Lake Orion voters’ passage of a school bond proposal last year is requiring the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) to find a new home. Last week, the NOTA board formed a three-member real estate committee to search for a new facility to house its administrative offices, dispatch center and 21 vehicles. The transportation service’s current […]
More folks got where they needed to go in 2018 thanks to the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA). The transportation service provided 41,848 rides last year, which is 2,971 (or 8 percent) more than it did in 2017. Lynn Gustafson, director of NOTA, pointed out the number of rides has actually increased 23.6 percent since […]
While going over the 2019-20 budget for Addison Township on Jan. 14, the board of trustees voted to give themselves a slight pay bump for the next year in a unanimous 7-0 vote. The board members also got a 4 percent pay increase in 2018. All township trustees as well as the treasurer, clerk and […]
Oxford Village is seeking bids to resurface W. Burdick St. between Ashley Way and M-24. Sealed bids are due by 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18 at which time they will be publicly opened and tallied. For more information, see the public notice on Page 22. The village is planning to have the top 2 inches […]
“It seems to me that it’s an outdated method of governance.” Mark Smith, the Addison Fire Board’s chairman, wasn’t the only person to use the word “outdated” when talking about the fire board’s future, or lack thereof, in Addison Township and the Village of Leonard. At its Jan. 15 meeting, the fire board members voted […]
It appears businesses that want to extend their sales floor beyond the front door could soon be allowed to do so in Oxford Village. A proposed zoning ordinance amendment regarding outdoor display sales in the C-1 Transition district is headed for the village council, which has the final say. After discussing the issue for a […]
By Jim Newell — Lake Orion Review Editor The Share the Love Fashion Show, a benefit for Love In The Name of Christ (Love INC) of North Oakland County, is Feb. 6 at Boulder Pointe Golf Club, 1 Champions Circle in Oxford. The evening begins at 5 p.m. with shopping and a silent auction, followed by […]
It’s official: There won’t be any pot businesses in Addison Township’s near future. After an unattended public hearing last week at the township board’s Jan. 14 meeting, trustees unanimously voted 7-0 with no discussion to adopt an ordinance that will prohibit the commercial sale, growing and transportation of marijuana within township lines. The substance was […]
To help ease the frustration that accompanies road work and encourage folks to continue patronizing downtown businesses, the Oxford Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is sponsoring a contest for the M-24 construction project set to begin in 2020. Students of the Oxford school district are invited to create a construction slogan and marketing image for the […]
Growing up, it can be difficult for children to see their parents as anything other than mom and dad. That was true for Toby Benetti, son of locally-renowned artist Barbara Willson Benetti (1914-88), a Flint native who later called Lake Orion home. “She was a much more talented artist than I had ever really given […]