Brandon Twp.- Several community ‘key players? have been invited to a meeting intended to update them and the public on efforts to reduce vandalism and high numbers of children in the Brandon Township Library during after-school hours. The Community After School Task Force will have a meeting from 2:45-4:45 p.m., Nov. 16, in the community […]
Ortonville- A mediation session last month between the village and Teamsters Local 214 representing the Ortonville Department of Public Works employees led to the resolution of several contract issues. Local 214 Trustee Les Barrett said from the talks, it was established that DPW employees will have two 15-minute breaks each day; there will be a […]
Ortonville- The mood was festive. Thanksgiving banners were hung, cut flowers in vases adorned tables, placemats made by all three local elementaries were set, and volunteers including community leaders and students from the CHOICES program hurried about to wait on more than 200 guests at the Brandon Schools Annual Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Dinner. The event […]
Ortonville- A five-week parent education series beginning this week is set to help parents regain control and get back the children they once knew. ‘The Right to Be the Grown-Up,? will be from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 15, 22, 29, and Dec. 6 and 13 at Harvey Swanson Elementary, 209 Varsity Drive. The series is […]
Brandon Twp.- Arrests in the township for 2005 are up 15.86 percent over the same time period (Jan. through Oct.) last year, according to the Brandon Sheriff’s Station Quarterly Report, presented to the township board Nov. 7 by Sgt. Tim McIsaac. The report showed increases in all areas tracked, including a 10.76 percent increase for […]
Brandon Twp.- Nou Yi Yang will finally be able to rest in peace. The Laos immigrant died in March and was buried in Seymour Lake Cemetery on a hilltop that reminded him of the hills and mountains of his homeland. But eight months after his death, his dying wish had not yet been carried out […]
Ortonville- Christmas in the Village is back– with a new starting time. The Ortonville Chamber of Commerce has changed the time of the annual event to 3-8 p.m., Dec. 3. In previous years, Christmas in the Village ran from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Jane Derry, director of Christmas in the Village, says the time was […]
Brandon Twp.- On a sunny, chilly, quiet fall morning, almost two dozen quarter horses are grazing in green fenced-in pastures at Briar Ridge Farm, 1156 Briar Ridge Lane. Debbi Wiesner leads a visitor on a tour of the tranquil facility, which includes two barns with heated or cold stalls, two indoor arenas (one heated), five […]
Hadley Twp.- Mark McElrath awoke with a nosebleed on Sept. 18 that would change his life. McElrath had been looking forward to Homecoming Week at Goodrich High School where he is a junior, but instead he would spend most of the next four days in the hospital, hemorrhaging and losing 18 pounds off his thin […]
Goodrich- The setting is a small, impoverished, midwestern town, population: 70. The characters are all flawed. The plot involves a murder. Goodrich High School theatre director Steve Mitchell expects audience members might feel they need a shower after seeing ‘The Rimers of Eldritch,? but says it is a visually stunning, great play. The drama has […]