Ortonville- Spring is here, and with warmer weather there are more outdoor activities, but will there be activity at the Skate Park? Kay Green, village councilmember and chairperson of the Skate Park committee, plans to take a proposal to the village council at 7 p.m., Monday, March 24, at the Brandon Township offices, 395 Mill […]
Brandon Twp.- When a quarter-size mass was detected in Marg Bovan’s annual mammogram in April 2006, she and her doctors weren’t overly concerned. The now 53-year-old had gone through biopsies twice before, with benign results. Her doctor and surgeon were confident it was scar tissue. But it wasn’t. Bovan was diagnosed with a very aggressive […]
Brandon Twp.- Brandon High School seniors Ahmad Dandachi and Chelsea Perry are bound for Reno, Nev., thanks to their website featuring Chicago. The students entered a website competition sponsored by Business Professionals of America and placed first regionally, and by virtue of taking second place at the state level, will compete against 100 teams nationally […]
Brandon Twp.- Evidence of success with the STARS program keeps turning up. STARS (Student Tutoring and Reading Sessions) began in September as a free after-school tutoring and reading program for students in grades K-4. The program that was initially geared to students residing in the Sashabaw Meadows and Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Parks has now […]
Brandon Twp.- The Brandon Board of Education meeting started on Monday much as it did last month? with a standing room only crowd. But while there were again questions from the audience about Superintendent Tom Miller’s performance, this time Miller and some boardmembers fired back, defending decisions from placement of the new high school parking […]
Ortonville- The music of Frank Sinatra played on Tuesday at the Edna Burton Senior Center, and Katie Hobson played, too. Sitting on a chair, arms raised in the air, with a drumstick in each hand, the 86-year-old grinned as she struck a red exercise ball in front of her again and again as ‘New York, […]
Spring officially arrives this week, but be ready for more severe weather after one of the snowiest winters on record. ‘We have a system coming next week that could bring in misery,? said National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Deedler last Wednesday. ‘Right now, models disagree on the track, but the storm could come in Tuesday, […]
A 47-year-old woman who severely bruised a Brandon Township group home resident nearly a year ago has been sentenced to two years of probation. Crystal Charlotte Overall was sentenced by Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Shalina D. Kumar on March 11. Overall, a Flint resident, had pleaded no contest on Feb. 5 to charges of […]
Brandon Twp.- They work hard to keep the community safe and now, several of the township’s police officers are being recognized for their efforts. On March 3, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office announced selections for honors at their annual awards ceremony, planned for May 12. Those honorees include Detective Chris Pacholski as Investigator of the […]
When Kelly Evans learned 2008 was a leap year, she says she knew she would give birth on leap day. ‘It was just my luck,? says Evans, who was due to deliver on March 6. She was right. Evans gave birth to Mikayla JoLynn Evans at 6:02 p.m., Feb. 29, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital […]