Regulating fireworks and nearly prohibiting them all together are two different things, according to Michael Mahan, owner of Lake Orion Fireworks. ‘I don’t want to see them banned,? he said. ‘There goes the business of why they made them legal so we could sell them here in Michigan instead of going to Ohio and giving […]
A challenger for township clerk has risen. Joseph Lawrence, Independence Township planning commissioner, is taking on incumbent Shelagh VanderVeen for the Republican nomination. ‘The reason I am running for clerk is because I really have a deep profound interest in this community,? said Lawrence. He and his family moved to Independence Township in 1991 from […]
Trustee Dan Kelly has a plan to ‘bridge the gap? between the Independence Township Board and non-union government employees. Instead of unionizing, their interests could be protected by subcommittee, Kelly proposed at the May 20 board meeting. ‘The board would pass as a general policy that whenever adverse actions were taken as regard to employee […]
The public will have a chance to comment on Independence Township’s Master Plan, July 10. The Township Board voted unanimously May 13 to set the public hearing. ‘The substance of the plan has not changed significantly,? said Richard Carlisle, township planning consultant. ‘There has been some tweaking here and there, there has been some fine […]
When Sue Wilson, Academic Service Learning coordinator for Clarkston Community Schools, organized a project for her students, she knew what to do. ‘I’ve had a relationship with Margaret Bartos (directos, Independence Township Senior Center) for many years doing projects and I knew they had built a new Senior Center, so I wanted to do something […]
The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. for the Aug. 7 primary election, according to Orion Township Clerk Penny Shults. For those voting absentee Orion Township Office will be open Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ‘There is no other business going on that day so we ask […]
Custodians were filled with an array of emotions as they handed over their keys July 27, some had tears, but most had anger. Rich Brown like most declined to comment. ‘You couldn’t print what I have to say,? said Brown. Kevin King said he was ashamed. ‘Not because I lost my job, I have an […]
y Trevor Keiser Review Co-Editor In the current economy when small businesses want to start or even grow, business owners are finding it difficult to get financing from the big banks, but Orion Township Supervisor JoAnn Van Tassel offered a solution. Van Tassel held a ‘Show Me the Money? buffet luncheon at Palazzo di Bocce […]
Twenty-five students from Jonathan Paddock’s student leadership class at Clarkson Junior High showed up at Clintonwood Park, May, 21, to do some good. ‘It was suggested that the kids could come over and do some service learning,? said Paddock. ‘So my kids wanted to have a two part ? spend half the day here at […]
Six years ago after the Fourth of July, Lake Orion resident Ryan Skalnek and his buddies decided to have a Wiffleball tournament little did he know it would turn into a yearly event that would become a fundraiser for veterans. ‘Each year it kept getting bigger and bigger and we were charging money for food […]