At a recent networking meeting, an attendee was speaking about an attorney hosting an informative lunch on trusts the next day. She described him as wonderful, knowledgeable and NOT pushy or persistent — as if one couldn’t be persistent without being pushy. I immediately wondered if she and the rest of the group were thinking […]
It’s hard to be nine-years-old – which would be the viewpoint from my oldest son, Jonathan. He keeps getting hit with the same hard lesson – it doesn’t pay off to procrastinate. I will take you back to a Sunday afternoon at the beginning of the month. “It’s not fair brother is playing on his […]
Hopefully you’ve all read the great news that View Newspaper Group is growing again! The announcement was made last month by Owner and President Rick Burrough that our group will launch our 22nd newspaper, the St. Clair Area View on Friday, May 9. The free community newspaper will be delivered via the U.S. Postal Service […]
There are many perks to my job, one of them being that every so often I’m invited to speak at a career day or a teacher will ask me to speak to his or her class about what it’s like to work at a newspaper. Two weeks ago, I was invited by a first-grade teacher […]
Earlier this week I sent a friend a thank-you note for a concert she treated me to in December. I’m sure that broke an etiquette rule regarding how long after an event one should send a thank-you note, so to make up for it I included a photo of us at the show and said […]
In the March 12 issue of The Lake Orion Review there was a picture on the cover of four Lake Orion students making what appears to be gun hand gestures. (“Lake Orion fifth graders engage in Battle of the Books.”) On page three of the same issue, is a story about a Lake Orion High […]
By Eric Hamp Michigan Press Association President, Publisher & Editor Houghton Lake Resorter/Crawford County Avalanche Freedom of the press is important to those who have chosen to be journalists and serve as the peoples’ watchdogs in America for almost 250 years. Many feel that the First Amendment is in peril. Trust in the media has […]
Too many apartment developments slated for Orion Dear Editor, Per the March 5 edition of The Lake Orion Review, on the front page we learn that the Orion Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve yet another apartment development (“Orion Twp. board accepts settlement in Villages of Lake Orion development”). In the last few […]
Cars represent so much. Their very existence is a symbol of American innovation, cars are freedom to travel the open road and — my favorite — they are an extension of your personal brand. Maybe it’s because I grew up in Michigan, but I’ve always loved cars. My parents (maybe foolishly) reinforced that love by […]
We made the escape and ventured to sunny California before the end of February. For six-year-old Oliver it was a lot of firsts on this vacation which started with getting up early on a Wednesday morning and heading to the Detroit Metro Airport. For his first flight he did well, from going through TSA security […]