By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer It’s still summer vacation but it’s not too early to at least think about back to school. The Ortonville Community Emergency Fund has kicked off their annual school supplies drive for the Brandon School District. “We are helping over 200 kids, and we’re really shy,” said St. Anne’s Christian Service […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Recently, residents of Ortonville and Brandon Township have voiced their concerns with burning in the village and township. “Some of the things you can’t burn, rubber, plastics, shingles, tires, treated lumber, painted wood, rail road ties, wet leaves, furniture, cardboard, garbage, manufactured building products, wet green grass, pretty much anything […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Police are cracking down on speeders in Ortonville and Brandon Township. “I can tell you that while this construction has been going on, just within the village within a 12 hour period, we wrote 43 tickets,” said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Brandon substation commander Lt. Greg Glover. “That is a […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer “Quoth the Raven never more.” The mournful poetic quote of Edger Allen Poe from “The Raven” has inspired make-up artist Alexandria Bishop to create a look that could soon pay off. Bishop, a 2011 Brandon High School graduate, will fly to California with five other finalists for the NYX face […]
Sue Nassar’s garden is one of the gardens featured on the Goodrich Garden Walk on July 28. Her garden will also feature a market place for garden art, such as the piece pictured here. Tickets are available now for the garden walk. Photo by Patrick McAbee
The door slams. The clock starts. The time begins to run out. Sounds like the beginning of a scene out of a movie right? Quite the opposite. At 4 p.m., Aug 3, the Ortonville Community Historical Society will be hosting an escape room or a team puzzle challenge where groups of people work together to solve puzzles […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The lunch prices at Brandon High School and Middle School will be going up this fall. At the board of education on July 16, the board unanimously voted to raise the price of lunches for the high school and middle school by .25 cents, and raise the price of a […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Harvey Swanson Elementary School has a new principal, as approved by the Brandon Board of Education on Monday night. Starting in the next school year, current k-8 curriculum director Debbie Brauher will be the Harvey-Swanson principal, replacing Andy Phillips who left the district to take a different position in Traverse City. “I […]
A 43-year-old Brandon Township man is jailed following a sexual assault investigation involving a 15-year-old victim. On July 16 Shawn David McGrath was arraigned at 52-2 district court in front of Magistrate Raguso on six felony counts. He was given a $500,000 cash surety bond no 10 percent with a GPS tether. Three counts for […]
At 12:59 p.m., July 15, Brandon deputies along with the Brandon Township Fire Department responded to a motorcycle-automobile crash on North Ortonville Road near Wolfe Road. A 2002 Honda VT750 was traveling southbound on N. Ortonville Road when the operator, a 38 year old Oxford Township resident, collided with a Buick Enclave that was making a […]