Local family, charities BHS beneficiaries

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 […]

Beating the odds:

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 Township Board OKs budget, pay hikes

Brandon Twp.- Township employees and elected officials will receive wage increases as part of the 2014 budget approved by the board during their Dec. 2 meeting. The board approved the township’s 2014 general fund budget by a 4-3 vote. Supervisor Kathy Thurman, Clerk Candee Allen, Treasurer Terri Darnall, and Trustee Bill DeWitt voted yes. Trustees […]

Adopt a family this Christmas

Brandon Twp.- On Tuesday afternoon, it was a true group effort to decorate the Christmas tree at the Nature’s Way Adult Foster Care Home. For some of the clients at this home that serves mentally and/or physically challenged adults, there might be no presents under the tree without the compassion of the community and the […]

Enbridge grant may add to Brandon Township park

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 […]

Surprise delivery

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 […]

Forum seeks input on next Brandon schools superintendent

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 […]

Brandon Township Library on administrative lockdown

Brandon Twp.- The library doors are open to patrons, but administratively, the building is on lockdown. ‘We can’t move forward until a forensic audit,? said Library Board Trustee Ann Schmid during the Nov. 25 library board meeting. ‘We have shut everything down administratively, the computers are literally unplugged. The state auditors have given no idea […]

‘Murder at the Old Mill?

Ortonville- You don’t have to be a detective to enjoy a good party. There will be a mystery to be solved when there is a Murder at the Old Mill, at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13, but it’s all in good fun, and for a good cause, and everyone is invited, regardless of your inclination […]

Area man arrested in CSC case

A Holly man has been charged in the molestation of his stepdaughter over the course of four years in the Sashabaw Meadows and Clarkston Lakes mobile home parks in Brandon Township. David G. Alvarado, 36, was arraigned Nov. 20 on two counts of criminal sexual conduct, second degree, in front of 52-2 District Court Judge […]

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