Ortonville- It was a senior all-night party of a different sort Dec. 22-23. Following an ice storm that knocked out power to most of the community, Annette Beach went to the Edna Burton Senior Center, powered up the building’s generator and welcomed numerous area residents to the facility. The generator, which cost about $9,000, was […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board has an immediate vacancy. School Board Trustee Le Anne Schmidt tendered her resignation at the board’s Jan. 20 meeting, following the end of a closed session and just before the meeting was adjourned. Schmidt gave her letter of resignation to newly re-elected Board Secretary Chris Yuchasz. Annual board elections were […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has reported a bus driver in the Brandon School District was assaulted by a 16-year-old student. The assault reportedly occurred at about 2:30 p.m., Jan. 20, when the suspect boarded the wrong bus and the driver asked the student to exit the bus. A verbal confrontation ensued, which led to […]
Brandon Twp.- The phrase ‘There’s no place like home for the holidays? has never had more meaning for Dylan Dean and Billy Westfall than it does this holiday season. The pair recently finished a year they’d just as soon forget. Dean and Westfall spent Thanksgiving 2005 in Iraq after being deployed last fall with the […]
Ortonville- For the third time, the Oakland County Election Commission will meet to hear recall petition language against Village Council President Sue Bess. The hearing on the clarity of the language is set for 11 a.m., Nov. 30, in the courtroom of Chief Probate Court Judge Barry Grant, 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac. Grant will […]
Ortonville- Michelle, a part-time working mother, knows the meaning of tough times. The village resident fought a battle with cancer six years ago, lost a job two years later, and is now separated and raising her two middle-school-aged sons on an income of $1,000 per month. She pays $600 a month in rent and worries […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- It’s a tough time to be in the real estate market in Michigan. Nonetheless, real estate brokers Rick and Terri Robinson have opened Michigan Real Estate Associates, offering new options for buyers and sellers. ‘We decided if we were going to do the real estate business, we needed […]
Ortonville – In Michigan, 70 percent of parents improperly restrain booster seats. So says Bridget Hanigan, a community liason for Success by Six, which sponsored a free booster seat check at the Brandon Fire Station #1 on Nov. 10. Children over age four in Michigan are not required to use a booster seat at all, […]
Wednesday marked the eighth day so far this winter that school has been cancelled in the Brandon District. That is two days beyond the six snow days allowed for the entire year, with an arrival two days before the end of January. With several weeks left of winter, students and teachers may find themselves still […]
Ortonville- Eileen Bradley and her husband Ed built their home in the village in 1953. Ed was a carpenter and took care of home maintenance, but he died several years ago and Eileen found herself last spring in a difficult situation with home repairs that needed to be done. ‘Things wear down and it was […]