Kristy Ottman grabbed a Kleenex and tried to keep pace with the tears streaking down her face, but heartfelt accolades from fellow council members obviously made the task difficult. After five years serving on Clarkston City Council, Ottman resigned Monday. A letter to the council explained: ‘As each of you know, our home has been […]
What are you doing this summer? It is a question I have asked several of our college age adults who are finishing with another year of school. Some are working, some traveling and some just planning on relaxing for the summer. As I listened to their answers, I was intrigued not only by what they […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board approved at their April 21 meeting a 3-year superintendent contract for Dr. Matthew Outlaw. While the board was unanimous in their selection last month of Outlaw as the new superintendent, they were split on his contract. Treasurer Kevin McClellan, Secretary Chris Yuchasz and Trustees Debbie Brady and John Chartier voted […]
Ortonville- It was in the late ?90s that Alice Gajewski’s husband, Sylvester, saw a special sign outside of the Ortonville United Methodist Church. The sign was for a quilt show. He drove home and brought his wife, new to the quilting hobby, back to the church. ‘There was a whole basement filled with quilting women […]
Police say they couldn’t have captured the man who pulled off a broad daylight robbery without the quick action of a witness. Demetrius Emerson Broadnax, 35, was charged with strong-arm robbery after he allegedly followed a patron from the Greektown Casino in Detroit to the Independence Township Library on April 24. The victim, a 45 […]
Dozens of students and teachers performed 48 dances, songs, gymnastic routines, and other performances at the 10th annual Independence Elementary Variety Show, April 23.
Atlas Twp.-About 150 area armed forces men and women will receive a much deserved honor this Memorial Day. On March 6, township officials first proposed at a budget work session to purchase the flags and holders for veterans interred in the Atlas Community Baptist Church Cemetery, Goodrich Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, Horton Cemetery, Sandborn Cemetery and […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board of trustees voted 6-0 to OK a special assessment for $114 for improved lots for a total of $254,676. Garbage collection and recycling from all occupied properties in the township. Residents are currently paying $107 annual for the service. Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones was absent. ‘We are still in the same […]
When Hope Ponsart tells people the small white dog they’ve been playing with is deaf, they don’t believe her. It was five months ago when the Springfield Township resident met Lilly, a little white dog with bat ears and a little stump of a tail, at the Rock Financial Pet Expo Novi. ‘I saw her […]
Volunteers with MEEMIC Insurance Company of Auburn Hills cleaned up Waldon Road, April 24. Sheila Inman, Tammy Bell, Rob Pluhatsch, Kristy Mitchell, Jeff Hawkins, Lena Boraggina, Stephanie Moya, Megan Brown, and April Rooding put on safety vests and gloves to pick up trash along the road and even in nearby woods. “We were determined to […]