Existing home sales declined in both Brandon and Groveland townships while rising slightly in Atlas Township in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2007, according to a report issued by Realcomp Data Services. The average sales price dipped by about 6 percent in both Atlas and Brandon townships but […]
Woodie Flowers Award Anthony Lapp, 27, a Groveland Township resident and 1999 Brandon High School graduate, recently earned the Woodie Flowers Award for the Detroit Regional. The award is presented to an outstanding mentor participating in each of the FIRST Robotics regional competitions. Students select and write about a person on their team who best […]
The following is public information from official documents, including written statements, handwritten eyewitness accounts, court recordings and press releases from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department substation, Brandon Township, and the Michigan State Police post in Groveland Township. Slasher on loose On Aug. 18 a Juniper resident reported that someone slashed the rear tire on her […]
Years of frustrations for the Oxford boys lacrosse team have all but disappeared as the squad has already won three games in the early part of the season, after winning only four games in the prior four years. First-year Coach Greg Normand and his team have started the season 3-1 with victories over Waterford, Anchor […]
Don’t call the inaugural win for the Oxford girls lacrosse team beginners luck. The girls won their first game of the new varsity sport recently, but many of them are not rookies and all of them are excellent athletes. According to Coach Andrew Bausack, many of the girls played lacrosse as a club sport for […]
Hadley golf scramble The Hadley Lions Club-Hadley Chamber of Commerce 12th annual golf scramble will be held Sept. 12 at Hadley Acres. Tee time: 8:30 a.m. Cost: $65 per person; four-person teams. For an application, call (810) 797-4531. GOB dance enrollment Fall enrollment for GIB dance classes will be held 10 a.m. to noon or […]
Road rage On March 19, a Brandon deputy was dispatched to the Brandon Bus Garage, 817 S. Ortonville Road, for a report of assault and battery. The complainant said he and a friend were walking alongside the driveway when a van with two occupants yelled at them to get out of the road. Words and […]
It was not a good way to start the season for the Brandon girls basketball team. After staying within striking distance of visiting Waterford Kettering in their season opener Aug. 24, the wheels came unglued for the Blackhawks in the second half, and the Captains routed the Blackhawks 71-38. Brandon coach Bryan Ray said he […]
Returning starters and senior leadership should be a great combination to help the Oxford baseball team have a solid season. Coach Jeff Willis said the team is returning four senior starters and a fifth senior also will start. The team is led by catcher and four-year starter, Kyle Hartwick. Other senior leaders are pitcher Matt […]
Ortonville- Isabela Llanso, 10, experienced snow for the first time last week, as well as Easter American-style. Isabela and her mother, Alejandra Monge, Costa Rican residents, were in the area for a few days to visit Kay and Lou Williams of Brandon Township and their daughter, Lisa LemMon of Goodrich. Monge was an exchange student […]