Ortonville- The recall effort against Village Council President Sue Bess continues. The Oakland County Election Commission will meet at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 14, in the courtroom of Judge Barry Grant, Chief Judge of Probate Court, 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac. The commission will review the clarity of language on an official village recall petition form […]
Ortonville- After nearly two years of negotiations, a labor contract has been ratified by the village and Teamsters Local 214 representing the Ortonville Department of Public Works. The village council unanimously approved the ratification at their Aug. 28 meeting after a closed session with their attorney, Rick Fanning. Village Manager Ed Coy described himself as […]
Brandon Twp.- The Ortonville Community Emergency Fund is preparing for one of their biggest fundraisers as their stock diminishes and the Michigan economy increases the number of families seeking help from the non-profit organization. ‘Demand is growing with the employment situation in Michigan,? says OCEF member Sue Roberts. ‘Stock and summer contributions are low. This […]
Ortonville- Three local independent pet stores are collecting signatures in an effort to keep a pet store chain from moving into town. Edith Hastings, owner of Edith’s Pets & Supplies, 1605 S. Ortonville Road, began a petition drive recently for citizens to show their opposition to Pet Supplies ‘Plus? coming to town. Signatures were recently […]
Ortonville- A recall petition form against Village Council President Sue Bess has been filed with the Oakland County Clerk, albeit the incorrect form. Kim Noble, elections specialist for Oakland County confirmed that on Aug. 18, the county received the form petitioning for the calling of an election to recall Bess from her office. The reason […]
Brandon Twp.- An ecstatic 73-year-old man, an appreciative 80-year-old woman, excited children, grateful nursing home patients and mothers in prison were among the people a local church youth group helped on a recent mission trip to West Virginia. The experience was not what some of the 21 youths and eight adults from Seymour Lake United […]
Groveland Twp.- It’s a warm Sunday in early August, but Truly Ample, a.k.a. Debra Jackson-Dechert, isn’t hot, although she is dressed in attire to mimic the 16th century. Dechert sits on a bench underneath a tent wearing a long green dress embroidered with thistles, a white peasant blouse, green and white striped knee-high socks and […]
Brandon Twp.-Catherine Morrison remembers vividly the night her home in Glasgow, Scotland was bombed by the Nazis during World War II. Catherine’s father was out of town working, her five younger siblings were in bed, and she and her mother sat together by the fireplace as the bombs fell around them. Suddenly, it was silent. […]
Editor’s note: Reporters Susan Bromley and Laurel Droz accompanied Brandon firefighters to a practice burn to experience a housefire from a firefighter’s perspective. What follows is a first-person accounting of that experience. Brandon Twp.- Delores Dunlap stands outside the 900-square foot home with the wood exterior on Burrus Road around 8 a.m. on Aug. 12. […]
Henna Eghbalian wants Americans to know that life in Iran is not as bad as they might think. ‘We’re not all riding camels,? laughs the 41-year-old Groveland Township resident and owner of Sormeh Salon in Brandon Township. Eghbalian, born and raised in Tehran, came to the United States to visit her brother in Clarkston in […]