Bailey Lake Elementary students saluted veterans and active duty members of the military, many of whom have children at the school, with a Salute To The Armed Forces, Nov. 13. The students welcomed U.S. Marines Jason Onitveros, combat vet and Bailey Lake dad, Lance Corporal Chambers, and Sergeant Joshua T. Fitzpatrick; from the Coast Guard, […]
Volunteers and community groups from around the area worked together for fall Impact Day, Nov. 9. Organized by My Habitat Clarkston, a grassroots movement of Clarkston-area residents, community groups, churches, and businesses, they helped out all over the community with yard work for seniors, packing donated meals for neighbors in need, cleaning up school yards […]
Brandon Twp.- An area business is helping cut into hunger. Rich Walker, owner of the Cracker Barrel, 5500 Oak Hill Road, has been processing deer for the past 30 years and has been selected to process the deer harvested from the Oakland County Parks controlled hunts. ‘I understand the venison will be donated to the […]
Alicia Avery knows the hardships endured by a family battling cancer. She also knows how support in the fight is essential and Avery went on a journey of more than 300 miles to help ease the suffering of others, a mission that has not quite reached its end. In May 2013, Alicia Van Dis and […]
Goodrich- Upgrades to a dilapidated century-old drain which had slowed to a trickle’may soon start flowing once again. Changes in village council following the Nov. 4 election, coupled with a pending lawsuit from 19 plaintiffs seeking compensation after they were allegedly damaged by village drains, sewers, and the mill pond in the village, has stalled […]
Brandon Twp.- The township will be joining with other local communities in an effort to control phragmites, an invasive weed that decreases property values and presents a fire hazard. During their Nov. 10 meeting, the township board voted 5-1 to participate with surrounding townships in the submittal of an application for funding from the Midwest […]
For more than 35 years, violinist Mary Margaret St. John has captivated crowds as an associate concert master with the Flint Symphony Orchestra. On Tuesday the mellow sounds that resonate from St. John’s strings along with the Troubadours, an outreach program of the Flint Symphony Orchestra, comprised of four professional string musicians and a storyteller, […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board approved a first amendment to the 2014-15 budget which essentially balances the budget and leaves the district with a relatively healthy 8.14 percent fund balance; however, hefty cuts are coming in order to keep the district above the state’s critical threshold of a 5 percent fund balance. The amended budget […]
Goodrich- From one vote to nine. A one vote deficit in the school board election swelled by eight votes following the certification of the election results last week. Incumbent school board trustee Chip Schultz had lost his Nov. 4 reelection bid by just one vote to newcomer Jeff Brown following the Nov. 4 election. The […]
Groveland Twp.-How about some autumn skiing? On Nov.15 Mt. Holly Ski and Snowboard Resort opened’the third earliest date in 38 years. ‘We shoot for Thanksgiving Day,? said Mark Tibbits, general manager. ‘This early in the season to have this much cold weather is just unprecedented’we’ve had temperatures in the 20s each night. But in the […]