A mission trip turned out to be very timely as youth and adults from St. Anne Church in Brandon Township arrived in Pennsylvania June 21 to find the area of Greenburg devastated by a flood. ‘The water had gone up about 25 feet and the town hadn’t flooded in 50 years,? said St. Anne Youth […]
Brandon Twp.- Tomorrow morning, July 5, LuAnn Rourke will preach her first sermon at Seymour Lake United Methodist Church, 3050 Sashabaw Road. The new pastor replaces former pastor Debbie Line, who has been reassigned to Davison. ‘I hope the congregation will see me keep growing in all the ways God has equipped me to do […]
Residents of Brandon and Groveland townships, as well as several other northern Oakland County communities, would benefit from community-wide waste hauling contracts. This is the conclusion, in part, of a months-long study of waste hauling services conducted by Resource Recycling Systems of Ann Arbor and paid for through a Capital and Cooperative Initiative Revolving Fund […]
Ortonville- The village, like other municipalities and businesses in the current economy, has decreasing revenues and increased costs, but the budget will be balanced for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. The council unanimously approved the village budget during their June 22 meeting. The budget has estimated revenues of $600,579 and expenditures of the […]
Another idea for bringing sewers to the Village of Ortonville and parts of Brandon and Groveland townships appears to be dead in the water. Village and township officials have entertained the possibility of a joint sewer venture with Genesee County during the past few years. The topic was brought up again in February, with representatives […]
Brandon Twp.- In a tumultuous economy, Lynsey Crain was looking for a way to make her resume stand out, so she applied to the prestigious Oxford University in England. ‘I thought if I applied and got in, that would be the niche to put my resume in a separate pile,? said the 21-year-old township resident. […]
For many, seeing the Great Wall of China is a lifelong dream. Justin Walker has not only seen the Great Wall of China, he has experienced it in a way few can? he walked, ran, and climbed it during the Great Wall Marathon May 16. As if that weren’t enough, the 1999 Brandon High School […]
Ortonville- Hundreds of people walked in silence around the track of the Brandon Schools Athletics Complex on Varsity Drive on June 13 after dark. The track was lit by the glow of luminarias, each remembering or honoring a person who has battled cancer. The messages were touching and many? ‘My mom, my angel,? said one; […]
On June 13, at about 9:30 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to the Clearwater Campground, 1140 S. Ortonville Road, for an assault and battery. The complainant said he was attending a graduation party there for his ex-girlfriend’s sister that he had been invited to when his ex-girlfriend’s husband threw an ice chest at him, striking […]
Brandon Twp.- Heather Crawford never thought she could ever complete a triathlon. Tomorrow, she will compete in her second one. ‘If you would have asked me two years ago, I would have said I could never do that,? said Crawford, set to participate in the Big Fish Lake Sprint Triathlon on June 21. ‘Now we’re […]