Brandon Twp – It’s going to cost John Gilpin for forging his daughter’s signature on a primary election absentee ballot. On Tuesday, July 15, Judge Michael Batchik, of the 52nd District Court, in Clarkston slapped Gilpin with a $250 fine, ordered him to serve 9 months of supervised probation, tagged with a $35 per month […]
Ortonville – Just like painting the Mackinaw Bridge, the work continues on the Old Mill. The Ortonville Community Historical Society, the Village of Ortonville, and Brandon and Groveland townships continue to keep Amos Orton’s heritage alive. To some it may seem that each community endlessly tosses thousands of dollars each year into the restoration of […]
Brandon Twp – More than 3,200 Brandon township residents were without phones for almost three hours on Monday, July 21. Rumor had it that the phones went dead in Ortonville after the Department of Public Works snapped an underground phone line, while working on Mill and James streets. The DPW was not working in the […]
Since April 2003, this community has been suffering from a mysterious rash. This highly contagious, multi-symptomed rash spread quickly from the southernmost quadrant of Brandon Townships to the most northeastern quarter, and finally into the village of Ortonville The rash is most commonly known as malicious destruction of property, larceny with force, breaking and entering, […]
Brandon Twp – If food is available’they find it. They coexist and thrive in densely populated areas. Yet, their actions, say experts are often misunderstood, ‘they don’t stalk, they simply take advantage of their opportunities.? Coyotes are found in just about every Michigan County and locally in Hadley, Goodrich, and Grand Blanc where a local […]
Ortonville – Ortonville Night at the Movies, was everything Paul Zelenak, Ortonville village manager, hoped and planned for it to be. A resounding success! On Friday, July 25 more than 300 parents and children snuggled into blankets and beach chairs for a nostalgic night of a drive-in feature on the grounds of H.T. Burt and […]
Brandon Twp – Deputies in Brandon Township could slow criminal activity with a new tracking technology device system. ‘The devise can be placed on the car of a suspect to either provide a quick release if his vehicle activity does not coinside with the crime place and time, or charge him quickly and end the […]
Ortonville – Despite sporadic rain showers several hundred classic car buffs showedup for the first annual Street Machine Super Show on Aug. 3. ‘I think it went very well considering the weather,? said Dave Bonner, event organizer. ‘I was surprised they (the cruisers) came at all, in the rain.? More than 130 street cruisers, antique, […]
Ortonville – What began as a pile of junk to some, ended up as a cherry red hotrod classic. Just to see if he could do the job, Glenn Westfall of Ortonville bought a trailer full of 1931 Model A body parts and turned it into a cherry red, classic street rod. ‘I’ve always wanted […]
Brandon Twp – On Aug. 4, the Seymour Lake Property Development committee presented the township board with a summary package of almost a million dollars to develop a recreational park. After several years of thrashing out choices of what should be done with almost 60 acres of township owned property on Seymour Lake Road, the […]