Groveland Twp.? The dewatering pumps at Midway Sand & Gravel 12527 Dixie Highway are off indefinitely following a meeting with attorneys representing mine owner Homer Tolliver, the Oakland County Drain Commission and The Michigan Department of Natural Resources. In a meeting on April 14, Groveland Township Attorney Thomas Plunkett said that sometime over the weekend […]
A mix of dry spring weather and ample green tree branches following the recent ice storm has resulted in a host of requests for burn permits. So many, says David Borst, Brandon Fire Department assistant fire chief that it could interfere with the departments work. ‘The number of calls disrupts the firefighters? day,? said Borst. […]
Groveland Township residents now have a new off street parking ordinance following the April 14 Board of Trustees meeting. In a unanimous vote, trustees approved a new parking ordinance that allows two licensed vehicles per person plus two vehicles per household. For example, under the new ordinance a family of four, each resident holding a […]
While April showers bring May flowers that same rain brings a not so welcome spring time guest’mosquitoes and the battle against the West Nile disease. To assist in this battle, several area schools and municipalities are supplying residents with a host of informational material to help prevent the disease. ‘Some groups of people have a […]
Ortonville, Michigan and the small central African village of Elmina, Ghana are nearly 4,000 miles apart. Yet this summer, the two communities will share at least one thing in common ‘Crystal Wilkerson A 1999 graduate of Brandon High School, Wilkerson, 21, a junior in Elementary Education at Oakland University in Rochester is trying to raise […]
Groveland Twp.’After fighting fires for more than 11 years, Groveland Township Battalion Chief Pat Stampen says the April 27 fire in the Holly Recreational Area was one of the worst he’d seen. ‘When we arrived at the fire it was moving pretty fast,? said Stampen. ‘There’s no way you could out run it and within […]
February 2003, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson OK’d funding for an all out war on the West Nile Virus in Oakland County. The $500,000 will go far to help municipalities fight a deadly mosquito carried illness that tallied 20 deaths and 184 know cases in Oakland County alone. Given the outbreak of SARS today, […]
Nearly 10 years have passed since Congress authorized the construction of the National World War II memorial now under construction on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. After many years of fund-raisng and public hearings the effort to honor America’s World War II generation will be dedicated on May 29, 2004. A well deserved and […]
Groveland Twp.? Township officials will soon consider a township-wide preferred waste hauling contract for residents. ‘Our primary concern is to save the residents money,? said David Ax, Groveland Township trustee, who will lead the upcoming work session. ‘Our objective is to provide the residents a preferred vendor and not make it one contract for the […]
Local residents may soon be contending with a new ordinance aimed at septic systems. The proposed septic tank inspection ordinance would put all 80,000 septic systems in Oakland County, including about 7,000 locally on a five-year inspection cycle or each time the property is sold. County officials? concern stems from several factors including a report […]