Ortonville-For the second time in less than two years, the Ortonville Skate Park is closed. Following a bevy of issues which included indecent exposure, public urination, profanity and trespassing, coupled with 27 complaints to the sheriffs office since March’Village President Sue Bess requested the park closed on July 27. ‘We must have a solution,? said […]
Groveland Twp.- The township board OK’d up to $20,000 for an appraisal of 197 acres of township property located north of Grange Hall Road, east of I-75 and west of Dixie Highway. A small section of the property is located on the southeast corner of Grange Hall and Worden roads. ‘Right now we have a […]
Ortonville-It’s been 40 years this week that police vice squads raided an after hours drinking club or ‘blind pig? in a mostly black Detroit neighborhood at 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue. According to newspaper reports, the squad found 82 people inside the club, holding a party for two returning Vietnam veterans. The mostly white officers […]
Brandon Twp.- Last month, township resident Duane Getzmeyer, 56, was named State Commander for the Disabled American Veterans, Department of Michigan. Getzmeyer was drafted in 1969, just six weeks after graduation from Waterford Kettering High School, and served in the Army’s 196th Light Infantry Brigade while in Vietnam from 1970-71. In October 1970, while on […]
Brandon Twp.-A 21-year-old Groveland Township man, who asked to remain anonymous, says he will purchase a used car, put a down payment on a home and move to Georgia after winning $100,000 in the Keno Millionaire Raffle. The 2005 Brandon High School graduate, who lives with his parents, purchased the winning ticket at Bullfrogs Restaurant, […]
Groveland Ortonville Brandon gymnastics team made a strong showing in their most recent competition in Vassar. Gymnasts ranged in age from 6-years-old through high school in the Michigan Recreational Gymnastic League Trophy Challenge. The League is a feeder system for high school leagues. When gymnasts reach high school, they must join their school team. GOB […]
Goodrich- Business was slow at Tom’s Coney Cafe on the afternoon of July 4. So, owner Mark Nikaj decided to close up the local eatery at about 3:15 p.m., before heading home to the Lancaster Lakes Apartments in Independence Township. ‘It was the Fourth and not real busy’so we just went home,? said Claudia Nikaj, […]
Ortonville- After more than 30 years working for the U.S. Postal Service, Judy Hickman was recently named postmaster for the Ortonville office. Hickman replaces Keith Raymond, who became the officer in charge and postmaster in Ortonville Nov. 27, 2006. Raymond, a Shelby Township native, had served as postmaster in Dryden and will return to that […]
Groveland Twp.- For more than 30 years, township resident Al Jawors has scoured lake beds, beaches and yards around abandoned homes in search of lost treasures. From diamond rings to old coins to earrings, using a variety of metal detectors, Jawors uncovers some rather unique finds’some historical and sometimes of significant personal value to the […]
Brandon Firefighter Billy Starr signs a check for $7,200 held by Susan Polan, development events specialist for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Trauma Burn Center of Ann Arbor. The funds were raised at the 16th annual Brandon-Atlas Burn golf outing at Goodrich Country Club on June 2. The money will be used […]