Brandon Twp.- A final campaign to extend gas mains in the township is taking place within the next week as Consumers Energy officials push to meet a deadline of May 18 to have 221 residents signed up for service. Residents of 150 households in phase 1 of the proposed project who were not represented at […]
Ortonville- Ruth Ann Sheffield has a need to ‘fix things.? It was that trait that drove her to create a duplicate of an old family quilt. ‘It’s somebody’s family and someone loved that quilt to death,? said Sheffield, who was given the quilt by an antiques dealer several years ago. The original quilt had deteriorated […]
Ortonville- The village council voted 5-2 Monday night to suspend DPW Supervisor Bill Prince for five days without pay, effective immediately. The move came after Village Manager Ed Coy sent a notice of pending charges dated Nov. 8 to Prince, advising him a conference would be held with respect to his apparent misconduct. The charges […]
Brandon Twp.- Kay Hunt moved to the United States from Thailand about 20 years ago and while she loves her adopted country, there is one thing she has never found here? good Thai sauce. ‘I enjoy cooking and I tried Thai sauce sold at markets and they don’t taste good,? Hunt says. ‘I don’t know […]
Brandon Twp.- Joe Rohovsky has watched the township grow by leaps and bounds during his 38-year tenure as a member of the planning commission. When Joe Rohovsky joined the planning commission in 1969, there were few residents and he recalls the only businesses in the community were the A&W Drive-In, Hamilton’s, Arrants Ford and Owens […]
Patricia Hillaker has been named 2012 Alternative Education Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Alternative Education Organization. Hillaker received the designation during the MAEO’s annual spring conference April 26 at the Bay Valley Resort in Bay City. ‘It feels good to be recognized by my peers for all my hard work and dedication to […]
Groveland Twp.- On top of Gina and Brian Muzzarelli’s mailbox is a metal sculpture of a phoenix. The mythical bird is a fitting symbol for the Muzzarellis. Fifteen months ago, their township home burned to the ground. Since then, they have struggled to recover from the tragedy that took the lives of two beloved dogs […]
Dave Brock, a Brandon Township resident, likes living in the country. But he is concerned that he will soon lose what is integral to any rural landscape? trees. Brock, whose home is located off Reese Road, is one of several property owners in both Brandon and Groveland townships who will be affected by Enbridge Energy’s […]
A man who assisted police in capturing a criminal in Bald Eagle Lake and two deputies and a detective from the Brandon Township substation were recently honored by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. During the annual OCSO Awards Ceremony this week, Brandon Detective Dale Brown and Deputy Randy Tarp, Deputy Keith Christie and Det./Sgt. Jason […]
Voters will have several candidates to choose from for township board races in Atlas and Brandon this August, while in Groveland Township, the supervisor, clerk, and treasurer are running unopposed. As the deadline passed on Tuesday for candidates to turn in their petitions to be placed on the August ballot, every position in Atlas and […]