By Dan Shriner Review Editor There is a non-descript warehouse factory on Silverbell Road in Orion Township that few residents, outside of its employees and the region’s auto companies, had heard about until recently. This world-class facility became known a couple of weeks ago when Governor Rick Snyder announced that Fuyao Automotive North America, located […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Road construction scheduled this summer will improve three different problematic areas in Orion Township. Asphalt resurfacing began on Joslyn Rd., from Waldon to Clarkston, on May 5. The Road Commission of Oakland County will lay an additional one and a half inches of asphalt to the road surface utilizing […]
By Leslie Batoha Review Special Writer For Matt Pfeiffer, Northern Flooring has always been about the community. Building for the community, providing for the community, and now inspiring the community. This year, Pfeiffer chose to renew Northern Flooring and Interiors’ sponsorship of Design For A Difference, a nationwide competition put on by the International Design […]
By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer After spending seven hours in school, students may tackle a part-time job and athletics on top of homework and studying. What their parents and peers might not realize is what additional struggles they are facing. Last Tuesday and Thursday, high school students were given the chance to participate in […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer First grade teacher Michele Smyth shops for school supplies with grants. She has won more than $7,000 for 17 grants in the last five years for her Webber Elementary classroom, which is flourishing in books, enrichment activities, media tools, I-pads, phonics games, digital cameras, quiz cards? All she has […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Downtown Lake Orion will be glowing with spring colors and art this weekend for the 14th annual Lake Orion Flower and Art Fair. Between 65 and 70 venders will bring plants, art and home goods including some downtown businesses that will offer booths, beer and other services for the […]
Folks are encouraged to leave a little something extra for those less fortunate next to their mailbox on Saturday, May 10 as the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) conducts its 22nd annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive across the country. Mail carriers from the Oxford and Lake Orion post offices, along with volunteers, will […]
If $500,000 in state funding doesn’t come through to fix a badly-deteriorated stretch of W. Burdick St., commonly known as cemetery hill, the Oxford Village Council could decide to issue capital improvement bonds to pay for the project. Village Manager Joe Young said he authorized the municipality’s bond counsel to draft a resolution for council […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor It takes a lot more than wearing a 10-gallon hat and a pair of leather boots to be a real cowboy. Just ask Stephen Stiteler when has a free moment between roping steers on the amateur rodeo circuit. Over the weekend, the 28-year-old Oxford resident competed in the Super Kicker […]
Roger and Cathy Hurst know the pain of losing a baby. But they also know what it’s like to have a support system in place to help them move on with their lives. That’s why the Oxford couple is so devoted to raising funds and awareness for Tomorrow’s Child, a nonprofit group that supports parents […]