Ortonville- Portia Mahoney has had a pencil in hand since she was a child, when her mother and grandmother instilled in her a love of drawing and art. ‘Every child is creative and free with drawing,? says Mahoney. ‘Adults need to get back to it. It’s a release and way to express yourself.? As the […]
Ortonville- Officials may have another option in their quest for sewers for the village. The Genesee County Division of Water and Waste Services will meet with local Oakland County representatives at 10 a.m., April 19, at the Brandon Township offices, 395 Mill St., to discuss the Kearsley Creek interceptor. The meeting is open to the […]
The Brandon School Board voted 5 to 1 on Monday night to not renew Community Education Director June Wuopio’s contract. Trustee Karyn Milligan was absent and Trustee D’Anna Keeble voted no. The vote comes after the board approved a resolution to consider non-renewal of both the athletic director’s contract and the community education director’s position […]
Ortonville- At his heaviest, Tim Dibble weighed 467 pounds. He worried about breaking chairs, was unable to sit in restaurant booths, was uncomfortable in movie theater seats and bought seat extensions for plane rides. His weight even determined the car he bought. Emotionally, his feelings were hurt by jokes and comments people made about his […]
Brandon Twp.-The library board voted unanimously March 23 to terminate library director JoAnn Foster Gavey. The termination comes after a two-week long investigation into complaints about Gavey from staff members. ‘We found a widespread feeling that the library was an extremely poor working environment,? said Matt Ault, board vice-president. ‘The board felt that for the […]
Brandon Twp.? A blue note sent home with students from Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School recently has at least one parent seeing red. The note informed students and parents that the Brandon Township Public Library would be closed to students 12 and under on March 24 (a half-day of school) unless they were accompanied by a […]
Brandon Twp.- When David Ollie Ray called to inquire about registering his sons at Belle Ann Elementary, he was told they would definitely be the minority. He thought she was talking about his children, who are black. She was actually talking about him and his partner, Willie Ray, who are gay. ‘We had two minority […]
Brandon Twp.- The beleaguered Brandon Township Library’s problems continue. Library director JoAnn Gavey is on a two-week paid administrative leave as a fact-finding committee investigates complaints against her, while budget woes will have library employees working a week without pay this year. The six-member library board unanimously agreed during a closed session on March 8 […]
Pontiac- Daniel Austin Hunt says he was drunk and ‘got a kick? out of shooting out windows on two homes on Granger Road last November. The choices he made on that night have resulted in a prison sentence for him and have changed the victims? lives and his forever. Hunt will serve one to four […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Ripped phone books and broken bats are not items normally expected to be seen at school. But that is exactly what many students saw when the S.T.A.N.D. Strength Team visited the Brandon schools recently. The Brandon School District does not have a D.A.R.E. program, but the township and […]