By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Oakland Cty. — After more than 37 years in public service a local fire investigator has retired. Det. Howard ‘Chip’ Schultz, who investigated more than 700 fires in Oakland County stepped down earlier this month. A 1986 Ferndale High School graduate, Schultz was first employed at ParaMed Inc, and later earned […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Groveland Twp. — In October 1977, Brandon Township farmer Harold Shelton was dredging a pond along an existing creek bed. During the excavation two local teenagers found in the dredged soil part of a skull, teeth and a portion of a tusk of a 12,000 year old American mastodon. Paleontologists for […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Groveland Twp. — On Nov. 12, during the Groveland Township Board of Trustees meeting Lynne Schank and Barry Bass were recognized for their contributions to the community. Schank, a long-time area educator for more than 45 years, township planning commission member, education scholarship supporter, who following retirement, continues to tutor area […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan ssoldan@mihomepaper.com Brandon — Brandon Middle School students are on a mission to feed their fellow students. As part of the new outdoor education elective, teacher Jeb Laux and his students have started growing lettuce in two new hydroponics growing machines. “We’re going to basically be growing about half the lettuce that our […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan ssoldan@mihomepaper.com Goodrich— The Goodrich High School Theatre is transforming into Almost, Maine. ‘Almost, Maine’, by John Cariani, is a play comprised of nine shorter one-scene plays, all taking place in the almost-town of Almost, Maine one winter night. “’Almost, Maine’ is special because it brings warmth, humor, and a touch of magic […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Atlas Twp. — On Nov. 3, the Goodrich Angels Fastpitch Organization hosted the fourth annual food drive event at the baseball fields at St. Mark Church, 7296 Gale Road, Grand Blanc. The friendly competition promotes acts of kindness by giving to those in need. The goal was to cover the Angel […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Brooklyn — On a sunny early November day the Lady Martian Cross Country team brought home a MHSAA State Championship an accomplishment that had not been achieved since back-to-back-to-back crowns in 2003-2005. “Each year when the cross-country season begins 3,000 high school girls prepare for the opportunity to compete in the […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Ortonville — At 7:10 p.m., Nov. 10, 1975, Captain Ernest McSorley radioed, ‘We are holding our own.’” The Captain of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald last message to the nearby carrier Arthur M. Anderson was about 17 miles off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior during a violent storm remains etched in […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Ortonville — Main Street Ortonville was ready for a change. This week’s segment is the third in a series provided by The Citizen newspaper that covers the progression of the Ortonville Downtown Development Authority and the affiliation with Main Street America and Main Street Oakland County. Two decades of history since […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com New York — The Big Apple is home to one of the largest, diverse and most creative fashions scenes in the world. This past summer a Goodrich High School senior had a taste of that environment that could someday launch a career. Ryser Jenkins applied and was accepted to the Condé […]