Ortonville- After nearly a year without a pastor, Hillside Bible Church has found a new leader and Cliff Powell has found renewal in his calling. Powell took the helm at the church this fall. ‘I felt it was time to get back to leading a church,? he said. ‘It was this church, because that is […]
Brandon Twp.- Parents who choose any of the district’s preschools will be putting their children in a program that has received a 5-star rating from Great Start to Quality. ‘We have two of only 12 schools in Oakland County with this rating now,? said Diane Zedan, director of preschool programs for the Brandon School District. […]
John Bowers and Joanne Cook received a special delivery this week? all the way from across the pond. The Groveland Township residents were delighted to open their mail and relive, via the DVD inside, the day last November when their son, Paul Bowers, received the Order of the British Empire from Prince William during an […]
It’s ‘business as usual? at Clarkston Brandon Community Credit Union, despite of, or perhaps in light of, a $20 million embezzlement investigation. The credit union’s former chief financial officer, Michael LaJoice, walked into the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Pontiac on Jan. 6 and confessed to embezzling roughly $20 million from CBCCU during the […]
Brandon Twp.- Just a few days before the school district’s winter break, a father lamented the bullying his elementary age children once again endured on the bus. Wishing to remain anonymous to protect his children, the man expressed his frustration about school officials who seemed to ignore his pleas for a remedy. He and his […]
Ortonville- Implementation of building application fees, as well as reinspection fees, will insure the building department is self-funding, or as close to breaking even as possible. By a 4-1 vote at their Jan. 25 meeting, the village council approved amendments to the building department fee schedules. Trustees Debbie Baker, Dan Eschmann, Courtney McClerren and Coleen […]
The Cox family made a rest stop on their drive down to Disney World. A 14-and-a-half hour stop in the middle of the expressway, with no restaurants or restrooms in sight, but plenty of snow, ice, and other vehicles also frozen in place on I-75 in Kentucky. By the time they arrived at the happiest […]
It felt hot? a burning sensation similar to the sting of a bee. That’s how Gary D. Frank, now a 69-year-old White Cloud, Mich. resident, described the feeling of fragments from a Viet Cong booby trap that ripped through his right ear. ‘They call those bombs IEDs or improvised explosive devices today,? said Frank. ‘The […]
Brandon Twp.- Two educators who are themselves a lesson in the importance of empathy and understanding have been selected as teachers of the year. Sharon Voyer is the Brandon Elementary Teacher of the Year. Jeff Malicke is the Teacher of the Year at the secondary level. ‘We are nominating Mrs. Voyer because my son no […]
Brandon Twp.-More than 30 years ago, a plan for a senior housing complex in the community was born. However, the plan floundered with a lack of infrastructure to support such a facility. The defeat of a sewer proposal last fall led to the final nail in the coffin for the Ortonville Area Senior Housing Association, […]