Ortonville- In the Bavarian Alps, there is a lake called Konigsee, created by glaciers during the last ice age. That lake came to the village on Wednesday, and now hangs on the exterior of the Brandon Township Library in the form of a painting, available to be viewed by all. The artwork, a reproduction of […]
Brandon Twp.- When the Burns family made their first movie in their township backyard more than six years ago, they ended up spending about $80,000, used amateur actors (including themselves) and sent the film straight to dvd. The project they recently completed is also a historical action-adventure film partially filmed in the township, but on […]
Kevin Loughlin, like many college students last month, went south for spring break. But rather than a vacation spent playing in the water in a popular destination such as Daytona or Myrtle Beach, the 2011 Brandon High School graduate worked to bring clean water to rural areas in Nicaragua. The nation in Central America has […]
Pontiac- Jacob Michael Young will serve 3 years probation and 90 days in jail as punishment for threatening a school shooting in Brandon. Young was sentenced April 1 by Oakland County Sixth Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts. He will receive credit for 3 days of time served, and will pay $6,700 in restitution, as well […]
Ortonville- Village residents will have the opportunity to vote in a special election to determine the fate of a proposed sewer system. A few hundred residents, the majority of whom appeared to be sharply opposed to a $20 million wastewater treatment project, attended a March 23 village council meeting. Almost two dozen people implored the […]
Easter is almost here and there is still time to help your neighbors in need by donating food to the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund. Volunteers will distribute food to low-income families in the Brandon School District this Monday. Much of the food was purchased by OCEF using donations from Sharin? o? the Green, the annual […]
Ortonville- Art on a grand scale arrives in the village April 8, with eight pieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts? Inside|Out program being installed around town. ‘I can’t tell you all the pieces and locations, it’s a secret until installation,? said Jillian Reese, community relations specialist for the DIA. She did however, reveal a […]
Ortonville- The village’s historic treasure, the Old Mill Museum was defaced this week with a Nazi phrase coupled with the name of the village council president. ‘Seig Heil! Wayne Wills? was printed in roughly 2-inch high letters using what appeared to be a black permanent marker on the Old Mill underneath a museum sign. The […]
Ortonville- At the last village council meeting, a vote was postponed on a resolution that would pave the way for answering the question of whether residents want to bring sewers here. The tabling of the resolution was agreed upon by members of the council who wanted questions answered about funding of the wastewater treatment system. […]
Brandon Twp.- District officials put in months of study on their way to making $1.6 million in cuts to balance the budget. Approval of the cuts on Monday night, however, was done in just about an hour. ‘Obviously cuts are hard to do,? said Superintendent Matt Outlaw. ‘The plan we put forward for reductions kept […]