Brandon Twp.- Patrick Lewis was riding home on the school bus the afternoon of Nov. 11 when he turned his head to look behind him, where his friend, Curtis Tucker, was sitting. Patrick turned to the front again, and doesn’t remember the next four minutes. Tucker will likely never forget it. As he watched, Patrick […]
Brandon Twp.- The new Brandon Blackhawks boys varsity basketball coach is a familiar face? Bryan Ray has been coaching the girls? varsity basketball team for the past decade. ‘It’s an exciting challenge,? said Ray. ‘Switching form the girls to the boys is bittersweet. We have a great bunch of girls, but at the same time, […]
Brandon Twp.- Completion of a playground and plans to install lighting and a lift station for an existing sledding hill at the community park will move forward. The township board approved, by a 5-1 vote at their Nov. 16 meeting, to appropriate all funds necessary to complete the projects, part of a Land and Water […]
An 18-year-old Brandon Township man is facing 20 years in prison after making threats this week that ultimately caused a 2-day lockdown of two Brandon schools. Christopher Thompson was arraigned Nov. 19 on a charge of making a terrorist threat or false report terrorism in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio. Bond was […]
Brandon Twp.- Falling off the cliff. This is the term school district officials around the state, including those in Brandon, have coined for the revenue shortfall expected in fiscal year 2011. During the Nov. 9 school board meeting, Executive Director of Fiscal Affairs Jamie Cowan gave a financial update for the school district to board […]
Brandon Twp.- The township recreation department and Edna Burton Senior Center will likely face cuts ranging from 20-23 percent, while cuts from the supervisor’s, treasurer’s, and clerk’s offices will be anywhere from 12.5 to 15 percent under a plan discussed by boardmembers during a budget workshop Nov. 5. ‘We decided that we will take a […]
Ortonville- The village may have its first fire hydrant ever just in time for Christmas in the Village Dec. 5. The village council unanimously approved at their Nov. 9 meeting a motion to proceed with the installation of a fire protection well for the village that will supply between 300-350 gallons of water per minute […]
Bernadine Miller, who with her husband Clark began the farm now known as Cook’s Farm Dairy, died Nov. 10. She was 98. Bernadine and her twin sister, Christine, were born Jan. 18, 1911 in Clarkston to E.V. and Sally Bailey. Bernadine was raised on a farm on Pine Knob Road, graduated from Clarkston High School, […]
Brandon Twp.- A mother with her two children recently approached Recreation Director Fred Waybrant at the township community park located at 1414 N. Hadley Road. Waybrant was working on rubber flooring to go under the universally accessible playground structure installed this summer and the kids wanted to know when they could play on the equipment. […]
Goodrich- When Goodrich High School junior Dylan Foglio ended his own life on June 6, 2008, his aunt believes he left his family and friends pain and suffering that he couldn’t have imagined. ‘If he would have known what he has put the family through, I don’t know that he would have done that,? said […]