Hello, Geraldo? Oh, never mind

It was not nearly as elaborate or hyped as when reporter Geraldo Rivera opened legendary gangster Al Capone’s secret Chicago vault on live television in 1986, but the results were about the same ? no bodies, no treasure, just junk. Members of the fire department, township clerk’s office and the local media gathered Dec. 18 […]

Merry Christmas from OAYA!

There was plenty of Christmas cheer to go around Friday night as Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance hosted its annual holiday party for a group of deserving kids and their families. Laughter and fun filled Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Oxford Village as the kids ate pizza, shopped for gifts for their family members and […]

Wienermobile makes a holiday pit-stop

Oscar Mayer’s has a way to attract the crowds with a giant hot dog on wheels. Hot-dogger Mike Heng and his copilot took the big dog for a spin last week and ended up at the Hollywood Market in Lake Orion. Him and his crew of hot-doggers have been driving all over the northeast the […]

Student to work behind the scenes for all-star game on NBC

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer On’January 3, at 1 p.m.’America will get a sneak peak of the country’s future college and professional football players on NBC, and Lake Orion High School senior Riley Bussell will be behind the scenes, producing the show. She was one of four broadcast students in the nation selected to […]

At the end of the year, it is time to reflect

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 2014 will soon become a memory and 2015 is on the horizon. Many of you may be thinking about New Year’s resolutions and hopefully you keep them. Here is a review of The Review’s great and not-so-great happenings in 2014. The week will include the first six months of […]

Student to work behind the scenes for all-star game on NBC

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer On’January 3, at 1 p.m.’America will get a sneak peak of the country’s future college and professional football players on NBC, and Lake Orion High School senior Riley Bussell will be behind the scenes, producing the show. She was one of four broadcast students in the nation selected to […]

Mother of slain Kroger clerk to undergo evaluation

By C.J. Carnacchio Oxford Leader Editor ROCHESTER HILLS ? For a woman accused of a double homicide and facing the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison, Sylvia Marie Majewska was preoccupied with the fact she didn’t have her eyeglasses. Twice the 65-year-old Addison woman brought it up while answering questions posed […]

Powers is leading the nation in green technology

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Last night, while Powers Distributing delivered around 24,000 cases of beer, drivers saved about 7.4 million tons of carbon emissions from being released into the atmosphere. Just one of their hybrid delivery tractor saves the world from 53 million tons of carbon emissions over seven years. They have 20. […]

P.H.A.S.E.S. gives older students life skills and local careers

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Skills are easy to come by if you are a student in the Lake Orion P.H.A.S.E.S. class. From financial to fitness, house maintenance to business, students aged 18 to 26 will learn how to prepare their own meals, fold and put away their clothes, hold a steady job and […]

Christmas is better in a Lion’s basket

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer At 1:30 p.m. on a Friday eve, Mary Rodgers was shocked her team of volunteers had (almost) completely finished packing up Christmas boxes for local seniors. In years past packing up the Christmas Basket Program goody-bags had lasted into the wee hours of early evening, but the Lions Club […]