Brandon Twp.- To learn how to be a leader, Brandon Middle School student Keith Cordner went to a city filled with them. Cordner attended the 2005 Jr. National Leadership Conference from June 25-July 4 in Washington, DC after being nominated by BMS science teacher Dave Green for showing good leadership in class. The purpose of […]
Ortonville is the smallest of 10 Oakland County Main Street communities, but the village’s Main Street program has won MSOC’s biggest honor. The Ortonville Main Street program was given the ‘Spirit? award of distinction during ‘A Celebration of Success,? on Oct. 14 in Pontiac. Additionally, the Ortonville Main Street program won an achievement award for […]
The township board will apply for a $32,000 land study grant for approximately 75 acres located just south of Brandon High School. The board approved moving forward with the grant application during their Monday night meeting. Township resident Lois Robbins has done much of the work on the grant application, which will be submitted to […]
Jury selection for the trial of Michael Lee King, the 1990 Brandon High School graduate charged with the murder of a Florida woman, will begin on Aug. 17 in Sarasota County Circuit Court. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. ‘I expect the case to take about three weeks,? said Lon Arend, assistant state attorney in […]
Brandon Twp.- Soaring gasoline prices and a sour economy has led to a 24-percent increase in the number of families visiting the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund food pantry this year. Judy Henley, service coordinator for OCEF, believes the higher number in need will translate to more requests for help as the holiday season approaches. OCEF […]
Brandon Twp.- By his own description, Dan Rickabus is a ‘cynical cuss.? He will soon play one in ‘The Butler Did It, Again!? ‘I like the character because I get to goof around,? says the Brandon High School senior who will play Chandler Marlowe in the murder/mystery spoof. ‘It’s comedic and a breath of fresh […]
Ortonville- Dennis Ashton, the son of a farmer, has been around tractors since he was born. Now, 65 years later, he has ten of his own– all antiques. As co-owner of Ashton Orchards with wife Sharon, Ashton displays the tractors on Sundays at the orchard, 3925 Seymour Lake Road. ‘I’m not interested in antique furniture […]
A group of Ortonville youths now know the literal meaning of working ‘in the trenches,? after a trip to Jamaica. The usual tourist destination was a mission trip for 29 teens and six adults from Hillside Bible Church, who spent the week of July 11-18 in Catadupa, a village located in a mountainous region that […]
Children unable to go trick-or-treating because of physical limitations or other special needs will have an opportunity for Halloween to be brought to them– by a group of bikers. Kaz Mamon, an Ortonville resident and Harley-Davidson motorcycle rider, is inviting physically and mentally impaired children from Oakland County to join him and up to 300 […]
William Konkolesky was a senior in high school in February 1989 when he saw a UFO (unidentified flying object). He was parked in a car in Sterling Heights with two friends while they waited for another friend to get out of work when a blue glowing UFO flew over the car and changed color to […]