For the third year in a row we’re looking for a color photograph to grace our annual Info Book. The photo should be local and with one to three people. Have the photo to us by Aug. 15, 2006. The winning photo will represent the best part of living in these parts. Think fun. Think […]
Ortonville-Michael Brasic had 24 hours. That’s the window of opportunity Brasic, 23, was granted by the U.S. Marines to return home and marry his high school sweetheart and girlfriend of six years, Holly Fitzpatrick. Following the 24-hour leave, Brasic reported for training with the Marines First Battalion at Camp Pendleton in southern California. Within 30 […]
Jim Tanner is in a bind. About four years ago Tanner decided to lease a Groveland Township home with an option to buy. The expansive, well maintained 3,000 square foot home situated on about three wooded acres was the perfect deal for Tanner. ‘At the time of the lease business and the economy were much […]
Goodrich-Like other athletes’Betty Dunlap will lace a pair of New Balance running shoes, don shorts and a tank top, than join more than 7,000 runners in Flint’s annual Bobby Crim 10 mile race on Aug. 26. And like other distance runners, Dunlap prepares for the race by logging hundreds of miles, keeping tabs on diet […]
Brandon Twp.- Sunrise and sunsets on Lake Huron’a moment that township resident Bryan Whitfield says are simply spectacular. ‘At night, miles out in Lake Huron there’s no ‘light? pollution from cities and the stars reach right to the horizon, it’s like you could reach out and touch them.? Whitfield, 45, reflections came from the deck […]
Ortonville- Village resident Traci McCormick and her two daughters, Erica and Hailee, spend long, hot summer days playing in their back yard inflatable pool. ‘The pool was a birthday gift for Erica,? says McCormick. ‘It’s big enough for the whole family, and in the fall we can just deflate it and put it away.? McCormick […]
Ortonville- A two year search for a missing juvenile ended in Waterford Township on July 26. Ethel Swan, 59, and Gary Swan, 61, along with their son Anthony Swan, 19, were arraigned before 51st District Court Judge Phyllis McMillen on charges of harboring a runaway, a one-year misdemeanor. The juvenile, now 16-years-old, had just turned […]
Family, friends and teachers are remembering Jacob Donald DesJardins as a youth with a passion for outdoor activity and a zest for life. Jacob died July 13, from an accidental drowning in the family’s backyard pool at their Waterford Township home. He was 11. ‘He got up every morning dug his own worms and went […]
Ortonville- Shock. That’s what Leslie Wills, a village resident felt when she checked her bank account on-line at about 10:30 p.m. and noticed an unauthorized $10,000 electronic fund transfer was posted to her account. ‘She checks her on-line banking accounts three times each day,? said Wayne Wills, husband of Leslie. ‘My wife uses EFTs for […]
Following a surge in 2000, building permits in Atlas, Brandon and Groveland townships have been steady then dropped to a five year low in 2005 according to data from Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and township records. SEMCOG plans and gathers data in areas that cross jurisdictional boundaries in the Southeast Michigan region that encompasses […]