Tomorrow is the big day! We have waited, prepared, decorated, ate (and ate), celebrated and we are ready. After tomorrow the tree can come down, the decorations boxed for another year, we can go to the stores and return what we don’t want or what didn’t fit and, maybe, pick up some of the close-outs […]
Independence Elementary students were getting creative during their holiday parties last Thursday. The fifth graders in Mrs. Stevenson’s class were given ingredients and turned into chefs as they created a healthy snack and a sweet treat. The first graders were busy in the cafeteria decorating small gingerbread houses and trees made out of a waffle […]
Synopsis Regular Meeting Atlas Township Monday, December 15, 2014 At 7:00 P.m. Members Present: S. Kautman-jones, T. Onica, A. Moore, B. June, P. Major Members Absent: None The Board Took The Following Actions: 1) Regular Meeting November 18, 2014 Approved As Amended. 2) Special Meeting Public Hearing November 25, 2014 As Presented. 3) Received Treasurer’s […]
Dressed as a sheriff, Oxford resident Shannon Everhard (center) tries to wrangle her kids to take a photo as part of ‘The Way We Worked,? a Smithsonian traveling exhibition at the Oxford Public Library.
Members of the public who wish to address the Oxford Board of Education regarding an agenda item during a meeting will no longer have to arrange to do so three days in advance or wait until the end of the meeting to speak their piece. That’s because the school board voted unanimously Dec. 17 to […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Orion Township is facing a lawsuit after denying a proposed subdivision development at the Bald Mountain Golf Course. Pulte Homes, the potential developer and landowner, and Prieskorn Golf Enterprises filed the lawsuit against the township on December 18 in the Oakland County Circuit Court. The Prieskorn family has owned […]
Since 2008, Addison Township has continued to effectively meet its budgeted expenditures without having to raise taxes, according to Supervisor Bruce Pearson. It’s been that frugal mindset that has carried them forward. Pearson is looking for that trend to continue as he presented the board with an overview of the proposed 2015-16 budget. ‘I just […]
By Dan Shriner Review Editor Welcome to the second part of The Lake Orion Review’s 2014 looking back. In the second half of 2014, we would finally say goodbye to a long period of inclement weather, with an end to the cold spring and the cleanup after Evergreen Storm that brought damaging winds to the […]
Oxford High School is labeled as a ‘green school,? but due to recent budget issues, the school seems to becoming a shade less green. Since the beginning of the year, the recycling of plastic bottles has been a well discussed topic by administrators and the community. With an increase in cost, the school has decided […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer On January 7 the Orion Township Planning Commission and Township board will take a gander at another proposed Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) at the southeast corner of Baldwin and Maybee Roads. Orion Village Crossing, the proposed development, consists of 20 condominium styled units over 5.51 acres of vacant land. […]