Infuriated. Frustrated. Angry. These are the words some local gas station employees are using to describe customers as gasoline prices skyrocket. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the price for a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.70 at Sunoco, 1152 Ortonville Road. Clerk Barb Schlink says customers are furious and they let her know it, too. […]
The gas pump made a squeaking noise as Mike Potvin filled his Chevy van’s tank last week at the Shell station, 1765 M-15. ‘Even the pump squeals,? said Potvin, who is disgusted with how much gasoline costs, last week around $2.70 at most stations. ‘Prices are out of sight.? Those prices were expected to continue […]
Ortonville- An after-school program intended to help children physically and academically is currently being planned for fifth and sixth graders. Additionally, overcrowding at the Brandon Township Library during after-school hours may be alleviated by the program. Brandon Schools Superintendent Tom Miller hopes to have the fee-based program in place at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School by […]
Matt Milligan has been planning a trip, but his preparations aren’t like most travelers. The 2003 Brandon High School graduate says he’s had to get every shot known to man. Over the course of a month, he’s been vaccinated against hepatitis, typhoid, malaria, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, polio and rabies. He will be shaving his head […]
Brandon Twp.- The results of a survey of local parents and caregivers shows the strain of a poor economy. So says Sherman Lifelong Learning Center director June Wuopio, who recently analyzed the results of the PACT (Parents and Community Together) survey, supported by a pilot grant through United Way. The survey was mailed to about […]
A Brandon Township man who went on a crime spree will be arraigned on various charges in the 6th Circuit Court in Pontiac this week, says Oakland County Sheriff’s Detective Brad Teague of the Brandon substation. Matt Diem, 18, of Brandon Township will be arraigned on charges of breaking and entering Jim’s Cracker Barrel, 5500 […]
A 70-year-old Groveland Township woman has been conned out of nearly $6,000 by professional scam artists. A Brandon deputy was dispatched to Bank One, 761 S. Ortonville Road, on Aug. 25 for a report of fraud. The woman told him she had been called by a man who claimed to be from the FBI and […]
David Castle was in hospital four years ago on Sept. 11 when the attack on the World Trade Center occured. Working as a paramedic for an ambulance company, he watched the news, seeing the second plane hit the second tower and realizing that ‘something wasn’t right.? Only 15 hours later Castle, also a reserve Lake […]
Ortonville- Despite a special meeting on Sept. 1 in which a new Department of Public Works Supervisor was expect to be named, the village remains without one. Village Council President Sue Bess was joined by council members Mary Kassuba and Marcy Hanes in voting for current Brandon Township Recreation Director Fred Waybrant for the open […]
Ortonville- Members of the community are invited to meet with consultants specializing in small towns and representatives from the Main Street program in a Main Street Resource Team visit Sept. 13-15 at the Old Town Hall, 486 Mill St. The representatives and consultants will discuss ideas and provide in-depth advice on how the Ortonville Main […]