Brandon Twp.- Library officials are examining what is involved in creating a district library, a move that would broaden their tax base and increase revenue by drawing in Groveland Township residents who live within the Brandon School District. The library board and Library Director Paula Gauthier will meet with Lance Werner, Library of Michigan legal […]
Tuesday, May 4 Resident on Thornehill Trail called in a suspicious circumstance after noticing their neighbor’s garage and car doors open in the middle of the night. An employee at Jeff’s Tire called police because he ‘was just verbally threatened? by a customer. Possible overdose on E. Burdick St. Wednesday, May 5 Resident on W. […]
‘Why do we need to pray? I don’t think I need to tell you. The Bible commands us to pray.? Host Mark Gilman used that question to remind various community members why they had gathered at St. Daniel’s Catholic Church to celebrate the National Day of Prayer on May 6. Clarkston’s celebration was just one […]
Watch for the Brandon Township library’s newsletter Sequels in the Nov. 17 issue of The Citizen. The newsletter will be published four times a year and delivered to your home inserted in The Citizen newspaper. The next issue will include programming and events for patrons of all ages for the months of December-February.
Sherman- Wudarcki- Sutton Post 582, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will present a Veterans Day program at 11a.m. on Nov.12 in the Ortonville Cemetery. A new brass plaque will be added to the Veterans Memorial in remembrance of PFC Joseph Miracle. The public is cordially invited to attend.
What better way to say ‘Happy Mother’s Day? then with a free throw contest and dribbling drills? More than 110 moms in red jerseys and sons in white gathered in the Clarkston Middle School’s gym on May 7 to spend a Friday evening sharpening their basketball skills at the Mother and Son Pistons Basketball Clinic […]
An 18-year-old Addison man is ‘lucky to be alive? following a head-on collision with a tree on Lakeville Road, between Lake George and Hosner roads, at about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Mark Elsarelli, a senior at Oxford High School, was travelling westbound on Lakeville Road at a speed of between 50 and 55 miles per hour […]
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and Sherman Publications invite local leaders to a municipal grant workshop. ‘There’s been a lot of interest in the grant process in Michigan, given the economic climate,? said Press Secretary Sylvia Warner. ‘This is something that might be helpful to communities.? The workshop is set for 1-5 p.m., Nov. 20, at […]
Brandon Twp.- Township officials will soon make a pitch regarding an increased recreation fee to their counterparts in Groveland Township. But whether it will be a hit remains to be seen. Township Supervisor Ron Lapp and the board of trustees plan to ask the Groveland Township Board to increase their $15,000 annual contribution to the […]
‘I just want to say, Clarkston rocks.? Clarkston Middle School principal Linda Foran was all smiles as she accepted Michigan’s Department of Education Blue Ribbon award during a special assembly on May 5 in the school’s gym. Attending the assembly was the middle school’s entire student body and staff members, as well as the board […]