Brandon Twp.- Bob Porter likes stone. The owner of Landscape Artisan, LLC specializes in it, particularly dry stone masonry, in which structures are held together only with skill of the craftsman and gravity. Last year Porter traveled to Mallorca, an island of Spain located in the Mediterranean Sea, with other members of the Stone Foundation […]
Applications are now available at the Brandon High School counseling office for 2008 Ortonville Lions Scholarships. Applicants must be a 2008 high school graduate and a resident of the Brandon School District. Deadline for applications is Friday, April 11. Details: 248- 677-2338.
The recount in the Oxford Township Clerk’s race between 32-year incumbent Clara Sanderson and challenger Patti Durr is happening today in a room at the township parks and recreation offices. Sanderson beat Durr in the Aug. 3 Republican primary by a margin of 969 to 934. Because the race was so close, Durr said she […]
Brandon Twp.- Deputies responded to 5,787 calls for service in the township in 2011, only a slight increase from the year before. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Pete Burkett, Brandon substation commander, recently released the 2011 year-end sheriff’s report. ‘It’s a good report,? said Burkett. ‘We’re staying pretty steady, we had a slight increase in […]
Atlas Twp.- A local basketball coach battling cancer now has the support of some top college coaches. In March 2011, Goodrich Junior Varsity Basketball Coach Dave Barns learned he had cancer. Recently friends of the family put up a billboard to demonstrate support for the Barns family and to let the community know help is […]
Brandon Twp.- The library needs boardmembers willing to serve a 4-year term. As of last week, only one petition had been picked up at the clerk’s office to run in the November election. Six spots are available on the library board. Five of the current boardmembers have announced they will not run again when their […]
The Oxford Public Library Friends (OPLF) is hosting its fall membership meeting on Monday, Sept. 20. The meeting will be held at the Oxford Public Library on Pontiac St. in Meeting Room A-2 and will begin at 7 p.m. We value the thoughts and ideas of our community ‘friends? and invite all Friends members and […]
Tickets for the Oxford Women Club’s annual fashion show at the Addison Oaks Conference Center are on sale now through Sept. 29. This year’s show will take place on Wednesday, October 13. Doors open at 6 p.m. so ladies can shop among the wide variety of vendors selling jewelry, clothes, purses and much, much more. […]
Goodrich- At 6 p.m., April 23 the board of education is expected to vote on the future of the Schools of Choice program for the 2012-13 school year. On Monday, board members, teachers, and school administration deliberated for more than three hours in a special meeting on how to proceed with a growing Schools of […]
To help support the 150th anniversary celebration of the Christ Lutheran Church congregation on August 17, a garage sale will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., April 19 at the church, 5245 S. Hadley Road, Goodrich. Donations are still being accepted, no clothing please. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will be supplementing the sale. Details: 810-797-4602.