Anyone who wants to vilify, malign, denigrate or otherwise speak ill of Lake Orion teachers will need first to take it up with Marion Ginopolis. That was the word from the district’s interim superintendent herself during a Feb. 23 response to issues that arose in the district’s run up to the Feb. 22 bond election, […]
Jim Weidman surprised at least a few people at last week’s board of education meeting when he took the proverbial bull by the horns and proposed a change many in the community have asked about. “I would like to recommend discussion and action’to move to November election date,” said Weidman, Lake Orion Community Schools Board […]
By Laura Colvin Review editor It was unanimous. The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education voted 7-0 last week to award Marion Ginopolis a two-year contract, including an annual salary of $151,366. ‘First thing tomorrow morning, I would like whoever is in charge of the website to take ‘interim? off Mrs. Ginopolis? name, please,? […]
Here’s what we asked the candidates this week: Did you support the Feb. 22 school bond proposal, yes or no? In 150 words or less, please explain your reasons and the process that led to your decision. Note: This question is not so much about who voted ‘yes? and who voted ‘no.? Rather, it uses […]
Talent took center stage Saturday at Lake Orion High School when 12 finalists, selected from dozens who auditioned last month for ‘Lake Orion’s Got Talent,? competed for a $1,000 grand prize. The event was a benefit for 1,000 Conversations about Mental Health in Lake Orion. Story and full results begin on page 1.
Fewer piles of junk and junky cars are dotting the landscape in Springfield Township since a new ordinance officer arrived in April to begin cleaning house. Greg Kazmeirski, who works 10-12 hours per week identifying and addressing ordinance violations, was hired when the township board acknowledged an ongoing problem. ‘He’s doing a very thorough and […]
About 300 athletes came from across Michigan’and several other states’to swim, bike and run through Clarkston during Sunday’s annual Craig Greenfield Memorial Tri and Du. The event, now in its fifth year, was created by Corey Greenfield in remembrance of her brother Craig, a 1986 Clarkston High School graduate who lost his battle with non-Hodgkin’s […]
Springfield Township voters pushed supervisor candidate Mike Trout and Clerk candidate Laura Moreau both to landslide victories in Tuesday’s primary election. Trout came in with 1,454’or 58.82 percent’of votes cast for three candidates in the supervisor’s race, while Moreau netted 1,120’or 46.43 percent’of votes among five candidates for clerk. Incumbent Treasurer Jamie Dubre was returned […]
Of three candidates opposing incumbent 52-2 District Court Judge Dana Fortinberry for the bench, only one proved to be a real challenge. When votes from all 51 precincts were tallied, 34-year-old Joe Fabrizio came out on top, claiming 6,205, or 38.01 percent, of the 16,324 votes cast. Fortinberry, who was first elected in 2002, netted […]
Second in a two-part series looking at the challenges facing Davisburg as business owners try to breathe new life into the downtown area Melissa Beznitz said she knows how newer business people feel as they tackle long-standing problems and work to bring customers to downtown Davisburg. As co-owner of the Candle Factory, Beznitz was once […]