Public Notice: Groveland Township

GROVELAND TOWNSHIP LEGAL NOTICE The regular meeting of the Groveland Township Board of Zoning Appeals will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Groveland Township Hall, 4695 Grange Hall Road, Holly, MI 48442. The purpose of the meeting is to hear the following: HOLLY OAKS OFF ROAD VEHICLE GRAVEL PARKING […]

Public Notice: Brandon Library

 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BRANDON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY County of Oakland, State of Michigan ON THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT OF THE  BRANDON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Brandon Township Public Library, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, will […]

Public Notice: Ortonville

VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE Planning Commission NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Village of Ortonville, Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on September 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in conjunction with its regularly scheduled meeting via Zoom as authorized by the State of Michigan Executive Order. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81243683108?pwd=VVRtd VIzL2RZS0pQVzladnFtS3FhZz09 Meeting ID: 812 4368 […]

Public Notice: Brandon Township

BRANDON TOWNSHIP SYNOPSIS 395 Mill Street Ortonville, MI 48462 Regular Meeting, August 10, 2020 Meeting was called to order at 7:03pm. Present: Allen, Darnall, DePalma, Kordella, Marshall, Rumball and Thurman Absent: None Also in attendance: Faye Bindig, Roselyn Blair, Scott Broughton, Fire Chief Kwapis, Citizen reporter Shelby Stewart, Steven Unruh, Heath Zietz, and five others. […]

Public Notice: Brandon Township

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Charter Township of Brandon PROJECT: Edna Burton Senior & Activity Center Interior & Exterior Door Replacement Project 345 Ball Street, Ortonville, MI 48462 OWNER: Charter Township of Brandon Township P. O. Box 929 395 Mill Street Ortonville, MI 48462 Tel:248-627-2851Fax:248-627-6208 TYPE OF PROPOSALS: Sealed bids for the Edna Burton Senior & Activity […]

Kirk Mancour

Kirk Robert Mancour, 76, of Hadley Twp. formerly of Oxford, died Saturday August 15, 2020. He was born July 28, 1944 in Pontiac. Kirk married Merle Sue (Gregory) Waterous on September 30, 2006 in Hadley. Kirk was an engineer for General Motors, retiring in 1999 after 35 years. He has been an involved member, formerly […]

Beatrice Richards

RICHARDS, BEATRICE IRENE of Saginaw formerly of Ortonville; died August 12, 2020.  She was 98. She was born July 18, 1922 in Ortonville, Michigan to the late Leroy and Olive (nee: Smith) Borst.  She is survived by one son, Ronald L. (Barbara) Richards; three grandchildren, Todd Richards, David Averille and Chad Richards; three great grandchildren, Samantha, Tessa […]

Let’s play

Let’s play

Above, Davis Morhman, GHS senior and Clayton Burnett, GHS junior work out with the Martians Varsity Football team on Tuesday.  Statewide the first day of high school practice was Monday. Photo by Patrick McAbee.

Brandon Treasurer steps down

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- On Monday night, the township board voted 7-0 to accept the resignation of treasurer Terri Darnall, effective Aug. 31. They also voted 7-0 to appoint Scott Broughton as treasurer, effective Sept, 1 and hire him as a full time assistant. “Know that this was not any way that […]

‘It increased our business significantly’

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- Downtown business owners are noticing less new customers coming into their shops since the yellow sign at M-15 and Mill Streets came down. “It increased our business significantly,” said Lisa Paynter, owner of It’s the Little Things, 431 Mill St. “From last year, probably 60 percent. July was our […]