For more than 40 years our family has owned a small log hunting cabin in the hills of Antrim County in northern Lower Michigan. Built about 1900, long before electrical service and indoor plumbing, the small cabin has avoided nearly a century of mankind’s technological marvels that most assuredly bettered our lives. We figured that […]
By a 4-0 vote Monday night, the Groveland Township Board of Trustees approved charging Brandon Township citizens resident fees instead of non-resident fees for emergency medical services on M-15 between Grange Hall and Oakwood roads. Groveland Township Supervisor Bob DePalma was absent from the meeting. The decision comes after Brandon Township officials cut police positions […]
Earlier this spring a friend of mine was out in the yard when a few young men came by pushing lawn mowers and toting ‘weed-wackers.? The polite kids asked it they could mow her yard during the summer. ‘Sure,? she replied. ‘How much?? ?$20,? he said, after quickly surveying the yard. She agreed since it […]
After 18 seasons, Goodrich Varsity Football Head Coach Tom Alward started the 2010 season out right’with his 100th win. Alward, 57, started as an assistant JV football coach at Flint Central High School in 1977 and went on to assistant varsity football coach at Bendel High School before coming to Goodrich in 1993. ‘It’s been […]
Groveland Twp.- Communications for area firefighters will be much improved thanks to a new radio system that came online last week. The 800MHz radio system, a combination of traditional two-way radio technology and computer-controlled transmitters, was introduced by Township Fire Chief Steve McGee during the township meeting on Monday night. . The system’s main advantage […]
Hadley’When Detroit Edison cut down a tree at Adelma Sherman’s home near the corner of Mill and Narrin streets in Ortonville she contacted her brother Ralph Hartwig an avid wood carver and longtime Hadley resident. ‘My mom asked uncle Ralph if he could carve something from that old tree,? said Lynda Beach, 60, Ralph’s niece, […]
Record teen unemployment coupled with schools closed for the summer has local authorties concerned. ‘It’s a crime cycle we go through during the summer. Other communities where many people live in close proximity often have problems too,? said Sgt. Tim McIsaac, Oakland County Sheriff Department, Brandon Substation. Such an increase in crimes at the Sashabaw […]
Lawmakers recently OK’d a bill that would allow school districts to spread class time over 1,098 hours and dump the state’s current 180-day school year. Supporters of the measure say school districts would have latitude in how to best ‘divvy-up? the time students spend in the classroom. If desired, schools could change to a four […]
Ortonville? In 1940, at the beginning stages of World War II in a small dance hall near Eastburn, England, George Craven, 19, a solider in the Royal British Army asked a local girl Mary Lund, 22, to dance. That dance lasted more than 60 years. In 1942 the couple were married at St. Thomas Church […]
Francine Parry accomplished more than just a decent workout running on her treadmill Wednesday morning. The monotony of jogging in place coupled with a passion for the Regis and Kelly show paid some decent dividends at about 9:20 a.m. The show airs locally at 9 a.m. on WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit. ‘I’ve been watching the […]