Donations are being sought for the 2005 Senior Lock-In, planned for May 26 at Brandon High School. The all-night party is in honor of graduating seniors, is drug and alcohol-free and is hosted by parents of the graduates. Donations of cash or promotional items are appreciated. Details: (248) 627-1822.
Brandon deputies terminated two high-speed chases led by the same suspect last week, but ultimately caught up with the man at his township residence. David John Daly, 45, was arraigned April 2 on two counts of fleeing and eluding, third degree, a felony, as well as driving while license suspended. According to police reports, deputies […]
Brandon Twp.- Recreation is ‘standing tall? in the township. This is how Fred Waybrant assesses the current state of the department he manages, which has been through plenty of challenges in the last few years, including a cut of two-thirds of the staff, elimination of an annual $15,000 funding contribution from Groveland Township, and a […]
“My name is Lisa, but once upon a time, my name was Ivanna, and I was an orphan living in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine.” This is the opening line of Lisa Jankowski’s essay ‘My Heroes that Saved My Life,? which was chosen as the first place winner from Goodrich Middle School entries in the […]
Dustin McClellan accepted an invitation to hop on a bus 15 years ago, a decision he believes changed the course of his life. McClellan was a 7-year-old Pontiac kid living with his single mother and older brother in a home with drugs and alcohol when Pastor John Gunn invited him to get on the bus […]
A 34-year-old Brandon Township resident who chased after a woman fleeing from him and was witnessed striking her in the snow before dragging her back to their shared home has been arraigned on multiple charges. Toby James McCoy was arraigned March 7 on one count of felonious assault and one count of domestic violence, third […]
Groveland and Brandon township residents turned out to vote May 3 in numbers that doubled and tripled the amount of voters from the election a year ago. For the Brandon school election, in which D’Anna Keeble was chosen for a seat on the school board and two millages were passed, 1,170 Brandon Township residents voted. […]
The 44-year-old man whom police are calling ‘the funeral bandit? arrived back in Michigan Wednesday after having fled to Colorado. Todd Lloyd Griffin was expected to be arraigned on a probation violation charge April 4, with numerous charges in numerous jurisdictions to come in the weeks ahead, said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Dale Miller. […]
Consumers Energy will extend gas mains in Brandon Township again this year, as well as Atlas Township, but not as far as they originally planned. With the passage of two deadlines, the public utility did not meet the 50 percent overall participation goals for either project, meaning the extensions will encompass only areas that did […]
Since the August primary, 369 Brandon Township residents have become new registered voters. Township Clerk Jeannie McCreery expects to process another 100 applications that arrived prior to the Oct. 6 deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election. ‘I have never officially compared in the past, but I can tell (new registrations are) […]