Brandon Twp.- Rex needs a home. The 4-year-old Irish wolfhound had a loving home just two months ago with a couple in their early 60s. Then the wife was involved in a severe car accident in which she nearly died. She has made a miraculous recovery, but her doctor will not allow her to bring […]
Brandon Twp.- Marie Manion faces a dilemma if the district only offers bus transportation to students? home schools next year. ‘Do I increase the risk of safety and exposure to high school student behaviors that my elementary children observe on a daily basis at school and get busing, or, do I send my children to […]
The Brandon High School junior Jessica Laviolette took the grand prize at the 2005 Michigan Science Fair and won a $20,000 scholarship to Kettering University. Last month, Laviolette won the grand prize at the Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit, as well as seven other first place awards. Her project, ‘Rapid Production of Ethanol […]
Brandon Twp.- Calling all crafters: Get ready. After a five-year break, the Brandon Boutique is coming back. The local one-day craft fair will return this fall. ‘I feel good about bringing this back,? said Brandon Recreation Director Fred Waybrant. ‘It will be good for that time of the year. There is a lot of Christmas […]
Donations are being sought for the 2005 Senior Lock-In, planned for May 26 at Brandon High School. The all-night party is in honor of graduating seniors, is drug and alcohol-free and is hosted by parents of the graduates. Donations of cash or promotional items are appreciated. Details: (248) 627-1822.
Two local high school students recently received nominations for prestigious military academies from U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (MI-08). Alexander Pollack, a Brandon Township resident and Oxford High School senior, was nominated, and accepted, to West Point. ‘I was really excited when I got the nomination and got in, because it’s tough to get into,? said […]
Groveland and Brandon township residents turned out to vote May 3 in numbers that doubled and tripled the amount of voters from the election a year ago. For the Brandon school election, in which D’Anna Keeble was chosen for a seat on the school board and two millages were passed, 1,170 Brandon Township residents voted. […]
Local churches and schools are answering the global pleas to assist victims of an earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12. According to news reports, the quake registered a magnitude of seven on the Richter Scale, killed an estimated 200,000 people, injured 250,000, and left 1.5 million homeless as buildings crumbled in the impoverished Caribbean nation. […]
Prior to Kathryn Remm and her fellow Navy Seabees? arrival in Kitgum, Uganda in October, the local hospital had only sheets hung to give new mothers privacy. The area high school’s dining facility had been out of operation for 15 years, with more than 1200 students from all regions within Africa and 42 teachers forced […]
Groveland Twp.- A man suspected in a strong armed robbery of Bueche’s Food World was caught with his pants down a short time later after a series of missteps. According to police reports, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies, as well as Michigan State Police troopers from the Groveland Post, were advised at about 1:06 a.m. […]