By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At a cost of $135,000 the Brandon School Board Ok’d Sunshine Water Systems of Linden to provide and install a filtration systems on school drinking water supplies. The system filters out arsenic at the point of entry’with large tanks filtering water near the point at which pipes enter a structure’s […]
Atlas Twp.- The cause of an early morning head-on collision along M-15 just north of Cooliedge Road that killed a 53-year-old township man and seriously injured a 51-year-old Forest Township woman remains under investigation say police. At about 7 a.m., Jan. 5, Gary Morea, 53, was northbound in a van when it collided with a […]
Brandon Twp.- Despite a looming General Motors bankruptcy, sluggish car sales and possible reductions in the number of dealers nationwide’local GM dealer Larry Simms remains optimistic about the future of his business. ‘We are going through with a positive attitude, just like we are going to be here forever,? said Simms. ‘Our goal here at […]
Groveland Twp.- On a warm mid-April afternoon, township residents Glen and Kathy Westfall took advantage of the sunshine to sit outside their rural home. ‘It was the first nice spring day we had,? said Kathy, 67. ‘It was such a great day that Glen decided to venture down our long driveway to Brandt Road. Glen […]
Goodrich- The cost to obtain information from the school through the Freedom of Information Act just increased following a decision by the school board late last year. The board established a fee of $16.13 per hour and 6 cents per copy for all FOIA requests after reviewing its public records policy. ‘We are watching our […]
Goodrich-If a block of wood could speak, it would tell Ted Nicklas a story of its curly grains, wavy lines and unique colors. Those characteristics define the stellar gunstocks Nicklas has created over a lifetime. For more than a half a century, Nicklas, a Hadley Township native, has transformed a small forest of hardwood blank […]
A combination of less money to spend and a significant reduction in cases of the West Nile Virus has prompted county officials to scale back mosquito prevention to areas of the county. Tony Drautz, Administrator, Environmental Health Services Oakland County Health Division, said that funding for prevention has been reduced from $500,000 to $300,000 for […]
Atlas Twp.-No trailer parks. That’s the word from township planners who on Wednesday night hosted a public hearing at the Goodrich Middle School Cafetorium which drew about 60 residents to discuss the township master plan. The master plan, which is reviewed every five years, is a guide for land use in the community it serves. […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- An area credit union has opened a new location just in time for the holidays. On Tuesday, T&C Federal Credit Union, 250 N. Ortonville Road, Suite B in the Oak Plaza opened joining nine area T&C Federal Credit Union locations. ‘The Ortonville area was the next largest concentration of […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.-For more than a quarter century the Avenue of Flags displayed at the Ortonville Cemetery each Memorial Day has been a visible tribute to those individuals who served the United States in the past, and presently. The 544 flags are placed alphabetically along the roadway by volunteers, on Sunday morning […]