Groveland Twp.- Residents will soon be able to participate in a local paper recycling program.
Officials plan to contract with AbitibiBowater Paper Retriever to provide two recycling bins in the township, with one being considered for the Bueche’s parking lot and possibly another at Fire Station #2 or the township offices, both on Grange Hall Road. The service, in which residents would drop off catalogs, magazines, newspapers, mail, office and copy paper to the bins to be picked up by the company, is free to the township. Bins may be in place by June 1.

Dear editor:
On behalf of the Ortonville Native Landscape Team, I’d like to thank Wojo’s Greenhouse for their donation of plants for our Memorial Day workday at Heritage Garden. The donated purple coneflower plants, along with the blazing star and butterfly flower provided at a reduced rate from Oakland Wildflower Farm, will bring more color variety to the project. I’d also like to express my appreciation to the residents who stopped to compliment the team, and to Celia Ryker (Hadley Hill Farm & Garden), wildlife biologist Rick McAvinchey, and Oakland Wildflower Farm owner, Ruth Vrbensky for their help on two workdays, in bringing Heritage Garden, the VFW Park planting, and the Kearsley Creek Lois B. Robbins
Brandon Twp.

Lauren Schoenherr and her cousin Eva Bousho color a picture at Independence Township Library’s St. Patrick’s Day Party. The March 17 party included games and crafts, and each child frosted a shamrock cookie to eat. Photo submitted