Brandon Twp.- Nutritionist Jeannie Richards often hears that it is difficult to eat healthy on a budget, because nutritious foods cost more. But eating well on a low income can be done, she says, with more time, awareness, and extra effort on the part of the consumer. ‘In the world we live in, (consumers) want […]
Brandon Twp.- A public hearing for the purchase of more than 50 acres of land using Brandon Fire Department funds could happen as soon as next month. More than seven months after a property acquisition committee was formed to study two pieces of property located off of M-15’one north of MacPhee’s Restaurant, the other south […]
Brandon Twp.- Marge Sisson never thought she would get a divorce. As she puts it, she was in it for good, ‘come hell or high water.? But when her husband, with whom she had shared her life for 32 years and had two children with, didn’t honor his marriage vows, she was the one to […]
Brandon Twp.- Hannah Schroll was admitted to the hospital 13 times when she was in first grade in the Holly Schools. She had to be intubated three times to enable her to breathe. Still, her life-threatening peanut allergy is difficult for some to understand. Her mother, Wendy Schroll recalls the time a child touched Hannah […]
Brandon Twp.- Robin Lemkie hunts ghosts. She has looked for, listened for, and tried to sense spirits in homes, businesses, and cemeteries as founder of Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan. She says that 90-95 percent of the time, she is successful in finding ghosts at places where she has been called to investigate the supernatural? […]
Brandon Twp.- Kris Mathews was surprised and in tears when several friends showed up on her doorstep last Wednesday, but the real surprise was behind them, in the driveway? an orange Dodge Charger limousine. For the past several months, Mathews? friends and family have been there for her as she has battled breast cancer. Now, […]
Brandon Twp.- Teresa DeGrazia can’t stand the Rugrats. The cable television cartoon teaches children bad behavior, exemplified by main character Angelica, says DeGrazia, who also doesn’t like Scooby-Doo or Tom and Jerry, cartoons she calls scary and violent, respectively. A parent educator with Great Parents, Great Start, DeGrazia will be the speaker at a free […]
Brandon Twp.- When Kay Hunt arrived in the United States 20 years ago, she remembers saying, ‘This is America?? in disbelief. Hunt and her cousin had just taken a 20-hour flight from Bangkok, in their native Thailand to Chicago, and then traveled to Kalamazoo, where they would both attend Western Michigan University. ‘We came in […]
In 1906, the Wright Brothers patented the airplane, the average U.S. wage was 22 cents per hour, there were 45 stars on the American flag, and 8,000 cars in the entire United States with only 144 miles of paved roads. The average U.S. life expectancy at that time was 47-years-old. On Wednesday, Nora Larsen will […]
Brandon Twp.- Ed and Mary Dolzynski are as busy as the bees they keep with their five-year-old business, Twins Honeybee Farm. Ed Dolzynski, a city boy who had a dream of being a farmer, bought 10 acres of land in Brandon eight years ago with wife Mary. Just three years later, the full-time UPS driver […]