By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Atlas Twp.- Kathy Mulholland is finally living the dream. On Dec. 3, the 48-year-old Goodrich resident opened her first business, Cottage Used Books, at 7285 S. State Road, behind Yellow Dog Marketplace. “It’s always been a dream to open a used book store,” said Mulholland, who is married to Greg […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Groveland Twp. – Shortly before 2:30 p.m. last Saturday, a whiteout descended upon I-75 in the township. Moments later, the crashes began in the northbound lanes. Within minutes, 37 vehicles, including four semi-trucks and a U-Haul truck, were piled up on the freeway, with emergency responders rushing to the scene […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Tammy Beal received a desperate call for help the day after Thanksgiving. A woman who had just received the keys to move into her newly purchased 1892 farmhouse in Davison arrived to find the previous owner had left behind a note asking her to feed the cats. On the porch […]
Tom Stowell: A life of service remembered By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Tom Stowell dedicated his life to the service of others. His efforts were appreciated by those in Ortonville, where he lived for several decades, as well as by the less fortunate in many surrounding communities through his long career with the non-profit Lighthouse […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp .-Police responding to pitbulls at large found the dogs’ owner to be aggressive. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office report, township deputies were called at 2:19 p.m., Nov. 28 to assist Oakland County Animal Control with pitbulls at large in the 3000 block of Sherwood Road. Upon […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Find some merriment in the village next weekend. Christmas in the Village returns Dec. 3, with trappings of the season including food, carols, the tree, gifts and the jolly old elf. “It’s impressive to me that everyone is engaged and involved in Christmas in the Village and it’s […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville– Voters may have flushed a sewer proposal a year ago, but it’s not down the drain yet. At the village council’s Nov. 28 meeting, Village Manager David Trent announced his plans to meet with Rowe Engineering as well as local officials to discuss possible collaborative efforts as well as […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer A DNA trail and a criminal history including murder led to the arrest of a man wanted for two July burglaries in Brandon Township. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Fugitive Apprehension Team located Randall Lee Holcomb, 43, on Nov. 21 at a residence in Taylor and took him […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Atlas Twp.-Roxanne Wermuth remembers the day many years ago when she took off her wig in the grocery store. Other shoppers offered looks of pity, or averted their eyes. She figured they thought she was dying. Years later, after she actually was dying, she found her way back to life, […]
Council extinguishes medical marijuana facilities
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville– On Tuesday morning, Village Manager David Trent fielded a phone call from an individual who wanted to meet and discuss establishment of a medical marijuana facility in the village. The meeting won’t be happening, however, and the conversation was ended rather quickly when Trent told the caller the village […]