Brandon privatizing busing’bad idea

Dear Editor, Even if we are broke we can’t afford to make this move (busing privatization). Here are some reasons why: 1.) We have a program in place with drivers, maintenance crews, training programs, and do not make a profit. A private company will have to have all we have and make a profit after […]

Seeking planner proposals

Years of providing planning services for the Village of Lake Orion may be in jeopardy for McKenna Associates. Village council members have asked LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel to seek proposals from other planning consultants. Van Tassel will be requesting two separate prices — one for the development of a new zoning ordinance and […]

Review collects toys

As in past years, The Lake Orion Review is collecting new toys for the Lake Orion Lions Club annual Christmas Baskets. Drop off your donations at The Review office Monday thru Friday , 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The office is located at 30 North Broadway in downtown Lake Orion.

Milestones

Engagement Bowles-Jacobs Allan and Deborah Jacobs of Oxford are proud to announce the engagement of their son, Stephen Jacobs, to Stephanie Bowles, daughter of Phil and Erica Bowles of Ortonville, and Jeaninne and Dave Kulon of Clarkston. The bride-to-be and groom-to-be are 2004 graduates of Brandon High School. A September 2010 wedding is planned. Academics […]

Hair collected for oil spill

By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- Oily hair is such a problem for some people that they make shampoos specifically formulated to remedy it. However, in the Gulf of Mexico, the ability of hair to collect oil isn’t being viewed as a problem, but as a solution. On April 20, an oil rig leased […]

Stationed near Bagdad

Adam Hessler, a 1990 graduate of Lake Orion High School, is stationed near Bagdad in Iraq. He entered the Air Force in September 1990 and has chosen to remain as a career officer. He plans on retiring in seven years. Hessler is a sergeant in the high security division for the military police. In Iraq, […]

They’ve got Dragon pride too

Students at Waldon Middle School got their hands a little dirty to show just how much Dragon pride they have, by creating their own “floats.”Students made their creations on wagons, which were displayed during a Dragon Pride pep assembly in the gym on Oct. 31.

Jackie: ‘Get mammograms on time?

By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- In December 2008, Jackie Nowicki had a mammogram and once again, like she had annually for more than 10 years, she received the all clear. With no history of breast cancer in her family, and the discomfort of the procedure, it might have been easy to delay her […]

Crime

Drunk Mom On May 10, at 7:15 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to the substation for a child exchange. The deputy met with the child’s grandfather. The man said he was meeting there to turn over the child to her mother, but when he arrived and began to speak to her, he suspected she was […]

Trustees spend $16,000 on watershed plan

In the interest of not just “passing the buck,” Orion Township will participate as a member of the Upper Clinton Subwatershed Group along with Independence Township, Waterford Township, Clarkston and Lake Angelus in developing a watershed management plan. Township trustees voted on Oct. 20 to participate in the program and allocate $2,000 for phase II […]