Brandon Twp.- The township board unanimously approved the rezoning of about 7 acres of land at the end of Betty Street to R1-B residential. The rezoning, requested by Jim Isaacs and Frank Sullivan, will allow four 1-acre home sites. A conservation easement will be held by the township. The Department of Environmental Quality will conduct […]
Brandon Twp.- After much doubt about whether the township would have a fireworks show at all this year, Brandon Fire Chief Bob McArthur says residents can expect the best show ever. The show begins at dusk July 3, with fireworks set off from the parking lot of Brandon Middle School, 609 S. Ortonville Road. Parking […]
Brandon Twp.- Sue Crowton’s hero lives across the street from her. Crowton came home from a Little League baseball game about 1:30 p.m., June 23, with her son and his friend to get some ice water for the team when she saw smoke coming from her backyard and discovered a fire on her wood deck […]
Tyler Bonner, 17, son of Ortonville business owner David Bonner, was among the top 75 winners at the Sloan Museum’s Summer Auto Fair, which celebrated its 35th year last weekend. Bonner’s 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray was selected from more than 600 entries in the Flint show. The car earned the Saginaw Valley Region AACA Club’s […]
Ortonville- The village council unanimously approved the 2007-2008 budget during their meeting June 25. The final budget, to which changes can always be made, has total estimated revenues of $715,144.72 and total estimated expenditures of $701,944.50. Revenues are up more than $100,000 from last year’s budget of $612,744? in part because of $35,000 transferred from […]
Ortonville- Glennis Hubbard’s decision last week to withdraw her candidacy for a 4-year term as village council trustee means there will be five names on the ballot for that position, and nine names on the ballot overall. In explaining her decision, Hubbard said, ‘When I look at the candidates who are running, I think they […]
Brandon Twp.- The Beach House, 950 S. Ortonville Road, has a new massage therapist. Kristie Burnette is available by appointment from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Evening appointments are also available. Details: (248) 627-3814.
I want to tell you a love story. It isn’t a story that will ever be made into a major motion picture, a best-selling novel, or a television mini-series, but it is a true story, and special, nonetheless. Our story begins in the summer of 1964, when Larry, 16, called the number for a pipeline, […]
Ortonville- After much confusion just hours before the petition deadline, the dust has settled and 10 residents have filed to have their names to be on the election ballot for Sept. 11. The problems began on Monday, when Village Clerk Mary Clark was informed by Joseph Rozell of the Oakland County Elections Division that the […]
Brandon Twp.- Jim Campbell doesn’t want a 144-unit apartment complex as his new neighbor and he says he isn’t alone. ‘Talking to the neighbors in my area, I haven’t found a single person excited about the apartment complex,? said Campbell, referring to the project planned for a parcel of land off M-15, north of Solley’s […]