Lest I forget (again, for the 5th time in six weeks), I needed to mention a good deed. Michael White works in our press room in Oxford. On the payday before Christmas he cashed his check at the Oxford Branch of Oxford Bank. Well, seems he was short-changed, by about a quarter. Teller Jennifer C., […]
So, I have received some chilly e-mails in regards to informing the general populace of a free thinkers group forming up here in Northeast Oakland County. For those who missed last week’s gem of a column, there is a group of people starting to meet monthly in Oxford to debate, argue, discuss (openly) issues of […]
Whether folks know it or not, whether they see it or turn away, whether they want to believe it or not, there’s an undercurrent of unrest in North Oakland County. Long known for its lily white, hard-working, apple pie eating, American car driving, church going, I love Mom, the U.S. and Ronald Reagan Republican types […]
Long before it was chic to puff up kids? ego by making sure most get on the honor roll, or making sure all athletic participants get trophies, I was pretty sure I was ‘special.? Well, different. I figured that out early in life. From about 7th grade through high school a black crow used to […]
While Don sits on his post posterior pondering life, we have picked a ‘Best of Column? from his archives. Feel free to call him lazy and suggest further column ideas by e-mailing, Don@ShermanPublications.org * * * I like to read as much as the next guy. I also like history. So when I get to […]
As the dawn of yet another year approached, the leaders of the universe that is Sherman Publications sat atop their ivory towers and looked down at me. From far atop I heard their voices, bellowing like rolling thunder. In unison, three voices spoke as one . . . ‘Donald,? they summoned. ‘Donald. It is time. […]
LEGAL NOTICE GROVELAND TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS OFFICIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO MODIFY THE RE/F ZONING DISTRICT; AMENDING SEC. 54-113. Principal agricultural uses permitted A Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Groveland Township Hall, 4695 Grange Hall Road, Holly, MI 48442 for the purpose of hearing […]
As I sit high up in my office, overlooking the mean streets of Clarkston (that would be Main Street, from Washington to Waldon) it is December 21, 2011. The Winter Solstice and the first day of the last year of life as we know it. Not only did Dec. 21 mark the date, days start […]
There are times when this job really, and I mean really pays off. There are times, like last Wednesday (December 14), when it was gray and raining and time to shop was running low; when the bills needed paying and spirits needed to grow. Then, when hope is but a farfetched dream, a story presents […]
Gee. Horse meat. Really? So it was with great restraint that I listened to the news that Congress was getting ready to lift the ban on horse meat for human consumption. I used restrain from turning the news off as I didn’t want to think about eating my friend, Flicka. Before you all stomp me […]