Flower power…
Dawn Assemany, an employee at Wojo’s Greenhouse 2570 Oakhill Road, Brandon Township prunes geraniums prior to opening in April. The business features a variety of garden plants, flowers and landscaping materials.
Derby winner
About 150 people were on hand at Brandon Intermediate School Saturday, March 15 to watch 45 members of Cub Scout Pack 191 compete in the Pinewood Derby. At right, Jacob Siggins, 8, of Ortonville, a third grader at Belle Ann Elementary School, won the Derby Grand Championship. The pack would like to thank the following […]
Mission: seeking a refrigerator door
Years ago the publisher of The Holland Sentinel told our staff that community newspapers need to pass the “refrigerator test.” “If our stories and photos end up on our readers refrigerators next to lunch schedules, pizza coupons and ‘A’ homework, then we have succeeded,” he said. “The refrigerator front is a place of honor in […]
From The Citizen
Second arrest for OUIL On Wednesday, March 26, a Clarkston woman was arrested after rear ending a car stopped at the light of Ortonville Road and Mill Street. The victim told police that after the woman hit him she then tried to leave the scene but her car would not start. The woman was arrested […]
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor, Brandon, Groveland and Ortonville residents have even more opportunities to actively assist in maintaining and assuring high water quality in our community by participating in April in the Township Spring Clean Up and the newly created Oakland County Hazardous Waste Disposal Program, an alliance of 19 Oakland County communities. Additional opportunities are available […]
Letter To The Eidtor
Dear Patriots, At this point in time, I’m not sure when this letter will reach you. You may be deployed overseas on a peace keeping mission, involved in one of the many operations of the war against terrorism, involved in one of the many activities of homeland defense or poised waiting for an incursion into […]
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor, This was a saying in New York and the country during World War II. I feel the newscasters in the Iraqi war area are using their mouths without putting their brains in gear. They are informing us, on television, things which should only be known to the officers and generals of our armies. […]
Fr. Mike’s calling leads from St. Anne’s
If bigger is better then Fr. Mike Verschaeve pastor of St. Anne Parish has hit the jackpot. Known to parishioners simply as Fr. Mike, he arrived at St. Anne Catholic Church in the summer of 2000 and for nearly three years served the growing congregation of about 900. Yet, this June the 52 year old […]
Local youth honored for assistance
State Representative Ruth Johnson (R- Holly), together with other community leaders, joined the Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance on March 27 for its annual Youth Recognition Program which honored 102 area young people. Awards were given for volunteer service to an individual, organization or community; or for improving grades and attitude. “Year after year we have […]
Brandon nine takes lumps despite Emery’s grand slam
By Jeff Patrus Sports Editor Brandon’s baseball team ran into a buzzsaw in their season opener. On March 28, visiting Hartland pounded out 18 hits, including two home runs, to defeat the Blackhawks 22-7 in a game shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule, which stipulates if a team is ahead by at […]