By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- Mile by mile township trails linkng the segments of the community are moving forward. By a 5-0 vote on Monday night the township board of trustees OK’d a scoping project from the sidewalks in front of the Goodrich Village offices north to Perry Road along the west side of […]
Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-On Monday at the school board of trustees meeting, Paul Bryant and Chris Kassab of Plante Moran presented the school district’s annual financial statements and auditor’s report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. The board voted 7-0 to approve the audit. According to the audit for the fiscal […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville-Bill Holden has been without his sight since 1993, and he will be telling his story at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 25 at the Brandon Township Public Library 304 South St. “I always think it is just misplaced for now, not lost,” said Holden. “I had diabetic retinopathy, which led to […]
Brandon Senior Sincere Perkins #27 runs the ball vs Swartz Creek during 42-14 win on Friday Oct. 20 at Swartz Creek. Perkins scored 2 TDs one on a kick. The win qualified the Blackhawks for a playoff game Friday, Oct. 27 at Avondale. Photo by Mo Voyer.
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-School district teachers will be looking at another 2 percent increase in salary, a step increase similar to last year. On Monday night the board of education voted 7-0 to approve the new contract for teachers in the Brandon Education Association. “This salary increase is a much needed reprieve […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- By a 7-0 vote on Oct. 5, the township board of trustees nixed a possible segment of the Iron Belle Trail through the township. The unanimous vote came after hours of citizens comments, deliberation, subcommittee presentations and questions asked of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources who also […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.-At 11 a.m., Oct 23, the Mobilization Center for Michigan Task Force 1, 7337 Grange Hall Road will be open to the public for a deadication. From 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. tours of the facility will be conducted. The event was cancelled earlier this year following a deployment to assist with […]
By David Fleet Editor On Oct. 10, Charles Gamble II was found guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and assault and battery in connection with the Oct. 7, 2016 attack on a woman and her son on a cross country trail located behind Oaktree Elementary School, 7500 Gale Road in Atlas […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-A 23-year veteran of the Oakland County Sheriff office from the township substation was hospitalized following a multi-vehicle accident on Monday. He received a concussion and broken bones as a result of the crash. The crash occurred on south bound Baldwin Road just south of Oakwood Road on the border […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville-Signs are popping up around the village and beyond protesting the ban on chickens. The signs, which read ‘Save the Chickens (not the roosters)’, have now been distributed to about 100 residents around the village and Brandon Township. Just in time, as chickens are back on the agenda for the […]