While I am still gathering information on the good ol? boy network in Orion Township, real estate shenanigans and local residents getting thrown under the bus by the their elected officials, let’s go back in time. In 2004 I wrote this gem of a column. Enjoy. — Don * * * Let me start out […]
PUBLIC NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING The Charter Township of Brandon will hold a public hearing within its? regularly scheduled meeting on September 17, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. At 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed millage rates for 2012. The proposed 2012 […]
Students and staff at Clear Lake Elementary raised an incredible $1,158 Friday for the American Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. Clear Lake held a ‘Slipper Day? fund-raiser in which students and staff paid at least $1 to wear their favorite pair of slippers to school for the entire day. The fund-raiser was organized by Clear […]
Musical notes flowed as sweetly and freely in Scripter Park Saturday as tangy barbecue sauce over a sizzling slab of ribs. Approximately 2,500 people poured into the Village of Oxford park to enjoy the 4th Annual Hot Blues and BBQ festival. ‘I think the attendance was excellent this year,? said Steve Allen, who coordinated the […]
Groveland Twp. – The design of state police cars played a role in the escape of a man arrested twice this week. John Wesley Metzelburg III, 30, escaped from a Michigan State Police car Monday. With no partition between front and back seats, Metzelburg was able to climb over the seat to escape with the […]
Synopsis Groveland Twp. Board 9-1012 Call To Order & Roll Call Approved: Consent Agenda Budget Amendment, Accts Payable Board Minutes 8-13-2012 Approved 2011-2012 Audit Discussed Enbridge Pipeline Update with Residents Approved Purchase of Fire Proof Cabinet Approved Freedom of Information Act Resolution Approved MERS 457 Approved Funding Building Department Approved McClaren Resolution Approved Fracking Resolution […]
Oxford’s board of education is one member shy following last week’s resignation of Trustee Major Murray. He doesn’t wish to become a ‘controversial figure? or cast the school district in a negative light, but he’s ‘frustrated? with the current balance of power between the board of education and administration. ‘I have a different opinion of […]
Incidents taken from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and Oxford Fire Department. Tuesday, June 17 A 51-year-old woman on Harwood Dr. took several pills to commit suicide. She was transported to Crittenton for treatment. A man let a woman into his home on Kirkwood to make a phone call. He left […]
Brandon Twp.-A combination of high unemployment and multitudes of working poor has at least one local school official concerned for some Brandon area youth. ‘I’ve seen a lot more homeless teens staying behind with friends after their parents moved out of state to find work,? said June Wuopio, Sherman Lifelong Learning Center director of community […]
GROVELAND TOWNSHIP LEGAL NOTICE The following is the fee schedule for establishing the proper charge for a Freedom of Information Act request under Public Act 441 of 1976. 1. Duplication: A. COPIES Commercial facility to be used (large plans site building) per commercial cost per page OR Township-owned copier: 2 copies $ 2.50 3-10 5.00 […]