After taking third place out of 11 teams at the regional competition, the Odyssey of the Mind team from Orion Oaks Elementary is preparing to head to the state competition at Davenport University in Grand Rapids on April 17. ‘Third place for a first year team who had no idea what to expect and to […]
David Lohmeier, Independence Township trustee, wants to lower the salary for the next supervisor from almost $80,000 with benefits to $25,000 with no benefits. ‘I think we need to give the next board every opportunity to succeed,? Lohmeier said. ‘I think handing them a position that has very, very few responsibilities at an extraordinary high […]
Five years ago I wrote my first column for The Clarkston News. Now, I am writing my last. To some of you this may be sad news and to others a sigh of relief, but don’t worry, I’m not going far. I am going across M-24 to our sister paper The Lake Orion Review. I […]
A technicality seems to have resolved a controversial planning issue for Independence Township. Richard Carlisle, township planning consultant, finds his recommendation duties fully restored. The reversion is not because of a shift in votes on the Planning Commission, but because the first vote never officially happened at all. ‘Unfortunately it was a consensus and not […]
Hello Lake Orion, I’m the new guy. Well, new to Lake Orion that is. If anyone has read the Review’s sister publiclation the Clarkston News. You may have seen my byline or recognize my picture in this column, which sadly needs to be updated. So what’s my history you ask? I graduated from Lapeer East […]
BY TREVOR KEISER Clarkston News Staff Writer Ever wonder what it was like to be a student growing up in ‘Old Clarkston? during the `40’s and early `50’s? Then check out Renaissance High School on this year’s 30th SCAMP Home Tour, June 2-3. To give a little tour down memory lane, Class of 1953 Clarkston […]
On Maybee Road east of Sashabaw, there sits an old church that dates back to 1855. Behind the church is a cemetery that dates back even further. A few months ago, members of the Sashabaw Plains Cemetery Association approached Independence Township hoping it would assume ownership and operation of the former Sashabaw Presbyterian Church’s cemetery.. […]
The current salary for Independence Township is just below $80,000 plus benefits. Trustee David Lohmeier would like to lower the salary for the next supervisor to $25,000 with no benefits. The board postponed a vote on the issue at the March 20 meeting to hopefully hear more opinions from the public at the April 3 […]
With 8,000 petitions distributed throughout the state in three weeks, Reform Michigan is off and running. ‘It’s been well received,? said Henry Woloson, Independence Township resident. A major state-wide business association should be endorsing the petition drive sometime this week, he said. ‘We currently cover 20- 22 counties with this petition distribution concept,? said Woloson. […]
It’s nearly 11:30 p.m and I have been sitting at my desk typing for the past 12.5 hours and now I have just begun my column without a clear thought of what to say or where I am heading. It’s amazing how when you stare at your computer screen for so long you begin to […]