By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Sand volleyball courts, and possibly a basketball court may be coming to the township park, 1414 N. Hadley Road. During their Dec. 2 meeting, the township board approved a motion to apply for a grant that would fund two sand volleyball courts, a linking pathway and the necessary […]
Brandon Twp.- Most couples have several months to prepare for a baby. Matt and Lindsay Bailey had about six hours. The township couple’s son, Joshua Daniel Bailey, was born Nov. 22 with barely any advance notice to his parents, who were unaware Lindsay, 31, was pregnant. ‘We will have quite a story to tell him’he […]
Community members are invited to give input regarding attributes they would like to see in the next Brandon Schools superintendent during a community forum planned for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 11 at central office, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. The Brandon Board of Education has secured the services of the Michigan Leadership Institute to assist the […]
Groveland Twp.- Fires know no boundaries and those who fight fires will rush to help no matter where lines are drawn. The brotherhood that is firefighting was in abundant evidence Dec. 6, as three adjoining fire departments worked together to extinguish a massive blaze that destroyed a barn owned by the Fleming family at 445 […]
The family of a patient struggling with cancer, a therapeutic animal farm, and an organization that sends supplies to canines serving overseas in the military will be the recipients of funds raised by students and concerned community members during the Brandon High School Charity Week. The BHS Student Council selects a charity annually for which […]
Brandon Twp.- Last school year, more than half of all students at Oakwood Elementary, 55 percent, were eligible for free or reduced price school meals. Families must fall below a certain amount of household income to qualify for their children to receive free breakfast and lunch at school, and such a qualification is an indicator […]
Brandon Twp.- The results are in. About 35 citizens were in attendance at a town meeting Dec. 4, during which results of a downtown Ortonville consumer survey were announced. The Downtown Development Authority sent out 5,000 consumer surveys in an April edition of The Citizen to village residents, as well as residents of Brandon and […]
Brandon Twp.- After seven years as the township’s substation commander, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tim McIsaac has been reassigned. McIsaac, 48, will be the day shift traffic sergeant out of Pontiac. His last day as substation commander is Dec. 15. ‘I’ve been here seven years, no one else has been here more than five,? […]
Brandon Twp.- All Aimee Alban really wants for Christmas this year is for her husband to come home. But knowing that is not possible, she just wants him to be safe. She sits this early December morning in the kitchen of the home she grew up in, with 3-month-old daughter Gabriella in her arms and […]
Brandon Twp.-On Dec. 4, Brandon deputies were dispatched to the 3400 block of Kathleen Lake Road for a prowler complaint. The homeowner said he saw a subject looking in the window and found footprints in the fresh snow. The deputies followed them to several windows and then down the driveway and to several homes in […]