Members of the public attending Orion Township meetings can now videotape or make an audio recording of the meeting on their own. The Orion Township Board of Trustees adopted a policy at their March 17 meeting, which allows members of the public to tape meetings, to prevent disruption of a meeting or interference with the […]
It’s time to retire It was a surprise. Bill Waldo (left), who is retiring as an Orion Township Fire Department District Chief, wanted the occasion to be low key. That didn’t happen. His work with the fire department was recently acknowledged at the Firefighters Ball. Waldo, a firefighter for 28 years, has been a district […]
I realized while interviewing former financial director, Larry Gruber, that my job as a reporter for the school district has come full circle. I first starting covering school board meetings 12 years ago. Fred Snow was the school district superintendent. The school district had been going through some trying times. Passing bond issues was impossible. […]
Dear Editor, My name is Dee Lukas. I’m writing to clear up some questions regarding a letter that was printed in your paper and having my name as the author. I’m a God fearing 67 year old senior citizen. I’m a grandmother to six, soon to be seven grandchildren. I have never sent a letter […]
Dear Editor, What a joy it is to be writing to The Lake Orion Review! A good friend, Nancy Reemer Curnow, (former Lake Orion resident), sent me a copy of the Jan. 13 Review where the Looking Back column mentions my mother, Mary Okolovitch, winning $10,000 in the Michigan lottery. Mom actually won $50,000! She […]
The March 12 Review contained an article stating my support for Eric Wilson to replace myself on the Oakland County Commission. In fact, I’m not supporting anyone as several competent candidates have entered the race. True, early in the process I stated my support for Wilson but as he knows, I’m not endorsing anyone. Since […]
Monday, March 10, someone broke into Best Rate Refuse on Joslyn Road, taking numerous items. Items were stolen from a vehicle on Fairledge. A 17-year-old Axford Street man was cited for possession and use of marijuana on Joslyn. Items were stolen from a trailer at Waldon Middle School. *** Tuesday, March 11, an Erie Court […]
He’s been a Wildcat, and he’ll soon be a Golden Grizzly, but Jim McGraw will always be a Dragon at heart. After 32 years of teaching American Government and U.S. History at Lake Orion High School; and announcing for basketball, volleyball and, at times, football; McGraw will say goodbye to LOHS at the end of […]
Oxford’s newest resident Ashlyn Rose Danielle Helm came into this already fast-paced world racing through the interchange between south I-75 and east M-59. The daughter of Rusty and Lenise Helm was born Monday morning in the back of an American Medical Response ambulance making its way to Troy Beaumont Hospital. “I was just going with […]
An Oxford man, who has been listed on the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department’s Most Wanted List for almost two years, was finally apprehended by authorities on March 12, 2003, in Austin, Texas. Patrick Andrew LaFleur, 31, is accused of attacking and maiming an Oakland Township woman, including biting off her ear and trying to gouge […]