Groveland Twp.- Perseverance. For 173 years the Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, 3209 Jossman Road, has endured storms, fires and a host of struggles for a congregation of about 50. However, the quaint rural church has endured’a tribute to the generations of families that have passed through. Church Pastor Pat Harton was perhaps a perfect […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees will be sending notice of its opposition to the issuance of a new Specially Designated Merchant liquor license to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. The request for a new SDM license is for the Don Pietras of the DMJ Corporation, for an establishment to be located at the southeast […]
An open house for all Oakland Township residents is scheduled for Oct. 23, 2-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. It takes place at the township hall located at 4393 Collins Road. Oakland’s Master Plan Advisory Group is in the process of updating the township’s master plan. Township residents are invited to attend an open house […]
Bill Duso spent most of his teaching career assigning fiction. Maybe that’s why he was so good at convincing the students of Goodrich High School that he was walking around with a 6-foot tall, invisible pink rabbit. ‘Harvey is my very good friend,? the Goodrich High School English teacher said of his invisible friend. ‘He […]
Ortonville- On Tuesday, a home at 21 Church St. was demolished as part of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Due to the small size of the lot, village officials said the vacant property will either be sold to neighbors, or kept as a village property and maintained. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program was established in October 2008 […]
Many members of the North Oakland Concert Band are taking their work home with them, literally. A large group of the 70-member band are in fact family members, ranging from married couples to parent and child members. Dave Lesko, tuba player from Lake Orion, was recruited by his wife Debra, a bass clarinet player in […]
Oakland Township residents gathered on Sept. 27 for the re-opening celebration of Bear Creek Nature Park, a 107-acre park between Snell and Gunn Roads. The site is where Oakland Township has constructed its first recreation facilities. The newly re-opened park features ADA accessible limestone trails, wooden boardwalks, docks and overlooks in wetland areas, interpretive signage, […]
Atlas Twp-The township emergency siren was retested after repair and is in full working order. That’s the report from Shirley Kautman-Jones, township supervisor, after a failed test last month. ‘The siren will sound at noon each day and on the first Saturday of the month,? she said. After a failure of the Hegel Road emergency […]
A 19-year-old Brandon Township resident has been arraigned on charges after attacking a former friend in the man’s house. Ethan Duane Schram was arraigned on one count of home invasion, first degree, a 20-year felony, as well as one count of unarmed robbery, a 15-year felony, on June 4 by 52-2 District Court Magistrate Mark […]
Response to a recent bat house making class in Orion Township was so good that the Friends of Bald Mountain is considering holding more classes in the near future, according to Friends member Rosalie Ward. The inaugural class was held on Oct. 2 at the Bald Mountain State Recreation Area Park Headquarters, and about 110 […]