For the seventh year in a row, St. Joseph School in Lake Orion sent at least one team to the Global Finals of Destination ImagiNation, May 25-28 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Destination ImagiNation has students work in teams to solve mind-bending challenges centered on creativity, problem solving, collaboration and thinking way, way […]
Richard and Freda Crawford of Columbia, SC will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 2, 2011. The couple married in 1951 in Hamtramck, at Resurrection Parrish. In typical Polish tradition, their celebration lasted all day beginning with a full breakfast complete with kielbasa and stuffed cabbage rolls. After pictures at Belle Isle, the reception […]
Clarkston author Susan Topping is having a book signing as part of the Unity Festival on Saturday, June 4 at Unity Church of Lake Orion, 3070 Baldwin Road. The festival lasts from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Topping is the author of Indigo Wisdom, a candid read that reveals the depths of her despair as […]
Tuesday, January 20 A resident on S. Glaspie St. called dispatch because he thought his son ran away from home. The youth was contacted at school and was heading home. Parking complaint on Glaspie St. Family trouble between a mother and son on Tanview Drive. Wednesday, January 21 Family trouble on Willow. A woman on […]
Congratulations to sixth-grader Andrew Miller-Zelinko and third-grader Brooke Kovacic. They are the winners of this year’s Groundhog A-Go Go Creative Writing Contest. The winners are asked to come to Centennial Park Monday, Feb. 2 at 9 a.m. to receive their prizes. Each student has won a $50 savings bond from The Oxford Leader.
By Olivia Shumaker Special Writer for The Review While there may have been plenty of opinions swimming around last month’s school board election results, there was one opinion heard least: the students. Between an Advanced Placement Government class, a Creative Writing class, a Statistics class and a French Three class, very few students were aware […]
Even though the temperature was scorching, reaching almost 90 degrees, it didn’t stop the enjoyable festivities of Lake Orion’s downtown Memorial Day festivities. Multiple families came to wave flags and collect candy, as well as show off their pride. Even the dogs dressed up in red, white, and blue. Keeping things upbeat was the marching […]
Helen L. Smith, American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Chairman of Unit 108, Oxford, announced today that candidates interested in attending the 64th session of American Legion Girls State, June 20-27 at Michigan State University, should contact high school counselor Lewis Wilson. Since its beginning in 1941, approximately 24,000 young women of Michigan have participated in […]
The Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking one Oxford High School student who would be interested in representing the student population on the commission. The student must have an interest in improving the community through the means of parks and recreation. The two-year term position requires attendance at all monthly Parks and Rec […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County reminds residents that snow banks along roads can be dangerous places for children to play, especially when snowplows come by. Recently, a child playing in a tunnel dug in a snow bank along a road narrowly escaped being run over by an RCOC snowplow. The child was concealed from […]