Intoxicated man arrested after discharging assault rife, handgun in home
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- A 32-year-old township man who fired multiple rounds from a handgun and assault-type rifle inside his home while intoxicated has been arraigned on misdemeanor charges. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office report, Brandon deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Lancelot Lane after it […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp .- It was a steady stream of voters Tuesday afternoon at Fire Station #2 in the township, and exit polling showed many had cast their ballot for Donald Trump, the Republican nominee and eventual president-elect. Mary Smith voted for Trump mostly because she didn’t want his opponent, Hillary […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-The school board approved a 2 percent wage restoration for teachers, as well as a $15,000 stipend for the superintendent during their Oct. 17 meeting. The 2 percent increase to current teacher salaries followed a 1 percent increase or step increase granted to educators last year, and still leaves […]
Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp. – Need an escape from politics? Brandon High School students and Play Director Jeff Malicke present “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” with performances at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17, 18, and 19 at the Performing Arts Center, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. “It’s a spoof on suspense, mystery, thriller, […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– The “rigging” of the presidential election, a danger suggested by some in the days leading up to Tuesday’s vote, is not anything that will happen here in the township. Township Clerk Candee Allen explained some of the measures used to ensure a safe and successful democratic process, much […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- Voters in precinct 6 in the village will not cast their ballots at the Old Town Hall on Tuesday. Instead, get out and vote at the Edna Burton Senior Center, 345 Ball St. After decades of voting at the Old Town Hall at the corner of Church and Mill […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Groveland Twp.- The township could be a recreation mecca in the future if all goes according to businessman Steve Nannoshi’s plans, which are “100 percent” in synchronization with what Supervisor Bob DePalma envisions. “We want to brand Dixie Highway as the Dixie Byway,” said DePalma on. “It’s a Route 66 […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– took very different paths when they graduated from Brandon High School nearly a quarter of a century apart— he in 2000, she in 1976. Quisenberry went on to graduate from West Point, then entered the U.S. Army, serving as an infantry officer for the Airborne Rangers from 2004-2012, […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– A driver who was distracted by his cell phone rear-ended a police vehicle at 50 mph last weekend in the township. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputy, 29, suffered a concussion and was also treated for head, neck, back, shoulder and knee injuries at the hospital, from which […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– When Vicky Berney’s husband broke his back and was out of work for months, with no income as they waited for a workman’s comp case to be settled, she wondered how she was going to feed their four children, as well as a nephew in their custody. She […]