By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer After attending three clinics, seven golf games and instructions from PGA golf professionals, the Paint Creek Junior Golf program wrapped up their season championship outing last week. Waking up at the crack of dawn and teeing off as early as 8 a.m., the golfers are dedicated to becoming better […]
By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer Last Friday, community members came out to Leo’s Coney Island to raise and donate money for Taylor Woityra, who suffers from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Woityra was found to have Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after having a baby in December. Since then, the family has struggled with medical and living expenses. This summer, […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Alan Raynor had his work cut out for him during the Michigan Senior Olympics (MSO) this past week at Lake Orion High School, however the defending state titleholder persevered. ‘I must have been in a bit of a fog because I fouled on all four tries,? Raynor said of […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Ninety-six years ago a veteran was born whose service is now set in stone in Lake Orion. U.S. Army 38th’Combat Engineer James Culverhouse Sr., a man said to never cuss, was honored Thursday, August 14 at the Orion Veteran’s Memorial. Veterans saluted Culverhouse Sr. as they unveiled his honorary […]
Excessive noise. Foundation-rattling vibrations. Wear and tear on the road. These are some of the ills the Oxford Village Council is hoping to cure via a proposed ordinance amendment that would impose weight and time restrictions for truck traffic on W. Burdick St. The idea appears to have lots of support among residents who live […]
Oxford Community Schools is now officially ‘out of the red? and into the yellow, according to the Michigan Department of Education’s Accountability Scorecard released last week. ‘This is the state’s second year of this model of scoring and we made quite a few improvements,? said Chief Academic Officer Dr. James Schwarz. The scoring is based […]
Effective Oct. 1, water and sewer customers in Oxford Village will experience a large increase in their monthly bills as the municipality seeks to stop losing money and start covering its costs for those utilities. Last week, council voted 4-1 to adopt ordinance amendments that charge water and sewer users a flat, monthly base rate […]
A small residential development proposed to be built in the southwestern portion of Oxford Township will be the subject of a 7 p.m. public hearing before the planning commission on Thursday, Aug. 28 at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center (28 N. Washington St.). White Pine Estates is the name of the proposed development and […]
Scott Woody never achieved his dream of becoming a teacher, officially, but he was one in every sense of the word. From February 2003 to November 2012, he played a pivotal role educating students as a tutorial assistant with Oxford High School’s successful automotive program. ‘He made it almost a personal mission to see (to […]
Addison Township’s fire department is nearly halfway to its goal of raising enough funds to purchase a life-saving piece of emergency medical equipment. Thanks to the generosity of the Four County Community Foundation, based in Almont, and Precision Pipeline, based in Wisconsin, the department has $7,500 to put toward the purchase of an Auto Pulse […]