Ortonville Village Manager Paul Zelenak is a fan of baseball as it was when the game first started. Through his participation with the Rochester Grangers, a vintage base ball team (the word baseball was broken into two separate words during that era), Zelenak is going back to the future. During the year, the Grangers take […]
A fair warning to my colleagues at The Citizen: There may be times during the football season where I’ll be very cranky heading into the office Monday morning ? and it will have nothing to do with Sunday’s Lions game. In the coming weeks, many Americans, myself included, will take part in that time-honored tradition […]
Brandon Twp. – The victim was buried in dirt up to his knees’stuck at the bottom of an eight-foot ditch. Within an hour Brandon firefighters and the Ortonville Department of Public Works crew safely lifted the victim from the chasm? a successful conclusion. This time the rescue involved only a practice dummy, but for six […]
Brandon Twp.- Area officials say embers from the July 3 Ortonville fireworks display caused damage to the roof of the Brandon Middle School building. Robert McArthur, Brandon fire chief, says a change in wind direction during the fireworks caused the hot embers from the display to drift onto the school, melting the rubber coating which […]
Groveland Twp.- At least one township official is concerned that a new Oakland County solid waste landfill may be located inside Groveland Township’s borders. Although unconfirmed, Robert DePalma, Groveland Township supervisor says that during recent years several individuals and county officials have expressed interest in a section of property near the Oakland-Holly township boarder for […]
Brandon Twp. – The victim was buried in dirt up to his knees’stuck at the bottom of an eight-foot ditch. Within an hour Brandon firefighters and the Ortonville Department of Public Works crew safely lifted the victim from the chasm? a successful conclusion. This time the rescue involved only a practice dummy, but for six […]
Brandon Twp – To the bystander the scene of an accident may look chaotic’but to the professionals on scene it’s an intensely choreographed race against time. ‘The first hour is the golden hour,? said Registered nurse-paramedic John Bullen of the Unrversity of Michigan Survival Flight crew. ‘Essentially, a helicopter puts you closer to medical trauma […]
Brandon Twp – Since the last week of June, Glass Road residents have been re-maneuvered to their own driveways. Last week, however, work halted on the East and West Glass Road alignment project and the road was again open to residential traffic. The shortcut home was short-lived though, because according to Township Supervisor Ron Lapp, […]
Brandon Twp.- Area officials say embers from the July 3 Ortonville fireworks display caused damage to the roof of the Brandon Middle School building. Robert McArthur, Brandon fire chief, says a change in wind direction during the fireworks caused the hot embers from the display to drift onto the school, melting the rubber coating which […]
Groveland Twp.-Large flocks of starlings in Fred Pellerio’s backyard are not uncommon. Yet when a significant number of the birds were found dead near a telephone pole and wooded area in Pellerio’s yard he became concerned. ‘Since about the beginning of July, we’ve found about 25 dead juvenile starlings,? said Pellerio, a resident and local […]