By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- As graduation approaches and a season of parties begins, school officials and concerned citizens are hoping to prevent tragedy amid joyous celebrations. Parents and community members are invited to attend a town hall meeting to increase the understanding and awareness of underage drinking and its consequences, and to […]
Brandon Twp.- They don’t like the bread, they love s’mores, the bonfires are better, the dancing is risque, and the people are very open and friendly. These were some of the conclusions about the United States reached by three foreign exchange students after spending all or half of the school year here. Julia Barta, 17, […]
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a 2-part series about the Peace Corps. To view the first story, ‘The Peace Corps: Area mom reflects on El Salvador,? visit www.thecitizenonline.com. When Ryan LaPrairie joined the Peace Corps in 2006, he never imagined he would have to defend his two-room, mud brick house in Ghana, […]
Ortonville- A parade, ceremony and a fly-over are planned to honor veterans on Memorial Day, May 26. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 582 is hosting the event. Lee Stewart, VFW member, said Memorial Day has been observed in this community since the 1870s, after the founding of the Grand Army of the Republic post, […]
On Memorial Day, there will be flags placed on each of the 416 graves of veterans buried in the Ortonville Cemetery. Beginning this year, those flags will be paid for by Groveland Township, within whose boundaries Ortonville Cemetery lies. Previously, under a verbal agreement with the Ortonville Cemetery Association, Brandon Township paid for the flags. […]
Brandon Township police personnel took seven honors at the annual awards ceremony for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office on May 12 at the Board of Commissioners Auditorium in Pontiac. Detective Chris Pacholski was named Investigator of the Year; Sgt. Pete Burkett and Deputies Mike Garrison and James Saunders were cited for professional excellence; Deputies James […]
A Chicago website helped put Brandon Township on the map nationally. Brandon High School seniors Ahmad Dandachi and Chelsea Perry won first place in the web applications event at the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference held May 7-9 in Reno, Nev. They were competing against 20-30 teams from 15 different states. ‘I was […]
Brandon Twp.- The petitions are in and there will be 18 candidates for the Brandon Township Board on the August primary ballot. Eleven people are seeking four trustee spots, while three people are seeking the supervisor position, two seek the clerk position and two seek the treasurer position. With the exception of two candidates, all […]
Brandon Twp.- Kim Kress-Stoddard describes her husband, Steve, as a workaholic. The couple has been married five years and between them, they have five children. Steve has been working three jobs to make ends meet every month. But after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer last month, the family is learning to live […]
Kammron Myles looks and acts like a normal baby. On a recent Tuesday morning, the curly-haired, sturdy 10-month-old with the big brown eyes smiles and reaches for a toy truck on the floor in his aunt’s home in Groveland Township as sunshine streams in through a window. There are no signs that anything is wrong. […]