Brandon Twp.- John Garner, Jr. would like to forget last Christmas. And the past two Thanksgivings. And Memorial Day, too. Actually, he’d just as soon forget the last 14 months he has spent in Iraq as an Army Specialist with the 3rd Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division from Ft. Hood, Texas. Garner was […]
A 26-year-old Brandon Township man was arraigned Dec. 10 on a charge of breaking and entering after another man recognized his picture in The Citizen. Michael Lee Friske was arraigned in front of 52-3 District Court Judge Nancy Tolwin Carniak on the charge, which stemmed from the break-in of an Orion Township dollar store in […]
A Brandon Township couple has pleaded guilty to felonious assault charges stemming from a failed drug deal in September in the Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Park. Samantha Leighann Layman, 19, pleaded guilty to one charge of felonious assault and one charge of malicious destruction of property and Brian Koop, 18, pled guilty to one charge […]
Ortonville- Dr. Lincoln Baylis comes from a family of doctors. His father was a surgeon at Pontiac General Hospital. One brother is an allergist and another is a family physician, both in Clarkston. Baylis, however, wanted a twist on the medical field. He is a veterinarian. And while he loves animals and treating them, he […]
Brandon Twp.- A public hearing to take public input on a final site plan for a 144-unit apartment complex located near M-15, will likely happen in January. The planning commission approved a preliminary site plan in June, with conditions. On Tuesday, Brandon Forest Lake Company, represented by Silverman Development Company President Steve Robinson, met again […]
Brandon Twp.- Steve Koslowski checked his e-mail before going to bed on Oct. 12, just as he always does. What he found there, however, kept him awake long into the night. Koslowski learned that the day before, vandals had broken into the Swift-Purscell Boys? Home in Jamaica and started a fire. The blaze destroyed much […]
Brandon Twp.- Fire Chief Bob McArthur has officially announced he will retire in January 2009. ‘It’s time,? he said, adding with a smile that he will use his retirement to go ‘hunting, fishing, and golfing.? McArthur, 61, said he made the decision on when he would retire a few months ago, to allow the township […]
Groveland Twp.- Firefighters were called to a detached garage fire in the 600 block of W. Glass Road about 6:20 a.m., Dec. 1. Groveland Fire Chief Steve McGee said the fire started from a woodstove and burned in a concealed space in the ceiling, causing about $10,000 in damage to the garage. There were no […]
Brandon Twp.- Concertgoers, rejoice. A benefit Christmas concert presented by SLUMCity Coffeehouse is planned for 7:30 p.m., Dec. 14, at the Seymour Lake United Methodist Church Worship Fellowship Center, 3050 Sashabaw Road. ‘My hope is that people will come and be refreshed with the true Christmas spirit? by receiving the gift of music and helping […]
Ortonville- Fred Holling died Dec. 1, after a courageous battle with cancer in which the community was uniting to support him. He was 69. The Ortonville resident and his family had hoped for a stem cell transplant and were in the process of raising funds for the expensive procedure which their insurance companies declined to […]