By David Fleet Editor With a wooden walking stick in hand—Ron Sutton’s iconic daily stroll around Ortonville, pausing often to chat with friends and neighbors along the way, exemplified his mantra—’Just treat everybody like you’d like to be treated. It doesn’t take much to say ‘have a nice day’ or ‘hello’ or ‘how are you.’ […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night in a virtual meeting via Zoom, the board of trustees opted to reopen the high school in Jan. 4, 2021. Ashley Herriman, board secretary and Tim. Zirnhelt, trustee were absent with notice. The action follows a Nov. 16 Governor Whitmer announcement that, due to […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-Captain Brad Blaker, a 15 year veteran firefighter was recognized as Atlas Township Firefighter of the Year for 2020. The award was given by Township Fire Chief Steve Bullen and Assistant Chief Ed Klimek for Blaker’s outstanding work ethic and positive attitude toward both fellow firefighters and citizens in the […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- On Monday night the board of trustees voted 5-0 to adopt a medical marijuana caregiver permit ordinance to require medical caregivers to obtain a permit to operate and to provide penalties for a violation. An application fee of $250 was also approved. Over the past year township officials have […]
By David Fleet Editor With two COVID-19 vaccines OK’d for emergency use, politicians, health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities were first in line. Among those rolling up their sleeves was Brandon Township resident Jonathan Schechter. About a week after the Pfizer/BioNTech’s two-dose vaccine, which is about 95 percent effective against COVID-19 was […]
A nativity scene with the First Baptist Church, 6116 S. State Road, Goodrich in the background. At 7 p.m., Dec. 23, the church will host a candlelight service for the community. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
Local eatery opts for Uber Eats to deliver By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-A local eatery is seeking to land a food delivery service for the community. Melissa Edens, owner of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 1152 S Ortonville Road, Ste 1, has been leading a charge to provide home delivered eats to area residents as a […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The intersection of Oakhill and Sashabaw roads will provide some new turns for motorists next year. The Road Commission for Oakland County recently announced plans for a roundabout at the intersection a project that is expected to cost $1.25 million, half of which will be paid by federal […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-By a 6-1 vote on Monday night in a special virtual meeting via Zoom, the board of trustees opted to reopen grades kindergarten through eighth. The action follows a Nov. 16 Governor Whitmer announcement that, due to a recent surge of COVID-19 cases and the burden placed on hospitals, front-line workers, […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- At the regular meeting on Monday night, the township board voted 7-0 to convert all the streetlights in the township to LED lights. “This is an option for us to convert all of our older street lights to LED and as a result we’ll be able to save […]