From left, Bob Hoffman, Oakland County commissioner district 2; Ruth Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State; Robert DePalma, Groveland Township supervisor; Diane Howell, Groveland Township trustee; Pam Mazich, Groveland Township clerk and Dale Cason, Groveland Township trustee. On Thursday morning, area officials participated in the groundbreaking of the new Michigan Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, or […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-On Monday night, the village council voted 5-0 to OK an ordinance which regulates the usage of consumer fireworks between the overnight hours of 1-8 a.m. on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving […]
By David Fleet and Susan Bromley An incumbent out. An incumbent remains. Tuesday’s primary election will pave the way to familiar faces, some in new places. Current Atlas Township Clerk Tere Onica won the Republican nomination for supervisor for the November general election with 651 votes, or 50 percent of the votes cast, defeating incumbent […]
‘I misjudged the commitment it would take’
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville– The responsibilities associated with being village manager was more than Mike Lee expected. Just two months after accepting the position, Lee has tendered his resignation. His last day will be Aug. 19. “The job itself is consuming too much time and resources,” said Lee, who retired in February as […]
By David Fleet Editor On Tuesday about 70 percent of voters in the Goodrich School District OK’d a one-year non-homestead tax levy renewal of 18 mills used for the school district’s general fund budget. A technical error in the ballot language in the March 8, 2016 election prompted the new question Aug. 2 for voters […]
‘We’re on our own at this point...’
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-The day after the proposed school district millage failed, Superintendent Matt Outlaw was looking forward, even while facing the daunting task of funding needed projects without community support. “I am disappointed, but I understand that its tough to ask people to raise their taxes,” said Outlaw. “We didn’t go […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville-There are only five known surviving students who attended the Mann School, but they will be reunited soon in the one-room building that closed in 1943. From noon-2 p.m., Aug. 13, the Ortonville Community Historical Society will host a Mann School Reunion and Open House at the one-room school that […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.– At 10 a.m., Aug. 11 there will be a groundbreaking ceremony for the Michigan Mutual Aid Box Alarm System or MABAS, storage warehouse on about two acres of township property on the north side of Grange Hall Road west of Dixie Highway. Michigan Secretary of State and township resident […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Local village council races will be competitive this fall. The election filing deadline to be placed as a candidate on the November ballot for the Ortonville and Goodrich village councils, as well as for the Brandon and Goodrich school boards, was Tuesday. The number of candidates for each school board […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-On Monday night the school board voted 6-0 to hire Brian Eddy as interim high school principal pending the return of David St. Aubin, who remains on extended medical leave. Board Secretary Dan Keller was absent from the meeting. Eddy, 35, accepted the appointment and began serving on July 26. “I’m […]