Superintendent’s contract:

For the remainder of the 2010-2011 school year, Ginopolis will receive a daily rate of $582.18. Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, Ginopolis will receive a salary of $151,366, and as least as much in 2011-2012, unless, according to contact language, ‘the general financial condition of the district worsens, causing a general salary/wage decrease to […]

Brief

Workers will be making small ‘saw cuts? in areas around downtown to aid in the removal of curbs and sidewalks until Friday, March 18. Workers will also begin unloading materials starting Monday, March 21. This will cause Flint Stree between M-24 and Broadway to be closed. A detour will be set up on Front Street. […]

Dr. Glidden takes the reins at Lakeville Animal Clinic

After eight years of working with critters of all shapes and sizes at the Michigan Human Society, Patrick Glidden, DVM, is running his own practice. Dr. Glidden took over the Lakeville Animal Clinic, 3500 Lakeville Road in Oxford Township on March 31. ‘Dr. (Robert) Klepper was ready and so was I,? Glidden said. Klepper started […]

Brief

The Lake Orion Board of Education will hold a workshop Tuesday, March 22, from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., and Wednesday, March 23, beginning at 11 a.m. to begin discussions of the district’s 2011-2012 budget; the regularly scheduled board meeting will not be held March 23. ‘As we’re preparing for this as a board and an administration, […]

Letter to the editor

Dear editor, I continue to find it amazing that people in our community would vote for a school board candidate just based on whether they supported the bond or not! (Yes, this is an’issue). The role of a school board member is so much more than whether they voted ‘yes? or voted ‘no.? I hope […]

Letter to the editor

Dear editor, Our state representatives over the past 10 years, both Republicans and Democrats, have been shamefully negligent in their duties, and now Michigan is facing the reality of empty coffers and no free lunch. Governor Rick Snyder has promised to stop kicking the can down the road. He has proposed a crisis budget, and […]

Lake Orion hockey claim runner-up in state semi-finals

By David Reed Special to the Review The Novi Wildcats advanced to the State title game by defeating Lake Orion 3-0 at Compuware on Friday night. The Dragons were unable to capitalize on their two first period power plays and Novi scored on both of theirs in the second period. The Wildcats were heavily favored […]

U.S. Department of Health begins campaign to combat senior fraud

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday, March 15 that they will be running a nationwide television and radio campaign to help senior citizens avoid Medicare fraud. The campaign, which will consist mainly of public service announcements (PSA), is designed to emphasize the importance of protecting sensitive information such as social […]

Attorney General and HHS visit Detroit on behalf of senior citizens

Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Detroit on Tuesday, March 15 to participate in the fifth regional health care fraud prevention summit. These summits bring together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss innovative ways […]

LOCS employee wins one for autism program

Leslie Ashley’s suggestion to help the’autism’programs at’Lake Orion Community Schools’was recently selected as the winner of the ‘Give a Little and Win Big? sweepstakes, sponsored by Co-op Services Credit Union. From October through January, Co-op Services invited the community to take up the challenge of submitting an idea for using one hundred dollars to benefit […]