Falling property values have made selling homes a challenge, but Oakland County can help you make your current home nicer, without costing you anything until you move. The Oakland County Home Improvement Program, funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been in existence since 1975 and is designed to help low […]
Brandon Twp.- Schools of choice has been in place in the district for 15 years, but has never been reviewed, despite controversy over the program which allows students who reside elsewhere to attend school here. It’s under review now. During a school board study session on March 29, Superintendent Lorrie McMahon recommended schools of choice […]
Water is the most basic of human necessities and something many Americans take for granted. But it’s something D’Anna Dettore-Keeble has a new appreciation for after her trip to Africa in October. The Brandon Township resident traveled to the Pokot region of Kenya on a medical mission trip. Now she has a new mission? to […]
Ortonville- The local cable station may soon have a new home in the village. OTV, broadcast on Channel 99 in the village and Brandon Township, must relocate its studio at Brandon High School by the end of June. Village and township officials are currently in negotiations to lease the vacant building at 433 Mill St., […]
Brandon Twp.- Police and school officials are urging parents to talk with their children about what they should do if approached by a stranger after two recent suspicious incidents. A letter from the Brandon School District that was dated March 28 and given to students to take home, stated, ‘A parent called on March 25 […]
A man who fired a gun through a wall of his Brandon Township home while discussing with his wife their pending divorce has been charged in the incident. Zonnie Jay Fritsche, 46, a reserve police officer for the Village of Lake Orion, was arraigned on a single count of reckless discharge of a firearm on […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park should be open for the season this week, weather permitting. The village council approved by a 4-3 vote at their March 28 meeting to open the skate park located at Cedar and Ball streets pending a safety inspection of equipment by Recreation Director Fred Waybrant. The park will be operated […]
Brandon Twp.- Woody Moore sells everything you need to grow vegetables indoors, or, with the exception of seeds, marijuana. The co-owner of Happy Harvesters Hydroponics and Indoor Gardening Center of Ortonville opened his new shop at 1772 S. Ortonville Road on March 18 and within three days, said he had about 40 people stop in […]
Former long-time Brandon Township Trustee Sandy Willett was remembered this week as a woman who was very involved in the community and fun to be around. Willett died March 21. She was 65. Elected to the Brandon Township Board in 1988, Willett served as a trustee for 20 consecutive years, until 2008. ‘She was very […]
During the annual Main Street Oakland County awards ceremony on March 4, the Ortonville Main Street program received recognition in four categories. Debbie Baker was named 2010 Volunteer of the Year; Pam Belding is the 2010 Downtown Development Authority Board Member of the Year; Winning 2010 volunteer of the year was Debbie Baker; Event of […]