The deadline for the Aug. 4 partisan primary election was April 21. In Atlas, Brandon and Groveland townships supervisor, clerk, treasurer and several trustee seats are up for election this November. In Atlas Township, incumbent Republican Township Supervisor Tere Onica will seek reelection and face former Atlas Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones and newcomers Tracy Butcher […]
At 1:25 p.m., on April 17, Brandon deputies responded to a report of an executive order violation. Upon arrival, deputies met with the homeowner, who said the truck in front of his house had stopped there and the driver buried the fork truck in his ditch. He felt this wasn’t necessary work. Deputies met with […]
Fran Hotchkiss (far left) during the after school reading club at Sashabaw Meadows in Brandon Township in May 2019. The Library of Michigan and the 2020 Rural Library Conference have awarded Brandon Library’s own Fran Hotchkiss with the 2020 Outstanding Librarian Award. “I feel overwhelmingly blessed and honored to have been nominated and to have […]
Groveland Twp.-Last week, Anne Walters had the feeling that she’d been robbed. “It was like my house had been broken into and destroyed,” said Walters. “It just makes my heart ache.” Though it wasn’t Walters’ house that had been destroyed. It was the graves of her father, brother, aunt and uncle. Like many others with […]
Eastport is a unique northern Michigan community. The village of about 200 residences is located between Grand Traverse Bay and Torch Lake. Steve Hendershott, an area resident and Brandon teacher for more than 37 years has frequently travels to the Eastport family home on shores of Torch Lake—the states second largest inland waterway. “As much […]
Goodrich-On April 13 the school board of trustees gathered via Mi StreamNet and voted 7-0 for an application of the preliminary qualification of school bonds. The proposal will be on the Aug. 4 ballot. The board posted the meeting, opened the meeting for public comment per Governor Gretchen Whitmer Executive Order 2020-15. Wayne Wright, school […]
By David Fleet Editor Al Kaline recalled a game against Cleveland in 1955, the year he won the American League batting championship with a .340 average, when he was only 20 years old. He was playing right field when Indians’ pitcher Early Wynn, himself a fair hitter, lined a shot into right-center. “I sure […]
By David Fleet Editor Last week veteran Goodrich basketball coach Gary Barns was named Associated Press Division 2 Coach of the Year. In the 2019-20 coronavirus shortened season, Barns and his Martian team tallied a 21-1 record including 16-0 in their first year in the Flint Metro League “I don’t have a life,” said Barns, […]
A local business has stepped up to assist area restaurants while providing for families in need due to the coronavirus pandemic. Randy Wise Ford-Ortonville, 968 S. Ortonville Road will provide several gift cards to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund food pantry for area restaurants that provide drive up and take out during the shut-down. “It’s […]
By David Fleet Editor The May 2, 2020 annual M-15 Garage Sale stretching from Clarkston through Brandon, Groveland and Atlas townships to Bay City that had drawn thousands of motorists to local communities has been cancelled due to the coronavirious. “Governor Whitmer’s executive stay at home order, that now expires on April 30 is just […]