(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth story in a series on Religious Diversity Journeys. This week’s story features Sikhism. Nine Brandon Middle School students are participating in the InterFaith Leadership Council program. Find previous stories at thecitizenonline.com) Metal trays and cups are lined up on the floor in long rows in front of thin cloth […]
Ortonville- Village residents will have the opportunity to vote in a special election to determine the fate of a proposed sewer system. A few hundred residents, the majority of whom appeared to be sharply opposed to a $20 million wastewater treatment project, attended a March 23 village council meeting. Almost two dozen people implored the […]
Easter is almost here and there is still time to help your neighbors in need by donating food to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund. Volunteers will distribute food to low-income families in the Brandon School District this Monday. Much of the food was purchased by OCEF using donations from Sharin? o? the Green, the annual […]
Ortonville- Art on a grand scale arrives in the village April 8, with eight pieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts? Inside|Out program being installed around town. ‘I can’t tell you all the pieces and locations, it’s a secret until installation,? said Jillian Reese, community relations specialist for the DIA. She did however, reveal a […]
Ortonville- The village’s historic treasure, the Old Mill Museum was defaced this week with a Nazi phrase coupled with the name of the village council president. ‘Seig Heil! Wayne Wills? was printed in roughly 2-inch high letters using what appeared to be a black permanent marker on the Old Mill underneath a museum sign. The […]
Pontiac- Jacob Michael Young will serve 3 years probation and 90 days in jail as punishment for threatening a school shooting in Brandon. Young was sentenced April 1 by Oakland County Sixth Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts. He will receive credit for 3 days of time served, and will pay $6,700 in restitution, as well […]
Brandon Twp.- When the Burns family made their first movie in their township backyard more than six years ago, they ended up spending about $80,000, used amateur actors (including themselves) and sent the film straight to dvd. The project they recently completed is also a historical action-adventure film partially filmed in the township, but on […]
Kevin Loughlin, like many college students last month, went south for spring break. But rather than a vacation spent playing in the water in a popular destination such as Daytona or Myrtle Beach, the 2011 Brandon High School graduate worked to bring clean water to rural areas in Nicaragua. The nation in Central America has […]
Brandon Twp.-The black and white photos are anywhere from 70 to 82 years old. The eyes that stare out from them are those of men, women and children. The expressions on the faces vary, but are most often ones of confusion, resignation, and absolute misery. They are nameless and many, and accompanied by photos of […]
Brandon Twp.- ‘Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.? ~Fred Rogers On a recent afternoon, in Amanda Ingalls? preschool class at Harvey Swanson Elementary, some serious work and learning is underway while children play? […]