Ortonville- Three local independent pet stores are collecting signatures in an effort to keep a pet store chain from moving into town. Edith Hastings, owner of Edith’s Pets & Supplies, 1605 S. Ortonville Road, began a petition drive recently for citizens to show their opposition to Pet Supplies ‘Plus? coming to town. Signatures were recently […]
Ortonville- A recall petition form against Village Council President Sue Bess has been filed with the Oakland County Clerk, albeit the incorrect form. Kim Noble, elections specialist for Oakland County confirmed that on Aug. 18, the county received the form petitioning for the calling of an election to recall Bess from her office. The reason […]
Brandon Twp.- An ecstatic 73-year-old man, an appreciative 80-year-old woman, excited children, grateful nursing home patients and mothers in prison were among the people a local church youth group helped on a recent mission trip to West Virginia. The experience was not what some of the 21 youths and eight adults from Seymour Lake United […]
Groveland Twp.- It’s a warm Sunday in early August, but Truly Ample, a.k.a. Debra Jackson-Dechert, isn’t hot, although she is dressed in attire to mimic the 16th century. Dechert sits on a bench underneath a tent wearing a long green dress embroidered with thistles, a white peasant blouse, green and white striped knee-high socks and […]
Brandon Twp.-Catherine Morrison remembers vividly the night her home in Glasgow, Scotland was bombed by the Nazis during World War II. Catherine’s father was out of town working, her five younger siblings were in bed, and she and her mother sat together by the fireplace as the bombs fell around them. Suddenly, it was silent. […]
Editor’s note: Reporters Susan Bromley and Laurel Droz accompanied Brandon firefighters to a practice burn to experience a housefire from a firefighter’s perspective. What follows is a first-person accounting of that experience. Brandon Twp.- Delores Dunlap stands outside the 900-square foot home with the wood exterior on Burrus Road around 8 a.m. on Aug. 12. […]
Henna Eghbalian wants Americans to know that life in Iran is not as bad as they might think. ‘We’re not all riding camels,? laughs the 41-year-old Groveland Township resident and owner of Sormeh Salon in Brandon Township. Eghbalian, born and raised in Tehran, came to the United States to visit her brother in Clarkston in […]
Brandon Twp.- No money, no sergeant. A continuing budget crunch has resulted in the township and neighboring Oxford Township eliminating a shared sergeant position. ‘It was a tough call,? said Brandon Township Supervisor Ron Lapp. ‘It’s getting more difficult to make ends meet in all aspects of government.? The move, approved by the township board […]
Brandon Twp.- A new ambulance, the relocation of a classroom, and a 16-foot trailer were approved as expenditures for the Brandon Fire Department at the Aug. 7 township board meeting. The new ambulance, a 2006 Wheelcoach, will cost $100,000, but Fire Chief Bob McArthur anticipates receiving $20,000 on a trade-in of a 1999 ambulance the […]
Brandon High School, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville, announces the following registration dates and times for the 2006-07 school year: ‘Aug. 16-17 ? New Enrollments ‘Aug. 18 ? Seniors ‘Aug. 21 ? Seniors and Juniors ‘Aug. 22 ? Juniors and Sophomores ‘Aug. 23 ? Sophomores and Freshmen ‘Aug. 24 ? ninth-12th grade, last day to […]