Public Notice: Brandon Township

SYNOPSIS JOINT MEETING Of the VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE And BRANDON TOWNSHIP BOARD At Ortonville Town Hall 486 Mill St. Ortonville MI 48462 August 31, 2021, 6:30 pm Meeting was called to order at 6:30pm. Pledge of Allegiance Present:  Broughton, Marshall, Unruh, Thurman, Blair, Rumball Absent:  DePalma (arrived at 6:50 pm) Also, in attendance: BFD Chief […]

Public Notice: Brandon Township

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON PUBLIC HEARING October 4th – 7:00 P.M. will hold a Public Hearing within its Regular scheduled meeting at the Brandon Township Offices For the purpose of receiving public comment on: Special Assessment District Legault Blvd. S.A.D. #2 Including Initial Escrow and Use of Surplus from S.A.D #1 This meeting is open […]

Public Notice: Brandon Township

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON PUBLIC HEARING October 4th, 2021- 7:00 P.M. will hold a Public Hearing within its Regular scheduled meeting at the Brandon Township Offices For the purpose of receiving public comment on: Special Assessment District Zareida #2 Creation and Cost, to fund operation, management and repair of the existing sewer. This meeting is […]

Lorna Wilton

WILTON, Lorna M. of Ortonville; passed away unexpectedly on September 21, 2021; age 65. Beloved wife of Michael for 45 years.  Loving mother of Jason (Cheryl) Wilton, Melony Henry (Michael Lee) and Kevin Albert.  Proud grandma of Cheyenne (Blake), Savannah, Kaylie, Gage, Trenton, Grace, Ethan, Kyler and Reese. Dearest sister of Chuck (Linda) Hayward, Ann […]

Jill Holling

HOLLING, JILL ANNE of Ortonville, Michigan; died suddenly September 19, 2021. She was 53. Jill was born July 20, 1968 in Royal Oak, Michigan to Barbara (nee: Bidinger) and the late Frederick Holling.  She is survived by her loving son, Chance Adair; her mother Barbara Holling and her special friend Howard Christian; one brother, Frederick “Rick” […]

Wayne Banycky

Wayne Edward Banycky Wayne Banycky of Clarkston passed away at 65 on September 11, 2021. He was born in Pontiac to Marian and Jack Banycky. Wayne loved the outdoors, golfing, hunting and fishing was when he was the happiest. Over his lifetime he followed the rodeo circuit as a bareback bronc and bull rider for […]

Happy hibiscus

Happy hibiscus

A local hibiscus takes advantage of the waning days of summer to bloom. On Sept. 22 autumn arrives and some cooler temperatures. Photo by Patrick McAbee.

First-time DUI offenders to get a break

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer On Aug. 23, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Public Act 78 of 2021, which allows people with only one drunk driving offence to have it expunged from their record after five years, given that the incident didn’t result in injury or death. “I’m all for it for first time offenders,” said […]

Bob McArthur 2021 Citizen of the Year

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Citizen Newspaper is proud to honor life-long Ortonville resident Bob McArthur as the 2021 Citizen of the Year. “I’ve been here my whole life,” said McArthur, 72. “My dad was born and raised in the township, Karen’s family goes back to the 1800s here. Neither of us ran off […]

Letters to the Editor Sept. 18, 2021

Back to school Dear Editor, I am sure there are many families out there who thought sending their children “Back to School” was never going to happen, but it did happen, and there could never be enough thank you to our “awesome” community who always come together to help our neighbor in need. A very […]