Groveland Twp.- Sometimes Santa Claus can use a little help flying through the air. Pilot and Groveland Township resident Clay Elliott was one of those helpers Dec. 2 as he helped load his own private 4-seater Cessna 182 airplane with 100 pounds of bulky, brightly wrapped Christmas presents and then flew the gift-laden plane from […]
Brandon Twp.- The results are in. About 35 citizens were in attendance at a town meeting Dec. 4, during which results of a downtown Ortonville consumer survey were announced. The Downtown Development Authority sent out 5,000 consumer surveys in an April edition of The Citizen to village residents, as well as residents of Brandon and […]
Brandon Twp.- After seven years as the township’s substation commander, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tim McIsaac has been reassigned. McIsaac, 48, will be the day shift traffic sergeant out of Pontiac. His last day as substation commander is Dec. 15. ‘I’ve been here seven years, no one else has been here more than five,? […]
Brandon Twp.- All Aimee Alban really wants for Christmas this year is for her husband to come home. But knowing that is not possible, she just wants him to be safe. She sits this early December morning in the kitchen of the home she grew up in, with 3-month-old daughter Gabriella in her arms and […]
Brandon Twp.-On Dec. 4, Brandon deputies were dispatched to the 3400 block of Kathleen Lake Road for a prowler complaint. The homeowner said he saw a subject looking in the window and found footprints in the fresh snow. The deputies followed them to several windows and then down the driveway and to several homes in […]
Ortonville- The Brandon Library. The A&W Restaurant. The Skate Park. The Old Mill. These places express ‘The Spirit of Ortonville,? say anonymous citizens who took part in a photo survey last February. Volunteers from the Main Street Design Committee handed out disposable cameras in February to six random people in town, along with instructions to […]
Ortonville- A group of local citizens is researching the possibility of a nearly mile-long nature walking trail in the village. Lois Robbins and Rick McAvinchey, both members of the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy, proposed the trail to the village council at the council’s Nov. 27 meeting. Members of the council voiced interest and support […]
Ortonville- The third time was not the charm. The Oakland County Election Commission denied for a third time petition language seeking to recall Village Manager Sue Bess during a hearing Nov. 27 in the courtroom of Oakland County Chief Probate Court Judge Barry Grant. Grant was joined in the unanimous decision to reject the language […]
Brandon Twp.- Construction workers took advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures last week to work on the township park at the corner of Oakwood and Hadley roads. ‘We’re behind on construction, but will be caught up in the spring,? said Brandon Recreation Director Fred Waybrant, as he surveyed the land-balancing crew from Roger Engels Construction working […]
Auburn Hills- Philip Olney sat in a camping chair at the back of the Meijer’s electronics department all day on Nov. 16, bored, skipping school, getting less than two hours of sleep, all for the opportunity to purchase a Playstation 3 game system at a cost of $600. All that, and he isn’t keeping it. […]