Is the government spying on us? That’s what Independence Township resident Gary Taylor wants to know. Taylor is concerned with recently installed cameras at several intersections in Independence Township. Taylor first noticed the new equipment on Dixie Highway and Maybee Roads on his way home from church. ‘I looked up and saw the cameras, walked […]
City manager Carol Eberhardt, as well as some residents, hope the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) does something about traffic issues in Clarkston. A walk-through scheduled with MDOT and Eberhardt was cancelled after MDOT officials told her representatives had already conducted a walk-through of Main Street. Issues with a cross walk on Sashabaw as well […]
Independence Township officials are asking for citizen comments about the Sashabaw and Dixie Highway corridors. Comments will be used to make decisions about the communities Master Plan. During a joint meeting with the Independence Township Board of Directors and the Planning Commission to review the Township’s master plan, comments made by local leaders were added […]
A mascot at the Big Boy Restaurant in Clarkston has been banned. Standing along Dixie Highway, the restaurant’s 12-foot-tall trademark is dressed up as a ghost until owner John Nannini figures out what to do with it. Nannini said this isn’t the first time the mascot has been targeted by Independence Township for violating a […]
Those of us in the acting profession hear those words regularly from a director attempting to extract perfection from a group of actors. It’s appropriate to utter similar words at the end of 2006 – a year of corporation downsizing and when many companies heard those ominous words, ‘lights out!? The year saw layoffs, outsourcing […]
A showdown for first place in the OAA II turned into a shootout, as the Dragons rallied for a third period lead, only to ultimately settle for a 6-all tie at home against Troy on Dec. 21. The Dragons had given up just six goals in their first six league games, which included two shutouts. […]
A power outage caused by heavy winds left some customers in the dark last Thursday night and into Friday morning. Areas of both Springfield and Independence Townships were affected. In Springfield Township about 2,000 customers lost power. Clarkston residents were a little luckier with only pockets of areas affected. A DTE Energy power outage map […]
Three individual state title winners and a slew of other fine performances capped the 2006 sports year in Lake Orion. Being how it’s difficult to rank athletes that play different sports, here is The Review’s list, in alphabetical order, of the top 15 (or so) athletes this past year… Josh Allison: The talented defensive lineman […]
With their highlight reel dunks, basketball players often serve as subjects on posters. Now the Lake Orion basketball program has been ‘posterized,? thanks to Johnston Photography in Oxford. An 11? X 17? poster captures all 11 team members, with the high school as the backdrop and the team’s schedule on the side. Dorothy Johnston said […]
The Clarkston School District’s budget is caught in what administrators are calling ‘the perfect storm.? As a result, drastic steps are being taken to avoid a further financial crisis. The first such step is the decision to cut $4 million from the 2007-08 budget, a move that will likely result in the loss of jobs […]