By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Does can leave their fawns unattended for several hours while they are off foraging. Well-intentioned humans often mistake such baby deer as abandoned and remove them from the location their mother left them. But it was clear that a fawn seen wandering at about 6 p.m., June 19 […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.- On Saturday morning Abel Guajardo, 71, meticulously perused the 2,600 names etched on the memorial. “I found David Terwilliger and Victor Ronald Hoyt,” said Guajardo, a township resident and Army veteran. “I remember those boys from boot camp—they were in the second platoon at Fort Knox, Kentucky.” Guajardo, was […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville-The village council unanimously approved the 2017-18 fiscal year budget at their June 26 meeting. The budget has matching revenues and expenditures of $834,477, with the council approving a transfer of about $63,000 from fund equity to help pay for road improvements. The current fund balance is about $548,000. “We […]
Jason Stach, of Ortonville, walks behind his daughter Remi Stach, 7, after she received her specialized bike, June 24, at BeaumontÕs Health & Wellness Center in Royal Oak. Photo by Steve Perez By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- Learning to ride a bicycle is often seen as a rite of passage in childhood, but it […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- The village chickens have been granted a stay. They weren’t necessarily going to be served for dinner, but the fowl may have been served eviction notices from the village without the council’s decision to consider alterations to a current ordinance. “The chickens can stay for now,” said Councilmember Keith […]
By David Fleet Editor Lt. Jeff Neville, an Atlas Township resident, was the police officer stabbed in the neck during an attack at Flint Bishop International Airport on June 21. His condition was upgraded on June 22 to “good” at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, according to a statement from Ilene Cantor, chief communications and […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Nearly 50 years ago, on the July 4 weekend of 1967, an American aircraft in Vietnam mistook James Thomas Sutton and four of his fellow U.S. Marines in Vietnam as the enemy and dropped a bomb on them. Sutton survived the incident, but he wouldn’t survive the war. […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- The Class of 2017 walked away with more than their diplomas following the June 4 commencement. The latest class of 183 Martians will have bragging rights to some of the highest SAT scores of the 21 districts in the Genesee Intermediate School District. The Michigan Department of Education moved from […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-On Monday, several Lake Shinanguag area residents expressed concerns at the township board of trustees meeting regarding fire department response time and water supply following a recent lakeside house fire. At about 10:30 p.m., June 12, fire departments from Atlas, Brandon, Davison, Grand Blanc and Groveland townships battled a blaze […]
By David Fleet Editor On Tuesday night, Martian Varsity Baseball Head Coach Bob Foreback was inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. “No coach sets out on a career to someday end up in the hall of fame,” said Foreback, 48. “But it’s an honor and without the support of […]