Brandon Twp.-Brandon High School Senior Jon Oehm is just fine with the free drug and alcohol screening kits now available at the sheriff substation. But some of his friends may not be. ‘A lot of my friends wouldn’t like it because some of them do drugs,? said Oehm, adding that he doesn’t do drugs, he […]
Brandon Twp.-Two Brandon High School exchange students? lives look quite different now than they did six months ago. In South Korea, Sinae Park lived on the 25th floor of a 27-floor building, attended school six days a week? most days until 9 p.m., and didn’t have any friends who could drive. In Thailand, Ploipailin Pungvongsanuraks […]
Groveland Twp.? The kilts were a flyin? Tuesday at Fire Station #2. Ballet, tap and jazz dance schools may be better known, but Ann Miller is working to preserve Scottish culture through the Miller School of Highland Dance. ‘Being that we’re not in Scotland, but there are a lot of people from Scotland here, it’s […]
Brandon Twp.-Tim Carlton was a small-town boy but he made it to Washington, D.C. in a big way recently when he attended two events surrounding the inauguration of President George W. Bush. The former township resident, now a U.S. Navy petty officer second class was surprised when he received an invitation to go to a […]
Brandon Twp.-Segregation has been illegal for decades. But on Jan. 20, a third grade class at Harvey-Swanson Elementary experienced it. After discussing how many groups of minorities were deprived of rights in the past, Suzanne McGill-Anderson divided her students into ‘bunnies? and ‘bears.? Bunnies were integrated. They received all of their normal privileges and rights […]
Brandon Twp.-After an accident in which he rolled his vehicle over twice, an Ortonville man is looking for the ‘three angels? who rescued him. David Clasman, 81, was driving westbound on Oakwood Road near Sashabaw Road around 8 p.m. on Jan. 10 when he hit a patch of black ice and slid down an embankment […]
Brandon Twp.- Edward LaDouceur, a township constable and resident for more than 30 years, died Jan. 21. He was 64. LaDouceur was first elected township constable in November 1972 and was still constable at the time of his death, having never lost an election. As constable, LaDouceur was a process server for the township. He […]
Brandon Twp.’Colleen Stringer is known as ‘the treasure hunter? at the Brandon Township Library. ‘X? marks the spot in the local history room for Stringer, whose official title is adult services librarian. The small room contains scrapbooks, history books, old newspaper articles, yearbooks, old records of dog tags and board meetings and even a photocopied […]
Groveland Twp.-Sunshine is hard to come by during a Michigan winter, but a bright spot can be found at Tranquility Spa. Newly relocated to 250 N. Ortonville Road a grand reopening has been set for Jan. 28-30. The spa has three tanning beds, in rooms named Blue Lagoon, Sunset Beach and Turtle Island. Spa manager […]
Brandon Twp.-Neither snow nor cold nor even her birthday can deter Brandon High School junior Ashley Mankosa from her goal of collecting money to help victims of the tsunami. On New Year’s Eve, just days after the Dec. 26 disaster that claimed more than 225,000 lives and left thousands more injured and homeless in Asia, […]