By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Harvey Swanson Elementary School has a new principal, as approved by the Brandon Board of Education on Monday night. Starting in the next school year, current k-8 curriculum director Debbie Brauher will be the Harvey-Swanson principal, replacing Andy Phillips who left the district to take a different position in Traverse City. “I […]
A 43-year-old Brandon Township man is jailed following a sexual assault investigation involving a 15-year-old victim. On July 16 Shawn David McGrath was arraigned at 52-2 district court in front of Magistrate Raguso on six felony counts. He was given a $500,000 cash surety bond no 10 percent with a GPS tether. Three counts for […]
At 12:59 p.m., July 15, Brandon deputies along with the Brandon Township Fire Department responded to a motorcycle-automobile crash on North Ortonville Road near Wolfe Road. A 2002 Honda VT750 was traveling southbound on N. Ortonville Road when the operator, a 38 year old Oxford Township resident, collided with a Buick Enclave that was making a […]
What a mess. Late Tuesday evening M-15 was reopened to traffic following a three day down shut down from July 13 just north of South Street for the Duck Creek culvert replacement. The major north-west thoroughfare snared traffic and swelled detours to Seymour Lake Road east to Baldwin Road, then north on Baldwin to Oakwood Road westbound. […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.- It’s summer and there’s plenty of hungry kids. The ‘Meet Up and Eat Up’ summer food service program is returning after a one-year hiatus and so far it’s two forks up from participants. From 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday-Friday through Aug. 24 a free lunch will be served at the […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The police millage will be back on the ballot for the November 2018 election. At the township meeting on July 2, the board voted in favor of the language for the ballot, which is to call this a police millage replacement. Because the previous millage request was for […]
By David Fleet Editor It seemed like a good idea at the time. Last March three Goodrich teachers realized they would all be in Paris at the same time—so hanging out for a day in the French city was just the right thing to do. “My wife purchased a trip to Europe for us which […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- On Monday night two area residents expressed concerns regarding the township supervisor’s recent second job. Earlier this month the Oxford Village council voted 5-0 to approve Teri Onica, township supervisor as the new village clerk/treasurer. Onica’s first day on the job was July 2. While working for the Village […]
On July 7, thousands attended the Ortonville Fireworks from Brandon Middle School. See more photos on 14-15. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- A new direction for the township fire department will keep it local for now. By a vote of 4-0 on Monday night the township board of trustees OK’d a plan to continue with the township fire department as is and provide assistant township fire chief Kevin Mason the latitude […]