Brandon Twp.- This Christmas will be very different from any other Anastasia Mikahylova, 17, has experienced. For one, she will be celebrating the holiday on December 25 for the first time. Mikahylova, who is attending Brandon High School as a foreign exchange student this year, normally celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7 as an Orthodox Christian […]
A man who repeatedly sexually assaulted his young daughter for several years in Brandon Township will now spend at least the next 25 years in prison. Following a three-day trial in the courtroom of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Colleen O’Brien, a jury deliberated less than 90 minutes on Dec. 13 before finding the man, […]
Brandon Twp.? Rotting teeth. Needles shot into destroyed veins. Burned spoons. Grieving parents holding photos of their deceased children. Gravestones. These were the images that flashed upon two large screens in the darkened Brandon High School gymnasium Dec. 10 as several hundred students watched. Music from loud speakers filled the gym, including Eric Clapton’s song, […]
Brandon Twp.- Counted among Paul Vassal’s favorite Christmas traditions are two he does as a township firefighter? delivering fresh fruit to area group home residents, and shopping with under privileged children. He planned to enjoy the traditions this week. On Dec. 8, after Brandon firefighters assembled bags including bananas, oranges and apples at Fire Station […]
Brandon Twp.- Several hundred township residents will be receiving invitations in the mail next month, giving many a cause for possible celebration. Consumers Energy will be mail letters in January to more than 600 residences, inviting homeowners to a Jan. 19 meeting regarding phase two of the public utility’s gas main extension project in the […]
Brandon Twp.- Bill Dinnan ordered Enbridge, the company who plans to replace the Line 6B petroleum pipeline, and its subcontractors to stop work in September after they leveled dozens of trees in the township in violation of a woodlands ordinance. On Tuesday, the township’s building director found Enbridge subcontractors were clearing trees again along the […]
Brandon Twp.- A January election will determine whether full-time firefighters here become a union department. Terry Chesney, secretary-treasurer for the Michigan Professional Firefighters Union, a division of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), said he was approached in October by township firefighters interested in learning about the IAFF and what the process was to join. […]
Brandon Twp.- For most of 2012, township officials challenged Enbridge plans to replace the Line 6B petroleum pipeline, part of which runs through the township. Since the debate commenced here in the spring, there have been multiple meetings with attorneys, a violated woodlands ordinance by the multi-billion dollar company, a work stoppage ordered by the […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board unanimously approved recommended changes to buildings in the district during a special Dec. 3 meeting. Steve Gaynor of the Michigan Association of School Boards confirmed the recommendation he originally made to the board two weeks previously and then presented during a public forum on Nov. 26. The approved changes include […]
Brandon Twp.- Two months ago, a local teacher’s daughter died of a heroin overdose. ‘It’s the hardest thing ever,? says the teacher simply. The pain of losing her child will prevent her from reading a page from her daughter’s journal which she had hoped to do during the anti-drug presentation, ‘Chasing the Dragon,? set for […]