Infuriated. Frustrated. Angry. These are the words some local gas station employees are using to describe customers as gasoline prices skyrocket. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the price for a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.70 at Sunoco, 1152 Ortonville Road. Clerk Barb Schlink says customers are furious and they let her know it, too. […]
The gas pump made a squeaking noise as Mike Potvin filled his Chevy van’s tank last week at the Shell station, 1765 M-15. ‘Even the pump squeals,? said Potvin, who is disgusted with how much gasoline costs, last week around $2.70 at most stations. ‘Prices are out of sight.? Those prices were expected to continue […]
Ortonville- An after-school program intended to help children physically and academically is currently being planned for fifth and sixth graders. Additionally, overcrowding at the Brandon Township Library during after-school hours may be alleviated by the program. Brandon Schools Superintendent Tom Miller hopes to have the fee-based program in place at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School by […]
Matt Milligan has been planning a trip, but his preparations aren’t like most travelers. The 2003 Brandon High School graduate says he’s had to get every shot known to man. Over the course of a month, he’s been vaccinated against hepatitis, typhoid, malaria, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, polio and rabies. He will be shaving his head […]
Brandon Twp.- The results of a survey of local parents and caregivers shows the strain of a poor economy. So says Sherman Lifelong Learning Center director June Wuopio, who recently analyzed the results of the PACT (Parents and Community Together) survey, supported by a pilot grant through United Way. The survey was mailed to about […]
A Brandon Township man who went on a crime spree will be arraigned on various charges in the 6th Circuit Court in Pontiac this week, says Oakland County Sheriff’s Detective Brad Teague of the Brandon substation. Matt Diem, 18, of Brandon Township will be arraigned on charges of breaking and entering Jim’s Cracker Barrel, 5500 […]
A 70-year-old Groveland Township woman has been conned out of nearly $6,000 by professional scam artists. A Brandon deputy was dispatched to Bank One, 761 S. Ortonville Road, on Aug. 25 for a report of fraud. The woman told him she had been called by a man who claimed to be from the FBI and […]
Ortonville- The search is over. The village council approved the hiring of Ed Coy as new village manager during their meeting Aug. 22. Coy, 60, will start work Sept. 6 after moving to the area from Indiana, where he is currently the president of the Roanoke town council. Roanoke, which Coy described as a ‘cookie-cutter? […]
Ortonville- After more than two months of construction and a myriad of questionable decisions the South Street repaving project is nearly completed. The project has not exactly been smooth sailing. The laundry list of issues include light poles left in the roadway, speed limit, curve ahead and pedestrian crossing sign planted in designated parking stalls […]
Ortonville- The Main Street program is ready to roll. Officials from Main Street Oakland County (MSOC) offered on-site technical services Aug. 17 and 18 to assist the four Main Street committees in developing first-year work plans to detail specific goals, objectives and activities for downtown. Sessions were held for each committee (promotions, design, organization and […]