Pontiac- Jacob Michael Young will serve 3 years probation and 90 days in jail as punishment for threatening a school shooting in Brandon. Young was sentenced April 1 by Oakland County Sixth Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts. He will receive credit for 3 days of time served, and will pay $6,700 in restitution, as well […]
Ortonville- Village residents will have the opportunity to vote in a special election to determine the fate of a proposed sewer system. A few hundred residents, the majority of whom appeared to be sharply opposed to a $20 million wastewater treatment project, attended a March 23 village council meeting. Almost two dozen people implored the […]
Easter is almost here and there is still time to help your neighbors in need by donating food to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund. Volunteers will distribute food to low-income families in the Brandon School District this Monday. Much of the food was purchased by OCEF using donations from Sharin? o? the Green, the annual […]
Ortonville- Art on a grand scale arrives in the village April 8, with eight pieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts? Inside|Out program being installed around town. ‘I can’t tell you all the pieces and locations, it’s a secret until installation,? said Jillian Reese, community relations specialist for the DIA. She did however, reveal a […]
Ortonville- The village’s historic treasure, the Old Mill Museum was defaced this week with a Nazi phrase coupled with the name of the village council president. ‘Seig Heil! Wayne Wills? was printed in roughly 2-inch high letters using what appeared to be a black permanent marker on the Old Mill underneath a museum sign. The […]
Ortonville- At the last village council meeting, a vote was postponed on a resolution that would pave the way for answering the question of whether residents want to bring sewers here. The tabling of the resolution was agreed upon by members of the council who wanted questions answered about funding of the wastewater treatment system. […]
Brandon Twp.- District officials put in months of study on their way to making $1.6 million in cuts to balance the budget. Approval of the cuts on Monday night, however, was done in just about an hour. ‘Obviously cuts are hard to do,? said Superintendent Matt Outlaw. ‘The plan we put forward for reductions kept […]
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth story in a series on Religious Diversity Journeys. This week’s story features Sikhism. Nine Brandon Middle School students are participating in the InterFaith Leadership Council program. Find previous stories at thecitizenonline.com) Metal trays and cups are lined up on the floor in long rows in front of thin cloth […]
Ortonville- Not all kids get to visit the Detroit Institute of Arts, but this week, students in Brandon had a small glimpse of what the museum offers brought to them. ‘DIA Away: Think Like an Artist,? a free, mobile interactive classroom in a 53’ double expandable trailer, was parked behind the Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School […]
Ortonville- Delaney Sebring isn’t a world traveler yet? she’s only 12, but she knows enough about the world to get her a trip to Kalamazoo to compete in the National Geographic State Bee. Delaney, an Ortonville resident and seventh grade student at Holy Family School in Grand Blanc, will compete with 100 other top geography […]