Brandon Twp.- A 9-year-old Davisburg boy died May 30 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Nicholas Michael Walls was riding a Yamaha TT R-90 dirtbike at about 1:39 p.m. Memorial Day on his grandfather’s property on Victorian Drive when he struck a barbed-wire fence and was ejected from the motorcycle, said Oakland County Sheriff’s […]
Brandon Twp.- A fire that began in the loft area of a barn at the corner of Davison Lake Road and Hollyhock Road is under investigation. The barn’s owner was at a neighborhood party around 3 a.m. May 29 when he saw smoke coming from his barn down the road. He attempted to hold it […]
Ortonville- Apryl Laurin and Tyson Cypher rescue unwanted items and remake, revive, or restore them into desired, unique, and whimsical home d’cor. The co-owners of The Local Relic, 417 Mill St., have made it their mission to fill their new shop with upcycled and repurposed items. ‘We do trash to treasure,? said Laurin, who opened […]
After a long, strange campaign season, election day arrived Tuesday with few surprises locally. As predicted in polls, Republican John McCain lost the general election to Democrat Barack Obama, but still won the majority of votes in this area, which is traditionally a Republican stronghold; and five local candidates were defeated easily when they ran […]
Brandon Twp.- Month after month, Judy Henley watches the number of people requesting help feeding their families increase. In August, about 80 families visited the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund’s food pantry. In September, that number jumped to 110. By the end of last month, it was up to 124 families. ‘Each month is the most […]
Brandon Twp.- Off to see the wizard? You can be at 7 p.m., Nov. 21 and 22 as ‘Wizard of Oz? takes the stage at the Brandon High School Performing Arts Center, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. A cast of 30 will bring to life Director Cathy Ciesielski’s adaptation of Frank Baum’s beloved book, ‘The Wonderful […]
Brandon Twp.-Ed Burns hated school. With a passion. He was ‘half-way decent? in math although he had a difficult time with all of his classes. He played football and basketball, but eventually was kicked off the team because of his grades. He failed the first semester of ninth grade. Although he was passing the next […]
Brandon Twp.- A little rearranging and a little more space equals more little ones for Stepping Stone Child Development Center. The center, which offers childcare for infants and toddlers, as well as preschool for young children, has a new classroom that will separate babies and toddlers for part of their day. ‘This way we don’t […]
Several local candidates won in landslides or were unopposed in Tuesday’s election, leaving few close races. After polls closed at 8 p.m., election workers in Brandon Township were on the phone at the clerk’s office as race results began rolling in. The numbers were subsequently posted precinct by precinct on a long sheet taped to […]
Michigan weather is notoriously unpredictable. This has been glaringly evident in the past few weeks in this area as temperatures swung from the high 70s early in the month down to freezing in the early morning hours of May 13. Area fruit crops seem to have escaped damage from the fickle weather. At Middleton Berry […]