By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Ortonville— From 1-3:30 p.m., beginning on June 20, the Brandon Township Public Library, 304 South St., Ortonville, will host weekly sessions of PATH (Personal Action Toward Health). The six-week workshop runs Tuesdays June 20-Aug. 1, with no class on July 4. PATH is designed to provide skills and tools to […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. — Lester has been on a journey. The four-and-a-half-year-old Hereford steer’s trek started around St. Patrick’s Day last March, covered three townships and ended on May 21 heading northbound on I-75 in Groveland Township. “Lester is fine, despite a few small bites from the cow dogs,” said Melissa Borden, of Devoted Friends Animal Society and Lester’s owner. Lester, who’s the calf […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — It’s been 246 years since, Norman Phelps, Sr., a 14- year-old boy from Hebron County near Hartford Conn. volunteered into the service of the United States as a musician-fifer in the Militia of Connecticut. He would serve with the Connecticut Continental Line, encounter Gen. George Washington and live to […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. — Each year the Brandon-Holly Redhawks Varsity Boys Lacrosse team dedicates their season to a special cause. On Tuesday night the Children’s Hospital Foundation with a special remembrance to Sophomore Haylee Alexander, the Brandon High School student who died earlier this year was recognized. “It’s honor to recognize Haylee,” […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. — Area youth writers will have a unique opportunity to join others from the community to hone their craft with local author and reporter Shelby Stewart-Soldan for a summer series. From 5:30-6;30 p.m., June 1 & 22, July 6 & 27 and Aug. 3 & 24 at the Brandon Township Library for “Writers Unite.” “Writing […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — Roxanne Clark who worked for more than 30 years as an hospital administrator in the oncology field, recognized the need for therapy dogs daily in her profession. “Whenever we had a dog in the cancer unit, everything was fine,” said Clark, an Elba Township resident. “The patients were better, the families and the […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — They arrived at the ports of Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco. Prior to 1855, the nation’s first immigrant processing center was Castle Garden, located in the Battery of Lower Manhattan across the bay from Ellis Island. Consider too, that between 1830-1930, more than 36 million additional […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville— Kathleen Leece recalls walking to the Ortonville school at Cedar and Ball streets in the village. Her mother had to watch her cross South Street carefully in front of their house because the DUR train tracks ran right down South Street in front of their house, recalled Kathleen, now 104 […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — A long-time village artist and teacher who left an indelible mark on community was selected to provide the drawing for the Ortonville Coloring contest Sue Howard’s tireless compassion for people who suffer from hunger, coupled with an unrelenting diligence to motivate others was The Citizen of the Year in […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Flushing NY— On May 8, Ortonville resident Barbara Arney will be in Flushing New York to compete in the 147th Westminster Kennel Club with her Belgian Laekenois, Pilote. This will be the third year that Arney will compete with Pilote at WKC with Pilote, and the third year they were […]