Brandon Twp.- If the school board approves a recommendation to provide busing to home schools only next year, it could devastate two local businesses. Jenny Smotherman, director of Stepping Stone Child Development Center, stands to lose a quarter of her business under the plan. ‘We have to have a latchkey program to stay in business, […]
Brandon Twp.- The treasurer’s office collected nearly a million dollars on Tuesday as residents paid their property taxes on the last day to pay without penalty. But even with the $902,000 collected that day added to the $7.5 million collected previously for winter taxes, the township was still short about $1 million, with only 89 […]
Brandon Twp.- After months of discussion and amidst protests from several parents, the finance committee is recommending busing students in the district to home schools only. The committee voted 2-1 at their meeting Feb. 16 to recommend to the school board that busing be discontinued for in-district transfer students. Greg Allar and Luke Frye voted […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Businesses may soon have an opportunity to market directly to high school students and sports fans here. The school district is struggling with making cuts to eliminate a $2.5 million budget deficit and seeking additional revenue sources. Permitting advertising at the high school and the Brandon Athletic Activities […]
Brandon Twp.- Audiences are invited to go ‘Into the Woods,? as the Stephen Sondheim musical comes to the stage at the Brandon High School Performing Arts Center on Feb. 25, 26, and 27. BHS Musical Director Debbie Sebetic describes ‘Into the Woods? as a musical that intertwines and gives a twist to three well-known fairy […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund has the chance to experience the luck of the Irish again. Last year at this time, an anonymous donor challenged the community to participate in ‘Sharin? o? the green,? offering to match community donations to OCEF up to $2,000. That […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- There are no easy answers, simple fixes, or solutions that won’t affect students after the school board approved an amended budget that reduces the district’s rainy day fund balance to 9 percent and makes cuts imminent. ‘Without cuts, the fund balance will be eroded completely,? said Jamie Cowan, […]
Rhonda Hervey is half a world away from her husband Mark this Valentine’s Day, but she has a new appreciation for the sacrifice he is making for them as he works and lives in Qatar, a wealthy Arab emirate located on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. ‘I have a new level of understanding of […]
Brian Dunaway is half the man he used to be. Dunaway knew he was big’he was wearing size 6XL shirts and size 60 pants’but when he stepped on a freight scale at a GM plant a few years ago, he was stunned to see exactly how heavy he was. He weighed 513 pounds. ‘I didn’t […]
Brandon Twp.- Township officials have again contracted with Bedrock Express, LTD to provide recycling and large refuse collection for residents from April through December. Recyclable collection begins April 1, with residents able to take materials to the gravel pit located at 14415 CMI Drive in Groveland Township, near Grange Hall Road, just east of I-75. […]