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 […]
Lake Orion-Adorning the walls of Associate Pastor Fr. Bernard Mullen’s office at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion, are several pictures ranging from impressionist to photographs of jazz players to a few unknown artists. The various pieces of art, says Mullen, are used to tell a story, spread the word and reach out to […]
On Sept. 1, 1912, Martha died in the Cincinnati Zoo. Martha, a female passenger pigeon was preceeded in death by her mate a few years earlier. Thus, with no male pigeon the species was doomed. Today, Martha is nestled among our nation’s greatest treasures’preserved in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. Her life story is […]
Groveland Twp.-Local waste haulers who service the nearly 6,000 households in the Brandon and Ortonville township areas may be subject to new guidelines if Groveland Township officials have their way. A new solid waste and recyclable materials collection license is being considered by Groveland Township officials. Groveland Township Supervisor Robert DePalma said the guidelines, similar […]
If the Red Wings were playing in the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night it would be understandable, but a 2 percent turnout for a school board election in the Brandon School District? Put another way, 256 residents made the decisons for about 12,000 registered voters. Do voters realize how important each vote is in […]
Natassia Hiner, 18, considers herself lucky. The 2003 Brandon High School graduate will spend the summer working at the Frosty Boy ice cream stand in Brandon Township before attending Grand Valley State University in Allendale MI. this fall. ‘I consider myself fortunate to have this job,? said Hiner, who is beginning her fifth year of […]
At a special Goodrich School Board meeting on June 9, 2003, Vice President Chris Maciag announced his resignation effective July 1. That same day, more than 500 Goodrich voters (about 11 percent) went to the polls and choose Kenneth Rappuhn with 356 votes and Timothy Zirnhelt, 258 votes to serve on the Goodrich School Board. […]
A mix of record low intrest rates and uncertianties in the job market has produced several dramatic fluxuations in the Northern Oakland County real estate market. Local existing home sales have declined during the past 30 months while prices have remained relatively constant according to a report released from the North Oakland County Board of […]
Atlas Twp.- Jim and Lynn Lusty began preparing for their oldest daughters’open house in about February. Angela, 17, the eldest of four girls had graduated from Powers Catholic High School on June 1, and along with her family, were planning for the major post graduation gathering on the spacious grounds at their rural Atlas Township […]