Atlas Twp.- A canine trained to provide comfort to others recently needed just a little assistance himself. A local family is thankful today after a neighbor, along with the township fire department, saved their dog Riley from the icy waters of Lake Shinanguag. Mark Trowbridge, owner of Riley, a 12-year-old Brittany spaniel, explained the dog […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 approving a resolution in a special meeting on Monday afternoon to request members of the House of Representatives to vote no on House Bill 4147. Council President Rick Horton was absent. On March 13, the House Tax Policy Committee OK’d legislation, HB 4147, that would give local townships the authority […]
A group of area parents, along with a preschool owner, are exploring the creation of a charter school in the Ortonville area. A founders board has been established comprised of parents from the Ortonville Montessori, 258 S. Ortonville Road, to form the North Oakland Charter Academy. A location for the future school is yet to […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board of trustees voted 4-1 during the March 18 meeting to approve a conditional rezoning for a barn structure at 8350 Perry Road. Rick Misek, township planning commission director, said the next step will be a site plan and conditional use permit. ‘The barn is on about 15 acres and approximately 100-years-old,? […]
Dustin Scriven’s photography is out of this world. Way out. Scriven, 20, a 2011 Brandon High School graduate and Oakland Community College sophomore, is a local astronomer and for the past few years has ventured out at night to remote locations to study the heavens utlizing a variety of telescopes along with precision photography equipment. […]
Debra Dodd spokesperson for Consumer’s Energy reported that 1,930 customers were without power from about 6 to 10 p.m. in the Atlas Township area on April 25. Dodd said the power outage was weather related. Dodd said two circuits locked causing a pole fire. The power outage affected homes from Green Road north to Maple […]
Groveland Twp.-For more than 35 years, Paul Kerr worked in metal fabrication, testing equipment for the Big Three automakers’where high standards and quality are the rule. That same commitment to perfection and dependability are reflected in Paul and son Nathan Kerr’s new lawn mowing business, ‘We Make the Cut.? ‘No job is too big or […]
A former school building may be saved from demolition. Board members of the North Oakland Charter Academy (NOCA) are seeking to purchase the vacant Sherman Lifelong Learning Center, 300 Sherman Court from the Brandon School District to open a kindergarten through fifth grade school. Jeff Maxson, an NOCA board member, expressed interest in the facility. […]
Brandon Twp.-To passers-by it may appear to be just another asphalt parking lot’a common feature in any urban landscape. Yet for school officials, environmentalists and a handful of area residents, the new four-acre lot just south of the high school campus will represent a symbol of cooperation and diligence. On Tuesday, by a 7-0 vote, […]
Goodrich-Some light in the murky future of the century-old village dam was shed last week during a special meeting. Dave Anthony of WadeTrim engineers, along with the councilmembers and several village residents, gathered at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the village office to discuss approaches, restoration, and methods to preserved the impoundment of the village dam. […]