Goodrich- The Michigan Education Association has placed district teachers on the critical list as a result of the school board imposing a 14-day cut to the school calendar in September. The cut represents a significant loss of student time on task, and results in a 7-percent pay cut for teachers, according to Michigan Education Association […]
Brandon Twp.- Swing your partner and do-si-do. The Knights of Columbus will have a square dance from 7- 9:30 p.m., Oct. 22, at Hardy Hall at St. Anne Church, 825 S. Ortonville Road. The cost is $15 per couple. ‘It’s a lot of fun because we all mistakes and we all laugh with each other […]
Groveland Twp.- Fall fun is in full swing at Oak Haven Farm, 7515 Grange Hall Road. New this year are ‘Flashlight Nights.? Beginning at dusk on Saturdays and Sundays, visitors can stroll through the first corn maze the farm has had in three years for $5, or for $3 more, add a horse-drawn hayride. Oak […]
Goodrich- The hurricane relief beat goes on. Alex Gamble, 15, has combined her love of music and desire to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by organizing a Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana and Mississippi, Gamble began talking with a friend about benefit concerts celebrities were having. ‘We thought […]
An upward trend of heroin abuse may be behind the arraignments of two local men in 52-2 District Court recently. Dennis Gordon Maxon, 20, of Ortonville, and Justin Bland, 20, of Groveland Township were arraigned on Oct. 4 and Oct. 6 respectively. The pair share two breaking and entering charges out of Independence Township for […]
The 52-2 District Court in Clarkston handles about 550 drunk driving cases per year, more than 200 of which involve repeat offenders. Joe, a Brandon Township resident in his 40s who spoke with The Citizen on condition of anonymity, was one of those cases. One night last fall, Joe went to a bar. He consumed […]
Ortonville- It’s a matter of time– and votes– before sewers come to the village. A Village of Ortonville Sanitary Sewer System Preliminary Schedule was released on Oct. 6. The timeline was created by Rowe Engineering project manager Leann Panduren after meetings with the Oakland County Drain Commission, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, a financial […]
Teresa Tersigni’s friends have done a lot for her in the past year. They’ve organized craft boutiques, golf outings, a Poker Run and some have even posed nude for a calendar, all in an effort to raise money for the Oakland Liver Transplant Fund, which was created especially for Tersigni, an Ortonville resident. Tersigni, 46, […]
Groveland Twp.- Sunlight filters through the trees on a recent Saturday afternoon as Janice Whitman takes a walk– a cakewalk, to be exact. However, the cakewalk seems to be anything but what it’s name implies. Whitman, wearing a red helmet and a harness, is walking on a three-quarter-inch cable 25-feet above the ground. She clutches […]
Ortonville- More than 100 people turned out for a dedication of Edna Burton Senior Center and the Senior Memorial Garden on Sept. 29. The former Brandon Senior Center was renamed in honor of Edna Burton, the former township clerk who was responsible for obtaining a grant in 1977 which established the original senior center on […]