Letter to the Editor

If there is a half million or more available for fake grass, maybe the LO Schools could use a few thousand to restore the gone but not forgotten SNAP. The Special Needs Adult Program provided three short days each week of academic work and socializing time to about 20 developmentally disabled adults for 20 years […]

Township, village renew CDBC agreements

Both the township board and the village council renewed their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Cooperation Agreement last month. The federal government requires the county and its participating communities to renew the agreement every three years. In recent years, the CDBG funding has helped programs like Orion Area Youth Assistance, which was awarded $15,000 […]

Letter to the Editor

A clarion call was sounded and a vigorous debate ensued at the village council meeting Nov. 22 on the ‘tower? issue. Our deliberative body demonstrated civic government at its very best. The people are willing to sacrifice their values in what they perceive to be the common good. And this is the duck feeder in […]

Students getting ready to vote

Rosalie Ward, the township’s Deputy Clerk, and Clerk Jill Bastian were set up at Lake Orion High School last week, where many other students registered to vote during all lunches. Bastian noted that absentee ballots for the August primary will be ready at the end of the month.

Letter to the Editor

I’m writing this letter as a plea not only for my son, but for so many others I’m sure. I have a son that has served for three of his five year enlistment in the US Marine Corp. Last year he spent the holidays as well as his 21 birthday in the Middle East. He’s […]

Honoring heroes

The students at St. Joseph School recently participated in an assembly for Veterans Day, honoring local heroes, past and present. Pictured are Staff Sergeant Brain Boase with his neighbors Taylor Hargraves, Henry Hopkins, and Madison Hargraves. For more photos see this week’s Orion Review.

Goodrich Area Schools

GOODRICH AREA SCHOOLS GENESEE, OAKLAND & LAPEER COUNTIES, MI. 8029 SOUTH GALE ROAD, GOODRICH, MI 48438 2012-2013 BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING DATES Act 267, Public Acts 1976, requires that ‘public notice of the schedule of regular meetings shall be given once for each calendar year or fiscal year, and shall show the regular dates […]

Deputy Reports

Monday, Nov. 29, domestic violence on Yosemite Drive. Assault and battery at Natural Way Lawn and Tree on Brown Road. *** Tuesday, Nov. 30, felonious assault on Swallow Court. A clarinet and case were stolen from St. Joseph’s Church on Lapeer Road. Credit card fraud on S. Conklin Road. *** Wednesday, Dec. 1, domestic violence […]

Brandon Township

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Regular Meeting The Charter Township of Brandon Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing August 22, 2012 at 7:30 P.M. at Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462 to hear the following appeals. Appeal #011-12 Sidwell # 03-28-200-027 Name: John Hagen Location: Perry Lake Road (vacant) Request: […]

Happenings

Chamber welcomes Gov’s office The Orion Chamber’of Commerce invites the community to their June 5 luncheon, to be held at The Castle Grille at Canterberry Village on Joslyn Road. Their guest speaker this month will be Daedra VonMike-McGhee, the’Director of Business & Civic Affairs for Gov. Jennifer Granholm. McGhee will speak on many topics relating […]