NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Regular Meeting The Charter Township of Brandon Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing November 28, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462 to hear the following appeals: Appeal #18-0016 Zoned RE Property ID #03-19-127-007 Name: Sejal Shah Business: Taco Bell Location: […]
Amendment to Section 54-615- Attached Accessory Buildings And Section 54-616- Detached Accessory Buildings Sec.54-615.- Attached accessory buildings. Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, accessory buildings shall be subject to the following regulations: (1) Where an accessory building is in any way structurally attached to a main or principal building, it shall be subject to, […]
GROVELAND TOWNSHIP LEGAL NOTICE The regular meeting of the Groveland Township Planning Commission will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 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: Z2018-002, Barry Bass, Bedrock Express, Shields Rd & Dixie […]
Charles Amy votes while his son Noah seems rather bored with the process on Tuesday at Goodrich United Methodist Church. Photo by Patrick McAbee. By David Fleet & Shelby Stewart Area voter turnout outpaced the state average in Tuesday’s mid term elections. Statewide voter turnout was 52 percent. In Groveland Township voter turnout was 66 […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer It’s just outrageous—bank hold-ups, sighting U F O’s and dating Donald Trump? Really? The high school theatre program is performing “A Fly on the Wall,” a comedy by playwright Pat Cook. “It’s about a psychiatrist, Phillip Axelrod, and the fun patients he has,” said director Jeff Malicke. “Someone is murdering […]
Axel speaks Dear Editor, I wanted to tell everyone “thank you, thank you” from the bottom of my doggie bowl for such a great time at the Pet Contest/Parade sponsored by Brandon/Ortonville CERT Team on Oct. 27 at Crossman Park. My mom made me dress-up and I really didn’t want to, but I am sooo […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Sophie Lyons was dubbed the “Queen of Crime.” Uneducated she was taught shoplifting and pickpocketing as a child. From cleaver clever heists to crafty blackmail schemes—her life of crime traveled to Sing Sing prison and finally in Detroit. At 7 p.m., Nov. 15 the Brandon Township Public Library, 304 South […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- Groveland Township resident Benjamin Richmond was just 29 years old when he died in battle in north-eastern France only three months before the end of World War I. He had served just over one year in the Army. Richmond will be one of three World War I soldiers who […]
FERGUSON, LESTER LYLE of Ortonville. Died November 3, 2018. He was 77. Born July 23, 1941 in Remus, Michigan to the Lyle Alfred and Mildred Ester (nee: Barber) Ferguson. He married Marcella (nee: Barber) Short on September 7, 1984 in Waterford, Michigan. He is survived by his loving wife, Marcella Ferguson; three children, Mark (Kim) Short, […]
From left, Cooper Gill, as a mummy and Marco Monday as the invisible man during a Halloween celebration at Oaktree Elementary School in Goodrich. Photo by Patrick McAbee