Ortonville- Eileen Bradley and her husband Ed built their home in the village in 1953. Ed was a carpenter and took care of home maintenance, but he died several years ago and Eileen found herself last spring in a difficult situation with home repairs that needed to be done. ‘Things wear down and it was […]
Brandon Twp.- Samantha Stiller was in the car with her dad two weeks ago when she heard a radio commercial seeking kids for acting jobs on the Disney Channel. After auditioning along with 600 others ranging in age from 6-19 a few days later, Samantha was one of only 30 selected to travel to Los […]
Atlas Twp.- Marcus Bieth was obeying orders a little more than three decades ago when he took Milly Anguiano on a date. Last month, the pair celebrated 30 years of marriage and a life together that Marcus says is never boring. The Atlas Township residents met Oct. 16, 1983, when both were in the Army […]
Brandon Twp.- Danny Bledsoe was an Army Blackhawk pilot in 2006 when a visit to the doctor permanently changed the course of his life. During that visit, he learned a spinal injury caused by his years of flying would ground him from that point forward. ‘The impact of taking what you thought you wanted for […]
It took until January 9 for the first baby of the new year to be born to parents who reside in The Citizen readership area. A second arrived less than two hours later, just two doors down, in the same hospital, also a girl, and with a name remarkably similar to the first child. The […]
Brandon Twp.- A couple had a fire blazing in the fireplace of their home at 2400 Kile D Drive at about 3 p.m., Jan. 19, when they heard crackling and a popping noise. They went outside to investigate and saw smoke pouring from the roof near the chimney. Firefighters from Brandon, as well as from […]
Ortonville- It was a senior all-night party of a different sort Dec. 22-23. Following an ice storm that knocked out power to most of the community, Annette Beach went to the Edna Burton Senior Center, powered up the building’s generator and welcomed numerous area residents to the facility. The generator, which cost about $9,000, was […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board has an immediate vacancy. School Board Trustee Le Anne Schmidt tendered her resignation at the board’s Jan. 20 meeting, following the end of a closed session and just before the meeting was adjourned. Schmidt gave her letter of resignation to newly re-elected Board Secretary Chris Yuchasz. Annual board elections were […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has reported a bus driver in the Brandon School District was assaulted by a 16-year-old student. The assault reportedly occurred at about 2:30 p.m., Jan. 20, when the suspect boarded the wrong bus and the driver asked the student to exit the bus. A verbal confrontation ensued, which led to […]
Craig Bryson is used to hearing complaints. The public information officer for the Road Commission for Oakland County got even more than usual following the Jan. 5 snowstorm that dumped from 10-16 inches across the county, causing numerous accidents and making roads treacherous and even impassable, some for days. The two largest complaints the RCOC […]