Brandon Twp.- Residents along Hadley Road can rest easy. After months of arson fires, detectives found the culprits and have confessions from three local juveniles. A fourth teen that is involved lives in Ohio. ‘Everyone on the street can relax,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Detective and School Liaison Officer Arnie Terrell. ‘Hadley is a […]
Brandon Twp.- Drunk drivers beware? deputies are on the hunt for you in the township. ‘Our guys are out there hitting the streets really hard every night and taking drunks off those streets,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Pete Burkett. ‘We are aggressively pursuing drunk driving in Brandon Township.? From January to September 2007, […]
Local financial institutions reassured customers this week that their money is safe as a crisis caused by foreclosed mortgages and bankrupt businesses rattled the industry. The situation has caused Congress to debate a $700 billion bailout of failing banks and businesses, but area banks and credit unions remain confident. ‘It really hasn’t had an effect […]
Brandon Twp.- The fate of the school liaison officer position remains in question less than two weeks after the school district learned they lost 92 students in this year’s student count, which will equal a loss of $673,072 in revenue. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Detective Arnie Terrell has been the district’s school liaison officer for […]
Brandon Twp.- A new pavilion at the community park is a direct result of the efforts of 15-year-old Zack Zernec. Zernec, a sophomore at Brandon High School, raised funds for the structure, requested donations, recruited people to build it and helped in the construction itself, all as part of his Eagle Scout project. A ribbon-cutting […]
Brandon Twp.- Sue Roberts secretly hoped the rummage sale last week for the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund would raise $8,000. When it was over Sept. 19 and the tally from three days was counted, she and other OCEF volunteers were in tears. The sale raised $11,586 for the food pantry. ‘We were so happy, we […]
Roger McCarville’s birthday this year was a memorable one. On Sept. 15, the day he turned 72, he was poolside at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, taking in swimming events. The moment was made sweeter when he received a kiss on the cheek from a young Czechoslovakian woman who won a gold medal in […]
Groveland Twp.- Barry Bass and a crew from Bedrock Express, Ltd., 1290 Ortonville Road, is in Texas this week, cleaning up the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. The storm, which came ashore near Galveston, marks the fourth hurricane that the excavating firm has cleaned up after in the past four years, professionally contracted by the Federal […]
Ortonville- Sue Howard isn’t a meteorologist, but she predicted it wouldn’t rain last Sunday and she was right. The weather was ideal for the 28th annual CROP Walk on Sept. 21 and the good weather streak continued for the hunger relief fundraiser. ‘We expected our number of walkers to be down because of the economy […]
A Brandon Township man found in possession of heroin recently in the township has been arraigned on a drug charge. Stephen Grant Garver, 42, was arraigned on Sept. 10 on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, narcotic or cocaine less than 25 grams, in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Dana Fortinberry. Bond […]