Brandon Twp.- Business success, job and career development, and community planning efforts emerged as the top priorities for the library during a day-long community planning meeting held March 27 at the library. The meeting, attended by numerous community officials, was intended to help library staff in identifying area needs as they develop a strategic plan […]
Brandon Twp.- Cody Hibbs was in the Brandon High School Performing Arts Center with hundreds of other students gathered for an assembly on Wednesday when it was announced he had won the Patricia C. Boss Award for the top student leader in the state of Michigan. ‘I was so happy, I started smiling, it was […]
Brandon Twp.- Library cardholders here will have the option of checking out materials from more than 170 libraries across the state beginning May 1. The library board voted to join the MichiCard program during their March 23 meeting. ‘I think it’s a wonderful step the board has taken to give Brandon residents access to materials […]
Police and school officials are urging parents and children to be extra cautious after several suspicious incidents occurred over the past few weeks in the area. ‘We’ve increased our patrols by threefold during the time kids are waiting for the bus before school, with marked and unmarked cars,? said Genesee County Sheriff’s Department Captain Chris […]
The search for a new superintendent of Goodrich Schools has narrowed to two candidates. During the March 23 school board meeting, Leonard Johnson of the Michigan Association of School Boards, which has screened potential candidates, told boardmembers that two ‘successful, good quality? candidates are left after three candidates withdrew. The candidates are John Fazer, superintendent […]
Liz Hendershott wasn’t expecting anything unusual when she had an ultrasound in February 1998, early in her third pregnancy. She and her husband, Steve, had conceived their first two children, Jamie, now 18, and Katelyn, 12, using a low-dose fertility drug. Her doctor was not supportive of multiples, and before her treatment, made her sign […]
Brandon Twp.- Wind turbines haven’t cropped up on the township landscape yet; however, as the push toward renewable energy grows, officials here are taking a proactive approach and may soon consider ordinances addressing wind turbines and alternative energy sources. A representative from Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Inc. will give a presentation on alternative energy during the next […]
The Goodrich School Board is considering a change in the schools of choice program it participates in. During the March 23 board meeting, boardmembers chose to table the subject until the April 20 meeting to give themselves more time to examine whether they want to continue their participation in the Genesee Intermediate School District collaborative […]
Brandon Twp.- A former employee of Simms Chevrolet is suspected of embezzling approximately $245,000 from the auto dealership. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies are seeking a warrant against the woman who will remain unnamed pending an arraignment on a charge of embezzlement more than $100,000. OCSO Detective Chris Pacholski said police will submit an arrest […]
Brandon Twp.- In a move to save approximately $150,000 annually by 2011, the township board approved a series of motions regarding the budget at their March 16 meeting. The motions included restructuring of staff in both the clerk’s and supervisor’s offices effective upon retirement of current long-time employees, a reduction in the 2009 recreation budget, […]