Atlas Twp.-Consumers Energy is coming. Within two years, 1,067 township residents could be utilizing natural gas for their homes. The message was delivered by John T. Foley, gas service field leader of Consumers Energy, who attended the township meeting on Monday night. ‘We will need 50 percent participation from the township to make this project […]
Atlas Twp.- A vacant township garage may soon have a tenant that could save a life. Representatives from Regional Emergency Medical Services (REMS) attended the township meeting to discuss locating a facility in the community. REMS is a joint-venture partnership between Flint-based hospital McLaren Health System, and Southfield-based Community EMS, Inc (CEMS), a non-profit ambulance […]
Brandon Twp.- A major business plan may spark significant new economic growth in the township. Steve Collin representing Lockwood LLC presented a plan for a multiple-business development that will include a total of about 122,000 square-feet of retail space between eight separate buildings. The township planning commission approved the preliminary general site plan for the […]
Brandon Twp.-School officials, students and a host of area residents gathered on Monday for the ground breaking of the new Brandon Elementary School. The $14 million building project should be completed for the 2009 school year and will include a 64,000 square-foot building to replace the aging H.T. Burt Elementary School. The project will also […]
After graduation, Josh Ruedisueli wasn’t real excited about moving 10 hours away from his Brandon Township home. ‘I’m ready for the challenge of college but not for the challenge of leaving all my friends that I love,? wrote Ruedisueli in his letter to The Citizen after finishing in the top 10 of the 2002 Brandon […]
Ortonville-Former Brandon School Board Trustee Ken Quisenberry announced last week he will challenge current Village Council President Sue Bess in the September election. ‘I’m seeking a little change in direction for the village,? said Quisenberry, 48. ‘With my background in the school district and working with a $30 million yearly budget coupled with the $73 […]
Groveland Twp.-A little after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oakland County Sheriff’s divers recovered the body of a 63-year-old ice fisherman from Rose Township in approximately 12 feet of water in Hartwig Lake. Donald Earl Thorpe drowned after he went through about an inch of ice approximately 200 feet from shore. Township Fire Chief Steve McGee said […]
Brandon Twp.- Jerry Smith has lived on the shores of Bald Eagle Lake for more than 30 years ‘I was out on my dock in the on Thursday, (Nov. 29) and were watching some ducks feeding in front of my home,? said Smith. ‘All of a sudden this bird the size of a Boeing 747 […]
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, Pvt. Theodore Wood, a Union soldier, penned a letter home. Wood described his life over about three years of the Civil War that included marching hundreds of miles, sleeping on the ground and his encounter with African-Americans. A glimpse of Wood’s military duties and endeavors were recently […]
Raymond Miller refers to the three rows of stones in his front yard as ‘Carriage Steps.? ‘I’m not sure of the purpose of the three steps up to my lawn from Oak Hill Road,? said Miller who, with his wife Elizabeth, purchased the Springfield Township home in 1973. ‘It appears to be a landing where […]