It’s time to start sharing. That’s the consensus after officials from the Village of Holly, along with Holly, Rose and Groveland townships, attended a meeting on Sept. 23 organized by Holly Township Supervisor Jesse Lambert to discuss the possiblity of combining a host of services, including police, fire and other basic needs. ‘With the decline […]
Goodrich-How does artificial Martian turf sound? At a cost of about $600,000, replacing the sod in the football field with a manufactured surface will be on the list of projects designated by the building and site committee. The list of priorities must be narrowed to spending $15.4 million if the bond extension is approved by […]
According to the Secretary of State, Michigan has about 7.2 million registered voters. About 23 percent of voters turned out for the August 2010 primary election. Nineteen percent of voters turned out in Michigan’s 2008 primary. Turnout was about 17 percent in 2006. At least one local official is taking aim at not only curbing […]
Brandon Twp.- Since last June Glass Road residents have endured, traffic jams, dust and fleets of heavy construction equipment. Flaggers, orange barrels and the stench of fresh asphalt characterized most of the summer. Well, it’s over’almost. With just a little clean-up to do, the construction is completed on the East-West Glass Road intersection which during […]
The recent site approval of Long Lake Village should come as no surprise to the residents of Brandon Township, considering the players in the building game. Boasting a ‘focus on maximizing return on investments,? the Silverman Companies, of Bingham Farms, Mich. advertised mantra includes ‘develop and acquire premium properties from master-planned communities and luxury rental […]
Ortonville-In 1904 G.N. Hart Hardware opened for business on the west side of South Street in downtown Ortonville. Later named DeLano Hardware the building was destroyed by fire in 1942. When a new building was erected in 1944, the tradition of suppling the community with a variety of goods and services unique to many villages […]
Groveland Twp.-It’s been 227 years since a 14- year-old boy from Hebron County near Hartford Conn. volunteered into the service of the United States as a musician-fifer in the Militia of Connecticut. He would serve with the Connecticut Continental Line, encounter Gen. George Washington and live to see our nation’s birth. The military journey of […]
Goodrich-Following a two year dip in both taxable values and state funds, the village coffers grew following an audit presented by Lewis & Knopf at Monday night’s council meeting. Key indicators of the overall health of village finances included an additional $50,998 to the general fund, which as of June 30 has grown to $278,894 […]
If Ortonville resident Ken Bush’s collection of political items could speak, it would describe more than 200 years of American history from George Washington to George Bush’with a few mayors and governors, too. For more than 50 years, village resident Bush has gathered an extensive collection of historical campaign memorabilia, along with a host of […]
A 63-year old Orion Township man was found dead just after dark on Oct. 7 after he apparently fell about 15 feet from a tree stand while deer hunting near Honert and State Park roads in Brandon Township. Oakland County Sheriff deputies from the Brandon Township substation responded to a call from a hunting companion […]