Brandon Twp.- In 2006, voters here passed a $73 million bond for school district improvements. The district has been borrowing money from the state every year since just to make their annual bond payments. Last year, the district borrowed $5 million to make their payment. As of June 30, the district will owe $38 million […]
Consumers Energy has fully released two gas main extension projects in Atlas and Brandon townships. In Brandon, the utility has received 356 applications of a total 806 possible customers within the second phase of the gas main extension project. In Atlas, Consumers has received 129 applications of the total 308 possible customers in the township. […]
Brandon Twp.- School lunches, as well as breakfast, preschool, and latchkey, are increasing in price this fall. During a public budget hearing June 10, District Executive Director of Finance Jan Meek presented a plan to increase school lunch prices for students by 25 cents districtwide, to $2.75. Breakfasts will increase by 20 cents to $1.50. […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board is considering all options to keep students, including offering bus transportation to those who reside in Pontiac. ‘The board is looking at any and all options to retain students,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon. ‘We have talked about what is possible for the district to do, but haven’t reached a decision…If […]
Grace Kemeny, a 2004 Brandon High School graduate, moved to Taiwan in 2011 after graduating from the University of Michigan-Flint with a degree in secondary education for English and history. She is now an English teacher to seventh and eighth grade students at a private bilingual school in Taipei. Kemeny answered questions via e-mail about […]
Brandon Twp.- It’s time to uncover some great reads. Register now for the summer reading at the library, 304 South St., where there are three programs covering children, teens, and adults. The children’s program, for birth to sixth grade, runs from June 17-Aug. 10, with a theme of ‘Dig Into Reading.? Last year, 591 children […]
Brandon Twp.-A public hearing on the proposed school district budget will be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 10, at the I-TEC building, 609 S. Ortonville Road. ?(The hearing) will be a presentation on what the expected budget will be for the district for the 2013-2014 school year,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon. ‘It won’t be […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- After a tornado tore through Moore, Okla. last month, destroying two elementary schools, students here at Oakwood Elementary wondered what they could do to help their peers hundreds of miles away. While it wasn’t so simple to help clean up or give hugs with the distance separating them, […]
Ortonville- Everyone is welcome at the area’s largest 24-hour summer party, taking place next weekend. The 2013 Relay for Life of Brandon/Ortonville is set for 10 a.m. June 15 to 10 a.m., June 16 at the Varsity Track, 209 Varsity Drive in the village. ‘Everyone needs to come, the public is welcome, it’s family friendly,? […]
Atlas Twp.- Vickie Kennedy gazed over a scene of destruction in the 7400 block of Gale Road early Wednesday morning, after a tornado tore through Tuesday night. ‘This is my daughter’s house,? she said, crying. ‘We were there all day Saturday.? The two-story home where Ashlee Mahaffy lived with her husband, Tom, and their three […]