A 47-year-old Brandon Township man was arraigned May 24 in federal court in Detroit on a 22-count indictment with charges including obstruction of the administration of Internal Revenue law, signing false IRS forms under penalty of perjury and causing casinos to file false reports. The indictment charges that between January 2000 and December 2003, Christopher […]
Ortonville- The village council has put the brakes on further research or action on a proposed trail concept for village property, for the time being. Rick McAvinchey, a resident and member of the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy, proposed a trail on 40 acres of village property adjacent to the Crescent Hills subdivision during a […]
Gladys Parker began selling real estate in Ortonville in 1990, when she got her license. Now, the Brandon Township resident continues to sell real estate in Ortonville, as well as Goodrich, and as far north as Millington as owner of Help-U-Sell Property Basics, 8359 Office Park Drive in Grand Blanc. ‘We’ve got the M-15 corridor […]
Ortonville- After a walk-through of the village, councilmembers have determined that 447 squares of concrete sidewalk need to be replaced. At a cost of about $4 per square foot, this will amount to approximately $29,600 in repairs. Village Manager Ed Coy said he is writing a request for proposal, after which a notice for bids […]
The Ortonville Chamber meeting is scheduled for noon on June 5 at Brandon High School Central Office. The cost will be $8 for chamber members with an RSVP, $10 for chamber members without an RSVP, and $15 for non-Ortonville Chamber members. Scholarship winners will be presented. Details: (248) 627-8079
Brandon Twp.- Arts and crafts, boating and fishing, swimming and more are all a part of summer camp, an annual ritual for many children, but Mary Klein’s three grandchildren may never have experienced it at all without Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance. Brandon, 12, Bryan, 10, and Abby, 6, enjoyed summer camp with their grandmother at […]
Ortonville- Castina Bombardo knows that if you want a friend, you need to be one. The Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School sixth-grader is passing that knowledge on as a participant in the LINK program. ‘We are teaching a girl in our grade how to act like a sixth-grader, and how to be nice to people and […]
Icy conditions wreaked havoc on gravel roads this week, cancelling school in both the Brandon and Goodrich districts, stranding residents at their homes, and causing numerous vehicles to run off the road, as well as a few accidents. In an incident that proved just how treacherous the roads were, a driver for the Road Commission […]
For the past two years, the Brandon High School Student Council has held a charity week, collecting funds for a charity designated by the Michigan Association of Student Councils. And during the past few years, the BHS students have won the MASC/MAHS ‘Tonya? State Charity Award, given to the school that raises the most money […]
Last Saturday, some local high school students attended a very special prom’as hosts. Unlike most proms, the nearly 100 guests at the Jan. 26 dance weren’t teenagers, in fact, most ranged in age from 30-80. The guests were all residents of Angels? Place, homes for special needs adults. For many of them, it was their […]