The Brandon Blackhawks varsity football team improved to a perfect 2-0 record with a win on the road over the Clio High School Mustangs on Sept. 5. Dan Grost, sophomore running back for Brandon, scored on a 32-yard touchdown run and the extra point was kicked by Steve Cybulski, senior, in the third quarter of […]
Brandon Twp.- From ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? to ‘The Diary of Anne Frank,? to ‘Fried Green Tomatoes? and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,? the Brandon Book Club reads and discusses a wide variety of books. The club, created 10 years ago, selects 11 books every August and then reads one per month for the […]
Brandon Twp.- Township firefighters have voted against becoming a union department. All ten full-time firefighters voted in the election, with seven voting no on joining the International Association of Firefighters and three voting yes. ‘Obviously with the results of the election, the majority of the firefighters feel we have enough say in our future and […]
The video is startling. A man is depicted walking into what appears to be a large office building, occupied by dozens of workers. In the man’s hands is a large gun and as he aims at individuals in the lobby, shots and screams can be heard. People fall to the floor. Elsewhere in the building, […]
Brandon Twp.- New district boundaries are in place following the decision to reconfigure school buildings. The reconfiguration will be implemented in the fall and the parents of students who previously would have attended Belle Ann Elementary are invited to meet with the principals of Oakwood Elementary, Harvey Swanson Elementary and Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School at […]
A former Brandon Township man will spend at least the next 50 years in prison. The man, who repeatedly sexually assaulted his young daughter for several years in Brandon, was sentenced Jan. 22 by Sixth Circuit Court Judge Colleen O’Brien to serve 25 years in prison concurrently on four counts of criminal sexual conduct, first […]
Danell Duff had to beat the flu, 80-degree weather, exhaustion, and pain in order to arrive at the finish line of the 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon. If she had not already experienced and won a bigger battle, she may not have attempted the 26.2 mile race, held on Jan. 13 in Orlando, Fla., at […]
A former Brandon Township man will spend at least the next 50 years in prison. The man, who repeatedly sexually assaulted his young daughter for several years in Brandon, was sentenced Jan. 22 by Sixth Circuit Court Judge Colleen O’Brien to serve 25 years in prison concurrently on four counts of criminal sexual conduct, first […]
Brandon Twp.- It was a very special Christmas? in April? for Katie Hobson nine years ago. The Brandon Township resident, now 83, recalls a beautiful April day when she sat out in her yard, surrounded by all of her furniture, enjoying the weather. She watched as volunteers raked, planted flowers, gave her a new, larger […]
Ortonville? Village Manager Paul Zelenak could be the next Bloomfield Hills city manager’the decision however is contingent on several factors. First Alex Allie, current Huntington Woods city manager must decline the same Bloomfield Hills offer, say city officials. Bloomfield Hills Mayor Michael Zambricki called Zelenak in January, encouraging him to apply for the position, open […]