Brandon Twp.-The township is currently negotiating the purchase of 47.5 acres near Hadley and Oakwood roads for a possible recreation park. The estimated cost of the parcel currently owned by James Vantine Sr. is $807,000 (or $17,000 per acre), to be purchased on a five-year land contract. Brandon Township Supervisor Ron Lapp announced the plans […]
Brandon Twp – Early Sunday morning a 50 year-old Ortonville resident contacted police at 1:30 a.m. following an altercation was his son. The father told Oakland County Sheriff Detective Brad Teague that he arrived home and discovered several teens including his son, at his house without his permission. An argument ensued between him and his […]
Brandon Twp – On May 20, 2004 lifelong Brandon Township resident Randy Ray Cooper stood before Chief Judge Nick Holowka of the 40th Circuit Court in Lapeer and plead guilty on two counts each of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct. Cooper has remained free on two separate $100,000 personal bond since July 2003 for sexual […]
nTownship agrees to modify sign ordinance: At the request of the Township Supervisor Ron Lapp, the board moved to recommend an addendum to an existing sign ordinance to include a time limit on displaying political signs. Currently the ordinance does not specify the number of days prior to an election which a candidate can display […]
Brandon Twp – Police tape, a crowds of onlookers, cameras, an ambulances, and a night sky flooded with the sound of helicopter blades seemed to support the murmur of a dead body found in Brandon Township. Coincidentally, the helicopter was real but the rest was the final scenes to the movie, ‘Pay Dirt?, a murder […]
By Teri Stiles Staff Writer Brandon Twp – After offering a myriad of rationalizations, including catching himself on fire, Legault property owner John Sloan’s plead to the township board to let him continue work on his house. His excuses were met with an order to tear it down. After more than three years of extensions […]
Brandon Twp. – Township officials say early election signs have prompted plans to amend the township sign ordinance. ‘We’ve already gotten calls from resident asking why the (August primary) election signs are allowed to be posted,? said Ron Lapp, township supervisor. While Lapp says the school board election signs are not a problem because the […]
Brandon Twp. – Township officials say early election signs have prompted plans to amend the township sign ordinance. ‘We’ve already gotten calls from resident asking why the (August primary) election signs are allowed to be posted,? said Ron Lapp, township supervisor. Lapp says the school board election signs are not a problem because the elections […]
Brandon Twp. – Katherine Steward is relieved that a study is finally going to be done on the curves in front of her home on Seymour Lake Road. ‘When I heard the tires squeal, my guts just sank,? Steward said as she explained that recently a car slid off the curves, in the same spot […]
Ortonville – With a bid that was six percent lower than the engineers estimate, the Michigan Department of Transportation awarded the reconstruction contract for the South Street Bridge, to Utica based Posen Construction, Inc. MDOT’s preliminary announcement indicates that Posen’s bid of $548,979.50 was almost $50,000 less than the next lowest bidder, to reconstruct the […]