Ortonville- Village Manager Ed Coy expected to return to work today after suffering a mild heart attack more than a week ago. Coy, 61, says he began having chest pains at about 3 a.m. May 6 and went to the emergency room at Genesys Regional Medical Center. ‘At first they said it was just chest […]
Brandon Twp.- In the United States, 20,000-30,000 greyhounds are bred per year for racing. Approximately that number retire every year. About one-third of those dogs, still healthy, are euthanized for lack of a home. Dave Campbell cites these facts and works to find greyhounds homes as vice-president of Greythounds of Eastern Michigan (G.E.M.). The group […]
A former Ortonville clerk/treasurer has been charged with willful neglect of duty by a public officer after money she received from two village taxpayers was never deposited. Mary Elizabeth Clark, 55, of Oxford, was arraigned on the charge, as well as an alternative count of willful neglect of duty by a public officer, on Dec. […]
Brandon Twp.- A township family is extremely fortunate to be alive after their home filled with carbon monoxide while they were sleeping. ‘This family is very, very lucky,? said Fire Chief David Kwapis. ‘The outcome could have been disastrous.? Firefighters were called to the home in the 1700 block of Hurd Road at about 5:48 […]
Goodrich- The Goodrich High School auditorium was filled with about 750 teenagers on Tuesday, but was remarkably quiet as students viewed on a giant screen the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The silence was periodically broken as students applauded and cheered, beginning around noon, when, as music played, a broadcaster announced that although Obama had […]
The crowds were massive, but the experience, unforgettable. Brandon Township resident John Dickie and his daughter, Alexis, a junior at Brandon High School, attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. ‘It was overwhelming, the number of people there,? John Dickie said. ‘It was an exhausting day and really cold out, […]
Jan and Ed Piorkowski are not your everyday baseball fans. The couple has held partial season tickets to the Detroit Tigers every year since the 90s and have been fans for decades. But they aren’t content to just watch their team at home. The Piorkowskis took their love of the game one step further when […]
After years of intermittent discussion, officials from the village of Ortonville and Brandon Township are once again broaching the subject of sewers. Village Manager Ed Coy and Township Supervisor Kathy Thurman recently decided to create a joint sewer committee, the purpose of which will be to research and plan a joint sewer district and watewater […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]