Youth killed in Memorial Day motorcycle accident

Brandon Twp.- A 9-year-old Davisburg boy died May 30 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Nicholas Michael Walls was riding a Yamaha TT R-90 dirtbike at about 1:39 p.m. Memorial Day on his grandfather’s property on Victorian Drive when he struck a barbed-wire fence and was ejected from the motorcycle, said Oakland County Sheriff’s […]

Brandon Township barn fire investigated

Brandon Twp.- A fire that began in the loft area of a barn at the corner of Davison Lake Road and Hollyhock Road is under investigation. The barn’s owner was at a neighborhood party around 3 a.m. May 29 when he saw smoke coming from his barn down the road. He attempted to hold it […]

Never too late

Brandon Twp.-Ed Burns hated school. With a passion. He was ‘half-way decent? in math although he had a difficult time with all of his classes. He played football and basketball, but eventually was kicked off the team because of his grades. He failed the first semester of ninth grade. Although he was passing the next […]

Cancer free and ready to walk

Ortonville- Memorial Day weekend 1999 was very memorable for Cindy Bridgeman. It was the weekend she had her head shaving party. Bridgeman’s husband and sister did the shaving, only weeks after Bridgeman had a cancerous lump removed from her breast and started chemotherapy. ‘I couldn’t stand the clumps of hair coming out anymore,? said Bridgeman, […]

Third annual Creekfest 2005

Ortonville- Music, food, animals, crafts, water activities and more will be in abundance at the third annual Creekfest from 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. June 11 at and around the Old Mill, 366 Mill St. The event, sponsored by the Ortonville Downtown Development Authority, is intended to educate citizens about the community’s watersheds, lakes and headwaters […]

Gift of Time keeps on ticking

Brandon Twp.-Jackie Harvey started her business, The Gift of Time, to help clients with errands and other tasks they have difficulty finding time for. Three years later, she has found her own way to have more family time while adding to her business. Harvey recently began offering infant daycare as another service of The Gift […]

Two locals to compete at Special Olympics

Holly-It’s a cold, cloudy May morning and rain appears to be on the way, but the smiles of two Ortonville residents are bright as they practice for Olympic events. Laurie Borka, 43, and Bill Bossolono, 44, walk on a track at the Karl Richter Campus, the former Holly High School. They are preparing for the […]

School crossing guard, volunteer remembered

Katherine Mullins, a former Ortonville resident and Brandon Schools crossing guard and volunteer, died May 22. She was 53. Mullins was a crossing guard at Belle Ann Elementary from September 1994 until May 2003. ‘Kathy was here for a long time as our crossing guard, which is an important position that not everyone rushed to […]

Terrell named Patrol Officer of the Year

Brandon Twp.- From the hallways of Brandon Schools, to coaching sports to youth assistance’Brandon deputy Arnie Terrell has devoted his life to law enforcement. His numerous accomplishments and commitment was recognized recently earning him Officer of the Year by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Awards Council. The detective and Brandon Schools liaison officer was to […]

Local heroes honored by sheriff

Pontiac-A Brandon Schools worker who assisted in nabbing a criminal and two Brandon elementary students who helped save their neighbor’s house from going up in flames were to be given citizen citations May 19 at the Board of Commissioner’s Auditorium, 1200 N. Telegraph, Pontiac. The citations are given by the nine-member Oakland County Sheriff’s Awards […]