Smokers Palace-tobacco outlet

Area tobacco users can find a complete selection of tobacco products locally at Smokers Palace. Under new management, Nick Patel reopened Smokers Palace at 1768 S. Ortonville Road, near the intersection of Glass Road and M-15. Smokers Palace is a wholesale tobacco outlet stocked with a complete line of tobacco products. ‘Cigarettes can be costly? […]

Beer store battles

Brandon Twp.- A beer war may be brewing in the township. A row between two party store owners in the 2000 block of M-15 erupted after local businessman Mike Toma, owner of the M-15 Party Store, opted out of his lease and began construction of a new facility across the road. Toma, who operated the […]

No budget, no president, no administrator: Goodrich council starts over

Goodrich-Not only does the village council lack a 2011-12 budget, but it now lacks someone to actually compile the document. The village council deliberated Monday night the direction necessary to file the budget due in about 45 days. The problems for the village are compounded due to the termination of Village Administrator Jacki Sidge’who in […]

Groveland Twp. man honored for saving life

A Groveland Township man will be honored on May 18 for his efforts in saving the life of a retired Oakland Sheriff Deputy last fall. According to news reports, at 1:45 p.m., Oct. 8, Groveland Township resident Ed Hook stopped his vehicle near the intersection of Grange Hall Road and Dixie Highway. Retired Deputy Keith […]

Recalls taxing business, residents

Goodrich-While the financial tally may tug at residents? pockets after a host of successful and unsuccessful recalls during the past 12 years’at least one Michigan Municipal League representative says the costs are often far more than just financial. Tony Minghine, MML associate executive director representing 500 communities statewide, said several recalls can adversely impact a […]

Series of home break-ins reported

The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents in northern Oakland, western Lapeer and southern Genesee counties to be on the lookout for man and a woman suspected in at least six home break-ins since the end of March. The man is white, about 20-30 years of age, 5?9?, with short brown hair and a […]

Lickity Splitz’ice cream for Goodrich

Madeline Dishon realized a perfect opportunity. Growing up in Milford during the 1960s’Dishon recalled the quaintness of the then small village. ‘Downtown Goodrich reminded of that hometown atmosphere,? Dishon said. So when the chance to purchase a small business in the village became available’Dishon opened the ice cream store Lickity Splitz, 10230 Hegel Road, Goodrich, […]

Man injured while tubing on area lake

Brandon Twp.-A 39-year-old Sterling Heights man was questioned by Oakland County Sheriff’s Marine Unit deputies following an injury accident on Bald Eagle Lake at about 7 p.m., June 26. Witnesses to the accident said a 1991 Master Craft Ski boat was towing a person on a tube near the island on the north side of […]

Family of soldiers: Youngest of seven WWII veterans receives medal

A Blue Star flag in the window’the symbol of a family member serving in the military. For Pontiac residents Ernest and Hazel Rowden, the iconic display of dedication and service at their rural Oakland County home during the years of World War II was times seven. According to newspaper reports, for almost five years during […]

Missing Hummer family plaque recovered

Brandon Twp.- A small piece of the community stolen last year has been found. An 80-year-old brass plaque identifying Tunis D. Hummer (1789-1863) and wife Francina (Swayze) Hummer (1793-1878) and their family members as one of the township’s pioneer families was recovered last week. The plaque had been removed by vandals in June 2010. In […]

1 51 52 53 54 55 205