Brandon Twp.- Sunrise and sunsets on Lake Huron’a moment that township resident Bryan Whitfield says are simply spectacular. ‘At night, miles out in Lake Huron there’s no ‘light? pollution from cities and the stars reach right to the horizon, it’s like you could reach out and touch them.? Whitfield, 45, reflections came from the deck […]
Ortonville- Village resident Traci McCormick and her two daughters, Erica and Hailee, spend long, hot summer days playing in their back yard inflatable pool. ‘The pool was a birthday gift for Erica,? says McCormick. ‘It’s big enough for the whole family, and in the fall we can just deflate it and put it away.? McCormick […]
Ortonville- A two year search for a missing juvenile ended in Waterford Township on July 26. Ethel Swan, 59, and Gary Swan, 61, along with their son Anthony Swan, 19, were arraigned before 51st District Court Judge Phyllis McMillen on charges of harboring a runaway, a one-year misdemeanor. The juvenile, now 16-years-old, had just turned […]
It’s what Vicki Douglas didn’t hear that troubled her. After returning to work in January 2007 following the death of her 19-year-old son, Douglas made several phone calls to her younger son, a junior at Goodrich High School, only to get his voice mail. ‘He did not answer his phone after school was out’I was […]
The Atlas Township Fire Department along with the Brandon, Davison City, Grand Blanc Township and Groveland Township fire departments, responded to a house fire on Green Road between Ridge and Gale roads at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. Atlas Township Fire Chief Fred Forys reported that three individuals were home when the blaze started and […]
The votes are in and it’s Obama. That’s the results from more 440 Goodrich Middle School students who voted in OneVote 2008’an event for young people from coast-to-coast to experience casting their vote for president. While the results nationwide were not available by press time, the tally from Goodrich Middle School was reported on Tuesday. […]
Family, friends and teachers are remembering Jacob Donald DesJardins as a youth with a passion for outdoor activity and a zest for life. Jacob died July 13, from an accidental drowning in the family’s backyard pool at their Waterford Township home. He was 11. ‘He got up every morning dug his own worms and went […]
Groveland Twp.-The Wireless Zone has marched into town. Just before Joe and Laura Bommarito opened the Verizon Wireless Zone store in Bueche’s Plaza, 250 N. Ortonville Road, Suite A, last month they helped sponsor the inaugural Brandon Marching Band Festival at the Brandon Activities Complex. ‘We support the local community,? said Joe, who donated $1,200 […]
Ortonville- Shock. That’s what Leslie Wills, a village resident felt when she checked her bank account on-line at about 10:30 p.m. and noticed an unauthorized $10,000 electronic fund transfer was posted to her account. ‘She checks her on-line banking accounts three times each day,? said Wayne Wills, husband of Leslie. ‘My wife uses EFTs for […]
Following a surge in 2000, building permits in Atlas, Brandon and Groveland townships have been steady then dropped to a five year low in 2005 according to data from Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and township records. SEMCOG plans and gathers data in areas that cross jurisdictional boundaries in the Southeast Michigan region that encompasses […]