Coach Becky Graves said at the beginning of the year she intended for the Oxford Girl’s Basketball Team to face a tough non-league season – and she wasn’t kidding. The Lady Wildcats lost their first away game 62-34 to Crosswell-Lexington on Sept. 1. The Oxford cagers held on during the first period scoring 11 points […]
Dowtown Oxford was a sea of red, white, blue and black leather Sunday as approximately 600 motorcycles participated in the fourth annual 9/11 Memorial Run. Co-organized by Oxford resident ‘Tattoo’Bob Howell, the event netted about $12,500, which will be split 50/50 between the New York Police and Fire Widows? and Children’s Benefit Fund and the […]
Many area residents may have noticed a new, shiny blue sign in the Oxford Marketplace stating in bold letters ‘Physical Therapy? and wondered what new business is planting roots in Oxford. Well, here is the answer: the Clinic for Functional Physical Therapy. Functional Physical Therapy is an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic that focuses upon […]
A Park Island resident can’t understand why the Village of Lake Orion has such a high penalty rate for late charges on water bills. ‘I feel the late fee of 10 percent is totally unreasonable,? Howard Daenzer told village council members at their meeting on Aug. 23. Besides his residence, he owns four other pieces […]
It was a life-changing experience for Lake Orion resident Dave Stuursma. When President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush visited the Detroit area on Aug. 30-31, Stuursma was given the opportunity to be a part of the presidential motorcade that transported the President and First Lady, along with their support staff, to and […]
Blink and you probably would have missed her…if you even knew she was in town at all. Oprah Winfrey made a brief, surprise visit to the Orion Assembly Plant on Sept. 2, for a tour of the plant. No government officials or media were notified beforehand that she would be stopping by. ‘I can tell […]
BY ELAINE STIEB Lake Orion Review Editor People who support the activities of Orion Area Youth Assistance hope village officials will rethink not providing some funding this fiscal year. They would like $1,000. No money was budgeted for OAYA in the 2004-05 budget by Lake Orion Village Council members. According to OAYA’s Genny Wandrie, Orion’s […]
September 12 will be a memorable day for seven Lake Orion students, who will get to meet Sally Ride, the first US woman astronaut in space. Students Jessica LaBond, Alex Kelly, Lauren Zachrich, Jackie Steimel, Erinn Gustafson, Saleen Guest and Taylor Mergele have been invited to display a game they developed for the 2004 Toy […]
A 23-year-old Casemer Road man was arrested on Sept. 2 by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department on two charges each of felonious assault, domestic violence and attempted murder after he stabbed his mother and roommate with a screwdriver. According to an OCSD report, the man’s mother, a 56-year-old Kebble Lane woman, was called to the […]
When Lake Orion resident and 2004 Detroit Country Day graduate BJ Goodman started playing travel soccer nearly 10 years ago, he never dreamed the sport would be his ticket to a nearly free college education. Goodman, 18, has played for the Vardar soccer team since he was about eight years old, when he was encouraged […]