Brandon Twp.-They came. They saw. They volunteered. At 7 p.m, April 7, 112 school-age volunteers from the area will be honored during the 18th Annual Youth Recognition Awards Night at Brandon Middle School. The honorees volunteered their time to various causes in the past year. ‘We try to make it a very special night,? said […]
Ortonville- Local artist Sue Hovey recently burned her favorite ceramic piece. And she couldn’t be happier. Hovey created a coil pot from clay on a potter’s wheel and then, with several classmates from University of Michigan-Flint, dug a hole 12 feet wide by 1 and a half foot deep in a 3 acre yard. They […]
Brandon Twp.-When Esther Schieltz received her tax papers in the mail just about a year ago, she got a little something extra that caused her a great deal of disbelief. It wasn’t a refund or a bill that got her attention, but information about a home repair loan’one with 0 or 3 percent interest and […]
Brandon Twp.? By a 5-1 vote the board passed a revised disorderly conduct ordinance at Monday’s meeting. Clerk Jeannie McCreery, treasurer Linda Owen, and trustees Charlene Carlson, Tom Stowell and Sandra Willett voted yes, while trustee Bob DeWitt opposed the revison. Supervisor Ron Lapp was absent. About 20 citizens attended the meeting, with several declaring […]
Ortonville- Newly elected State Representative Jim Marleau(R-Lake Orion) spoke with Citizen staff on March 18 discussing some of his plans for the up coming year. Marleau, 58, a Lake Orion resident was elected last fall to the 46th district, replacing Ruth Johnson who stepped down due to term limits. The district includes Addison, Brandon, Groveland, […]
Brandon Twp.-Two years ago the township library obtained a $45,000 federal grant to develop a Homework Center. The LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant money was used to purchase 25 laptop wireless computers for kids to do homework on in the library. Zoe Pearson, public relations director, says the funds were to be used […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-While at sea, former Navy sailor Dennis O’Malley was a cook. Now Dennis and the crew at O’Malley’s Galley 1595 S. Ortonville Road has come ashore in the township. The restaurant and catering service, previously located in Holly, is owned by the O’Malley family? Dennis, Michele, Dennis II, Ashley […]
Brandon Twp.-At Bendle Middle School in Burton, 100-150 kids can commonly be found in the gymnasium before school? playing basketball or other sports and socializing under adult supervision. Up to two-thirds of the 320 students at the school participate in after-school programs. By comparison, Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School has no regular after-school programs and 150 […]
Brandon Twp.- The township faces the loss of thousands of dollars in grant money and a major blow to public services, the senior center and preservation efforts if a 2006 budget proposal by President George W. Bush is passed. Under the proposal, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) would be eliminated along with 17 other […]
Brandon Twp.-Books and quiet are expected to be found at a library. Damaged furniture and phones, vandalized restrooms and rowdy kids are not. The Brandon Township Library has been facing the latter scenario for the last two years, says library director JoAnn Gavey. The problem stems from huge numbers of kids from the adjacent Brandon […]