Waterford-The plane is mangled. Steel is twisted to reveal a burned-out compartment. The sun glints off the remains. A pilot and passenger were riding in the plane when one engine quit. The pilot was turning the plane back to Oakland County International Airport when the second engine died and the plane crashed. Both people inside […]
Drivers in Brandon and Groveland townships beware: Snowy, icy roads ahead. Officials from the Road Commission of Oakland County are warning local drivers to exercise caution this winter as they travel M-15 and dirt roads that will likely be a challenge to drive as funding cuts affect snow and ice removal. ‘The critical message is […]
Brandon Twp.-Students throughout the district could be spending fewer days in school under a proposed change to the calendar year. A committee to study the possibility of starting school after the Labor Day holiday beginning with the 2006-2007 school year is to be formed this month. Dawn Lindsay, a mother of four children in Brandon […]
Brandon Twp.- Despite a dire economy, voters passed an operating millage renewal for the school district on Tuesday, providing a bright spot for students, teachers, and school district officials as per-pupil funding cuts loom. The operating millage renewal of 17.9496 mills on businesses and secondary residences such as vacation homes, passed on Nov. 3 with […]
Brandon Twp.- Township employees, like workers around the state and country, are finding themselves on the chopping block in a wretched economy. As a Dec. 31 deadline to balance the budget bears down on township boardmembers, discussion on changes for employees is heating up. At the Nov. 2 board meeting, trustees and elected officials debated […]
Brandon Twp.- Falling off the cliff. This is the term school district officials around the state, including those in Brandon, have coined for the revenue shortfall expected in fiscal year 2011. During the Nov. 9 school board meeting, Executive Director of Fiscal Affairs Jamie Cowan gave a financial update for the school district to board […]
Waterford ? A 47-year-old former Oxford resident and 1975 OHS graduate was killed June 14 in an accident on Cass Lake Road at Oakshire Street. Ellen Statwick, of Ortonville, was driving a 1998 Chrysler Concord when she turned onto northbound Cass Lake Road and was struck by an EMS vehicle that was southbound and responding […]
Brandon Twp.- The township recreation department and Edna Burton Senior Center will likely face cuts ranging from 20-23 percent, while cuts from the supervisor’s, treasurer’s, and clerk’s offices will be anywhere from 12.5 to 15 percent under a plan discussed by boardmembers during a budget workshop Nov. 5. ‘We decided that we will take a […]
Ortonville- The village may have its first fire hydrant ever just in time for Christmas in the Village Dec. 5. The village council unanimously approved at their Nov. 9 meeting a motion to proceed with the installation of a fire protection well for the village that will supply between 300-350 gallons of water per minute […]
Bernadine Miller, who with her husband Clark began the farm now known as Cook’s Farm Dairy, died Nov. 10. She was 98. Bernadine and her twin sister, Christine, were born Jan. 18, 1911 in Clarkston to E.V. and Sally Bailey. Bernadine was raised on a farm on Pine Knob Road, graduated from Clarkston High School, […]