North Branch News

The first word that pops to mind as you walk through the doors of the Brass Lamp Villa is Spartan.

North Branch Days Planning Committee Chair Mary Oliver said there's a simple reason why North Branch Days are an important tradition.

Two words best describe Ken and Denise Jensen -- hard working. When Denise isn't helping out at their restaurant, the Firehouse CafZ, she's a custodian for North Branch Area Schools.

Officials at the Family Literacy Center in Lapeer are planning an action-packed summer to promote reading and writing with children and adults.

Donald Gleeson, retired superintendent of the North Branch Area Schools, received the Michigan Association of School Administrators Hall of Fame Award Monday.

On a Parsons street corner many summers ago, 8-year-old Dave Magda was playing with a group friends when Joanne Austin approached them with an idea.

Open for business since March, Outback Jack's Feed & Seed in North Branch is your old-fashioned type store with the owners on the premises to visit over coffee.

To lead by example in answering the district's budget crisis, the North Branch Area Schools administrators accepted another wage concession at Monday's meeting.

COUNTY: Lapeer HIGHWAY: M-90/M-24 CLOSEST CITY: North Branch STARTING DATE: Monday, July 13, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Mid-August 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin chip seal and resurfacing work along 15.7 miles on M-90 in Lapeer County.

Three graduating North Branch High School seniors are recipients of staff-funded scholarships in honor of former long-time board of education member Ralph Deshetsky.

Eastern Michigan Young Marines First Sgt. Alex Havermale has been awarded a four-year $150,0000 scholarship for college from the United States Marine Corps.

The Lapeer County Spelling champion spent Memorial Day weekend traveling to Washington D.C. to compete in Thursday's Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The following Memorial Day weekend events are planned around Lapeer County: There will be an outdoor worship service for Lapeer police, rescue, fire, military, and veterans at 10 a.m. today at St.

When it comes to giving, the North Branch Area Schools and neighboring community came out as co-champions in a recent TV contest.

To the Rev. Ron Hutchinson, there's nothing that beats riding the backroads on the back of his 2005 Harley-Davidson Heritage soft tail embracing God's creation.

Formerly known as Decoration Day, Monday is Memorial Day, a federal holiday commemorating U.S. military men and women who died while defending the country.

Stressing all the jobs in the North Branch Area Schools are important, but essentials need to be determined, the district's board of education on Monday discussed where to find another $405,000 in savings in the 2009-2010 budget.

YALE -- Adam Pilarski had three hits and three RBIs on Tuesday to lead Yale to a 13-6 Blue Water Area Conference win against Almont.

Six candidates filed for the school board in the North Branch Area Schools and five filed in the Imlay City Community Schools in what will be races in the annual May 5 school election.

In another cost cutting action, North Branch Area Schools officials on Monday trimmed $126,000 from the district's 2009-2010 $21.5 million budget, this time at the administrative level.