Goodrich-An area landowner is appealing village action regarding a possible violation of the local weed ordinance. Tom Gordon owns a five acre parcel with 650 feet frontage on Hegel Road about a quarter mile west of Ridge Road. A small section of the property along Hegel Road was planted with clover as ground cover to […]
Brandon Township ranked eighth among 20 Oakland County communities that reported a decline in the average value of existing homes in 2006, according to a report issued by the Oakland County Equalization Division in January. Groveland Township posted a small increase, along with 32 communities in the county. According to the report compiled from 52 […]
Groveland Twp.-At 17-years-old Barry Bass was troubled when he watched trash leaving the recycling facility, headed to a landfill. ‘My first job was with SOCCRA (Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority), said Bass, a Waterford native. ‘I could realize the necessity of recycling 35 years ago as a teen. I remember thinking that someday there […]
At about 10:30 p.m., Sept. 6, Brandon firefighters/medics and Oakland County Sheriff deputies responded to a wooded area near Sashabaw Road in Brandon Township following a report that a man had fallen from a tree stand. When emergency personnel arrived they found a 41-year-old Waterford man unconscious with labored breathing near a large tree with […]
A strong leader, coach, and mentor. That’s how friends and co-workers are remembering former Brandon High School Principal Edwin ‘Ed? Keenan Donaldson Ed died of complications from surgery Feb. 3, in Lakeland Fla. He was 64. Born Aug.19, 1942, Ed grew up in Lincoln Park as the oldest of three sons. He attended Olivet College […]
Groveland Twp.- Last month the township EMS became the first in Oakland County to put into service the LUCAS II Chest Compression System. The new system will provide uninterrupted compressions at a regular rate and depth for resuscitation. The machine delivers automated compressions when EMS arrives and continues in the ambulance transport and throughout the […]
Goodrich- While some of the reverberations of a struggling state economy rippled through the village in 2006’several signs of a revitalization may be on the horizon, say village officials. ‘A few of our local businesses have closed down over the last year, but while we hear about those businesses, we often overlook the local businesses […]
Rep. Brad Jacobsen (Oxford R-46th District, which includes Brandon Township) is working on a bill as part of a package that would decrease the legal speed limit on gravel roads to 45 mph unless otherwise marked. The change in the law would only include counties with a population of one million or more which includes […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- Getting a good night’s sleep may be a little easier around holidays for residents following the board of trustees meeting on Monday night. The township board voted 5-0 to OK an ordinance which regulates the usage of consumer fireworks between the overnight hours of 1-8 a.m. to the following […]
Groveland Twp.- On Sept. 13, local and state officials, along with Consumers Energy President and CEO John Russell, celebrated the completion of the new Groveland Township Service Center. The $7.5 million, 22,666 square-foot service center opened in June and is designed to help provide natural gas service to more than 114,000 homes and businesses in […]