Brandon Twp.- Guns and alcohol don’t mix. A 61-year-old township man shot himself in the leg about 6 p.m., May 20, while cleaning his gun and drinking. According to police reports, Brandon deputies responded to the man’s home in the 3600 block of Pinoak in the Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Park after the man called […]
Early in their marriage, Curt and Christy Demoff learned they could never have biological children. With that knowledge, Curt says they faced two choices. ‘You either get bitter, or you get better.? They chose the latter. The 44-year-old Brandon Township residents, who recently celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary, made their family through foster care and […]
Brandon Twp.- Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Greg Glover is temporarily filling in as substation commander here in the township. The 1985 Brandon High School graduate is a seasoned veteran of OCSO, with the department for the past 25 years. He is stepping in for Sgt. Pete Burkett, who is on medical leave. Glover anticipates […]
Ortonville- Julie Knight is the new village clerk. The village council approved 6-0 the appointment of Knight, who will be a part-time employee replacing Heidi Barckholtz. Knight, 24, graduated from Oakland University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in writing and rhetoric, and a minor in graphic design. For the past 18 months, she has […]
Ortonville- The village council will have a budget workshop at 6:30 p.m., June 4 and a public hearing on the budget at 7 p.m., June 9, prior to their regular meeting at the village offices, 476 Mill St. ‘There are no concerns with the budget, it’s really good,? said Village Manager John Lyons. ‘We are […]
Atlas Twp.-At their May 19 meeting, the board of trustees agreed to move forward with the purchase of a vehicle for the township fire chief. Township Trustee Barry June suggested the purchase for Fire Chief Fred Forys. ‘Right now the fire chief drives his own vehicles to the scene of a fire,? he said. ‘If […]
Goodrich- On Tuesday morning the village council voted 4-0 to give the final go ahead to work on Erie Street. The Erie Street project will begin on June 16 when school is dismissed and includes milling, reservicing of about 1,200 feet of roadway, and repair to drains along the section from the culvert over Kearsley […]
I predict this Jottings will compete for the most boring of the thounsands of columns I have written. (But, because it involves my brother-in-law, Ronald Smith of Durand, I feel compelled to write it.) Way back in the late 1940s, Ron and his wife Ethel, had a well drilling business. To find where to dig […]
This column is a little late getting out of the hopper. About two months late. Which can mean one of two things. 1. It’s really gonna? be a gem — something well worth the wait because I’ve thought about it so much, or; 2. It’s really going to suck and be a total waste of […]
Notice of Public Hearing Village of Ortonville The Ortonville Village Council will conduct a public hearing in conjunction with the Regular Council Meeting on June 9, 2014 on the proposed Village budget for fiscal year 2014-2015. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget at a carryover rate of […]