The 52-2 District Court in Clarkston handles about 550 drunk driving cases per year, more than 200 of which involve repeat offenders. Joe, a Brandon Township resident in his 40s who spoke with The Citizen on condition of anonymity, was one of those cases. One night last fall, Joe went to a bar. He consumed […]
Ortonville- It’s a matter of time– and votes– before sewers come to the village. A Village of Ortonville Sanitary Sewer System Preliminary Schedule was released on Oct. 6. The timeline was created by Rowe Engineering project manager Leann Panduren after meetings with the Oakland County Drain Commission, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, a financial […]
Ortonville- Boots, a 4-year-old black and white pit bull mix, appears to be an affectionate dog. He accepts petting and gently nuzzles a new visitor to a Brandon Hills Manor apartment off Oakwood Road in the village, where he lives with owners Michael Williams and Jennifer White and their two young children. White says they’ve […]
Ortonville- The village may be on the cutting edge of fashion? joining places like Chicago and Boston in cultivating a native plant garden; however, some village councilmembers just want the garden cut. At their meeting July 27, the village council approved by a 4-3 vote a motion to ask the group that tends the garden […]
Teresa Tersigni’s friends have done a lot for her in the past year. They’ve organized craft boutiques, golf outings, a Poker Run and some have even posed nude for a calendar, all in an effort to raise money for the Oakland Liver Transplant Fund, which was created especially for Tersigni, an Ortonville resident. Tersigni, 46, […]
Groveland Twp.- Sunlight filters through the trees on a recent Saturday afternoon as Janice Whitman takes a walk– a cakewalk, to be exact. However, the cakewalk seems to be anything but what it’s name implies. Whitman, wearing a red helmet and a harness, is walking on a three-quarter-inch cable 25-feet above the ground. She clutches […]
Ortonville- More than 100 people turned out for a dedication of Edna Burton Senior Center and the Senior Memorial Garden on Sept. 29. The former Brandon Senior Center was renamed in honor of Edna Burton, the former township clerk who was responsible for obtaining a grant in 1977 which established the original senior center on […]
A 20-year-old Ortonville man was arrested last week following a crime spree he went on to feed his $150-a-day heroin habit. The man was expected to be arraigned in 52-2 District Court on charges including burglary from several area businesses and larceny. A second man, a 20-year-old Groveland Township resident, was also expected to be […]
Both Brandon and Goodrich school districts are growing according to enrollment numbers after the Michigan government counted heads state-wide Wednesday. Student enrollment in the Brandon School District is growing in the upper grades, is down at the intermediate school and remains about the same at the elementaries. Overall, a preliminary count for the district shows […]
Both Brandon and Goodrich school districts grew according to enrollment numbers following the state-wide head count on Wednesday. Student enrollment in the Brandon School District is growing in the upper grades, is down at the intermediate school and remains about the same at the elementaries. Overall, a preliminary count for the district shows a student […]