Since Sept. 11 five years ago, Phyllis Welch has noticed people are generally much more cautious with their money and spending. ‘The economy in this area has affected borrowing habits,? says Welch. ‘People are more cautious about taking on anything new.? Fiscal conservatism is one of many changes she has seen after 29 years of […]
Ortonville- In 1990, Sue Howard traveled to Mexico City, where she saw the devastating effects of an earthquake that had struck years before. But she also saw the efforts to help those left homeless by the disaster? efforts made possible by money raised through CROP Walk. Now, Howard is preparing for the 26th annual Ortonville […]
Pontiac- The drive to recall Ortonville Village Council President Sue Bess has stalled. On Sept. 14, a three-member Oakland County Election Commission unanimously denied recall petition language submitted last month by village resident Jane Derry. Oakland County Probate Court Judge Barry Grant read the language aloud in his courtroom to observers and fellow commission members […]
Brandon Twp.- Students at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School were dismissed at 3:40 p.m. on the first day of school. But it wasn’t until 5:15 p.m. that Charity Bukoski’s sixth grade son made it home. ‘The first day, my husband came home before our son and we were like, ‘Where’s our kid?? says Bukoski. Her son […]
When Bernard Randall was a child growing up in England, he traveled once a year, never venturing more than 15-20 miles from his hometown of Flitwick. ‘I never believed I’d ever leave England,? he says. But in 1967, Randall won a two-year scholarship to train as an engineer at the General Motors Institute in Flint. […]
Groveland Twp.- At Garret Sans? party to celebrate his graduation from Brandon High School, his aunt presented him with a few gifts. The first he opened was a disposable camera and a note telling him to pack it. The second was a paper airplane and an incomplete sentence: ‘We’re going on a trip to…? The […]
Groveland Twp.- Lyndsey Hof recalls that when she was a little girl, she wanted a crown like the ones worn by beauty pageant winners. Next month, the now 16-year-old Brandon High School junior will compete for a tiara and title of Miss Michigan Teen USA 2007. Hof first considered entering the pageant, an official preliminary […]
In 1906, the Wright Brothers patented the airplane, the average U.S. wage was 22 cents per hour, there were 45 stars on the American flag, and 8,000 cars in the entire United States with only 144 miles of paved roads. The average U.S. life expectancy at that time was 47-years-old. On Wednesday, Nora Larsen will […]
Brandon Twp.- Ed and Mary Dolzynski are as busy as the bees they keep with their five-year-old business, Twins Honeybee Farm. Ed Dolzynski, a city boy who had a dream of being a farmer, bought 10 acres of land in Brandon eight years ago with wife Mary. Just three years later, the full-time UPS driver […]
Brandon Twp.- Kris Mathews was surprised and in tears when several friends showed up on her doorstep last Wednesday, but the real surprise was behind them, in the driveway? an orange Dodge Charger limousine. For the past several months, Mathews? friends and family have been there for her as she has battled breast cancer. Now, […]