages end in divorce, Scott Noel says many people who are divorced or separated feel like outcasts. ‘People suffer through divorce? the feelings and emotions they go through are unique to them and a lot of people don’t know how to recover,? said […]
Brandon Twp.-In tough economic times, libraries typically see increased patronage. The township library, 304 South St., is no exception to this rule? from 2006 to 2009, circulation has increased 51 percent here, and in 2010, circulation is up 9 percent over last year, says Director Paula Gauthier. But the library, like most other public entities, […]
Brandon Twp.- Floyd Hubble died when his plane was shot down over France on July 4, 1944. Bev DeGraw knew little else about the uncle who perished when she was 6-years-old, as her grandmother couldn’t bear to speak of him. ‘It tore her up, her heart was broken,? says DeGraw, now 72 and a township […]
Brandon Twp.- Cuts to police and senior van transportation was at the heart of more budget discussions Sept. 7 as officials try to balance serving residents while not increasing taxes. ‘I can’t see cutting dialysis and doctor appontments for seniors,? said Clerk Jeannie McCreery. ‘We can’t save this money on the backs of the seniors. […]
Brandon Twp.- A mobile home fire in the township last week was likely caused by faulty electrical. Firefighters and deputies responded to the blaze at 5:15 p.m., Sept. 1, at 3713 Elm in the Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Park. Fire Chief David Kwapis said the homeowner had left the single-wide trailer about 10 minutes prior […]