School board, township grapple with school resource officer

By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-On Monday night the Goodrich School Board of Trustees conducted a special meeting regarding a school resource officer. School board members, teachers, administrators along with several parents with children in the district attended the meeting. Trustee Chip Shultz a veteran Oakland County Sheriff Deputy lead the meeting. “There has been […]

Victory World to Bridgewood

By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-Jeff Stonerock’s first job at his new found church was cleaning toilets. “We started serving,” laughed Stonerock, pastor at Victory World Outreach Church, 10291 Green Road. “We knew that was our church the first day.” Since 2002, Jeff along with wife Kelly have lead the township church through trials, struggles […]

Goodrich School’s building projects move forward

By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-On Monday night, during a special meeting the school board of trustees interviewed two companies for construction management services for the facilities bond project. In November the school board of trustees voted 7-0 to move forward with the exploration of a district bond and/or sinking fund for possible vote in November […]

Food for furloughed on board for those serving

By David Fleet Editor Some active Port Huron area United States Coast Guard men and women received some needed assistance last week thanks to the efforts of a local man. Goodrich resident James Vantine was seeking to help a Lapeer area family members employed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Port Huron Port […]

Missing Brandon Township man found dead following search

Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- On Jan. 11, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Brandon substation deputies and other emergency personnel conducted a search for a township man who had been reported missing. He was deceased when he was found. The 52-year-old man had been last seen at 12:15 a.m. when he left his home on […]

Brandon School Board elections

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- At the Jan. 7, Brandon Board of Education school board meeting the board elected members to president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Diane Salter was elected as president in a 5-2 vote against board member Kevin McClellan. Salter was also elected president for 2018. “I’ve been on the […]

Senator Johnson takes oath

Senator Johnson takes oath

Senator Ruth Johnson (R-14th District), along with friends and family receives the oath of office from Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen J. on Wednesday at the state capitol.   By David Fleet Editor On Wednesday Ruth Johnson took the oath of office for State Senator for the 14th District. Johnson, 64, had served as […]

Trustees grapple with subcommittee appointments

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- At the Monday night regular meeting, after some deliberation, the township board appointed all of the trustees to subcommittees for the next two years. Clerk Candee Allen was appointed to the Lake Louise board; Treasurer Terri Darnall to the fire authority board; Trustee Dana DePalma to the Retirement […]

BGYA youth recognition nominations

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance is seeking nominations for their annual Youth Recognition Night. “Brandon Groveland Youth Recognition is a special time when we get together to publicly thank the youth from our community for their volunteerism, involvement and hard work,” said Fran Hotchkiss, Brandon Township Library outreach liaison. “The […]

New liaison officer assigned to schools

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Brandon School District has a new police liaison officer. Deputy Mike Taylor, an officer with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Brandon substation for the past two years, has taken over the position from Detective Rich Hubble, who is now full time in the detective bureau. The change comes after […]