By Meg Peters Review Co-Editor The home improvement retail chain store, Menards, submitted the paperwork for an approximate 207,000 sq. ft. development in Orion Township’s Brown Road Innovation Zone (BIZ district) last Wednesday. The development would span 32 acres of the near-262 acres within the district, with 5.5 acres reserved as additional out-lots for possible […]
By Chris Hagan Review Staff Writer Lake Orion’s undefeated varsity lacrosse team will face Oxford on Saturday but there are more important issues in play than whether the Dragons remaining undefeated. It’s because it’s not just not an ordinary game, it’s a game wrapped around a cause that’s bigger than the team and any one […]
Al Pelletier; of Lake Orion; passed away April 4, 2016 at age 76. Al was the beloved husband of Sally for 36 years; dear father of Lori, Jeff, Cassie, Suzie, Michael, Traci, Al, Kay, Vicki and Debbi; grandfather of many special grandchildren and great grandchildren; and brother of Ruth Ann (Don). He was preceded in […]
By Meg Peters Review Co-Editor In a 4-3 vote Lake Orion Village council moved forward with establishing an ordinance that would place the responsibility of sewer line maintenance and repair on property owners. The introduction and first reading of the Sewer Lead Reasonability Ordinance was passed at the council meeting Monday night with possible adoption […]
When I was a lad barely into my double digits of age, one of the pictures in my mind, many double-digit in years later I often recall, is a large print that hung in the hallways of Clarktson’s St. Dan’s Catholic Church. It hung right there on the wall, when you walked into what is […]
Stupid weather. Stupid weather. STUPID WEATHER! Okay, I feel better now having gotten that out in the open. Since the stupid weather in April has changed back to a cold, winter, windy, snowy mix (after a warmer than normal winter), this past weekend I was “forced” to work inside my home, instead of being […]
Contact Us 2 Theodore E. “Ted” Freymiller (Coach Fry), of Webster, Wisconsin, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the young age of 92. Ted was residing at the Continuing Care Center in the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg, WI. Ted was born on August 6, 1923, to Ernest and Erna (Franke) Freymiller in […]
Bryan Cloutier’s days on the Oxford Village Council are numbered. Last week, during council comments at the end of the meeting, he announced his intention to submit his letter of resignation due to an upcoming change of address. “As of the end of this month, I will no longer reside in the village,” Cloutier told […]
OXFORD VILLAGE – A litany of concerns were expressed by both officials and residents regarding a proposed 76-unit multiple-family housing development at 98 S. Glaspie St., but the bulk of the criticism centered around one word – density. “I think you’re trying to put 10 pounds of something in a 5-pound bag,” said village Planning […]