The hunt for a new principal for Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School is back on after a recently hired candidate for the job decided to quit before he started. In July, Kurt Sutton a former elementary assistant principal in the Richmond School District was named the new Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School principal at last months school […]
Brandon Twp.- The M-15 Party Shoppe is on track to move? across the road. The township board unanimously approved a first reading of the rezoning of four parcels of land on M-15 from R1-B residential to C-1 local commercial. The request came from Mike Potvin, owner of the land, and Mike Toma, owner of the […]
Brandon Twp.- Jacqulyn Murray doesn’t think it’s anyone else’s business whether someone casts a ballot. She was surprised to learn that through a letter sent by a political consulting firm, some of Murray’s neighbors now know if she and other residents of Dunwoodie Court voted in August and November 2004. These same neighbors will likely […]
Brandon Twp.- Less than two months ago, Jmay Jacobs gave her son life? for the second time. Jerry Jacobs was born healthy Nov. 18, 1986 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Pontiac to Jmay and Jon Jacobs. But 15 years later, a sports physical gave the first sign his health had gone awry. His creatine levels […]
Brandon Twp.- When Anita Bakker accompanied her youngest son to his first day at a new school eight years ago, she thought she was in a third world country. In reality, she was in Oakland County. ‘When the kids wouldn’t do what they were supposed to, the teachers turned the lights off and had them […]
Ortonville- Conflict in the Middle East, healthcare and alternative fuels. These were among the topics U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) discussed during a meeting at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 1 with local officials in the community room of the Brandon Township Library, 304 South St. When Brandon Township Supervisor Ron Lapp questioned Rogers on why the […]
Brandon Twp.- It’s all in the details. Forsters Auto Wash has expanded and as of July, now offers Forsters Detailing. ‘You can only make a vehicle last if you take care of it, keep it clean, and wax it,? says Beau Bacevicius, general manager of Forster’s Auto Wash, 880 S. Ortonville Road. ‘Wax wears off […]
Brandon Twp.- The tremors in Barb Kratt’s right hand and arm began eight years ago. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, a neurological disorder in which, she says, the neutrons in the brain disconnect, causing her to shake and throwing off her equilibrium, making it easy to fall. She must make a conscious effort to […]
Brandon Twp.- Jessica Laviolette returned home July 29 after a four-week stay in Israel that she calls ‘the trip from hell.? The 2006 Brandon High School graduate, in the Middle East country since July 2, had been wanting to leave since mid-July, when Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon killed eight Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others, […]
Brandon Twp.- Without passage of an Aug. 8 ballot proposal, the township would be able to levy less than one mill on residents, likely to result in officials? inability to continue the current level of services, says supervisor Ron Lapp. Voters in 1978 authorized township officials to levy 1.41 mills. But 18 years later, the […]