Brandon Twp.-Michael Via, a 2005 graduate of Brandon High School, has been named a National Merit Scholar. Via received the designation after achieving a score in 99th percentile on the PSAT and a high score on the SAT college exam. As a National Merit Scholar, Via has received a yearly $1,000 scholarship from Michigan Technological […]
Brandon Twp.- It wasn’t a knockout punch, but a 5-2 decision has ended a months-long dispute between the township clerk and treasurer over the check policy. At the board meeting June 20, supervisor Ron Lapp, clerk Jeannie McCreery and trustees Bob DeWitt, Tom Stowell and Sandra Willett voted to amend section 3.2 (a) of the […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Groveland Twp.- She was playing songs on the piano as a toddler. By 5, she was taking violin lessons. At age 13, she was competing and winning music awards. She has traveled to Europe to play concerts. But it is only now, at the age of 18, that Laurie Matheson […]
Ortonville-Despite a few orange barrels the Citgo station, 495 S. Ortonville Road is open during some re construction. The barrels, equipment and mounds of soil indicate coming improvements to Citgo. The station is keeping the same number of gas pumps, but will soon add an approximately 2,000 square-foot convience store. ‘We just wanted a bigger, […]
Waterford-The plane is mangled. Steel is twisted to reveal a burned-out compartment. The sun glints off the remains. A pilot and passenger were riding in the plane when one engine quit. The pilot was turning the plane back to Oakland County International Airport when the second engine died and the plane crashed. Both people inside […]
Brandon Twp.-Students throughout the district could be spending fewer days in school under a proposed change to the calendar year. A committee to study the possibility of starting school after the Labor Day holiday beginning with the 2006-2007 school year is to be formed this month. Dawn Lindsay, a mother of four children in Brandon […]
Ortonville- Coming soon: ‘Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.? The family film starring Gene Wilder and based on the Roald Dahl novel ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,? will be shown during the third annual Ortonville Night at the Movies on Aug. 5. Showtime is 9 p.m. with activities for the entire family beginning at 6 […]
On Wednesday, Brandon Firefighter Jerry Wivo was called to assist in the trench rescue of a Bay City Department of Public Works employee who was trapped during a repair of an underground utility line. Wivo, an 18 year veteran and member of the North Oakland Technical Rescue Team said he arrived in the early afternoon […]
Brandon Twp.-Carol Woodbridge was near death when she got the call. Her phone rang at 11 p.m. on July 18, 1996. It was her doctor, telling her to get to Hurley Hospital in Flint. She was going to receive a kidney transplant. Next week, Woodbridge will celebrate the ninth anniversary of her life-saving operation when […]
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico- The pictures show a desolate wasteland. Garbage is strewn across a wide expanse of sand. In the background is a high wall topped by barbed wire that is the outer perimeter of a juvenile detention facility. Homes consist of cardboard boxes and thrown together building materials. They appear to be falling down. […]