I know July and September are the big birthday months, but for some reason a lot of people I’m acquainted with or related to celebrate their birthdays in November. The 11th month isn’t one of my favorites. Fall has ended and I’m starting to dread the long cold dark days of winter. Thanksgiving, although a […]
The community learned about the latest in orthopedics from the experts, at the Relief from Joint Pain seminar, April 21. Orthopedic surgeons and therapists with Michigan Center for Orthopedic Surgery and McLaren Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center in Independence Township presented the free community seminar at the Clarkston Medical Building. Local expert and resident, […]
Carl G. Knaus returns to Clarkston’s Depot Park, 3-5 p.m., May 15, with the Saving America Tea Party Tour. ‘We have a master plan to take our country back, to restore freedom in America,? said Knaus, Clarkston resident organizing Tea Party stops around Oakland County. The plan includes organizing volunteers, and calling U.S. representatives and […]
(Left to right) Blanche Sims Elementary School parent Sheri Lindsay, school counselor Lara Sebert, and parent Tammy Chartrand, along with other volunteers, drove down to Kmart headquarters in Troy last week to pick up wrapped and unwrapped Christmas presents for the school’s Adopt-A-Family Program for Christmas. Sebert said a van with gifts also came to […]
Just finished reading the Oct. 29 version of The Lake Orion Review and I’m frankly baffled. On page 3 we read about the assistant principal at Lake Orion High School who has been on the job for only three years. She has been named the “Assistant Principal of the Year for the State of Michigan.” […]
Clarkston City Council discussed possible police millage ballot language at the April 26 meeting. The two options presented was a proposal to levy the current 13.2 city operating millage to a rate of 15 mills or the second was to levy to 20 mills, neither were a direct ‘police millage.? After 90 minutes the board […]
The committee to change the name of city hall to honor longtime former village/city clerk, treasurer, and manager Artemus Pappas is in the process of finalizing the design concept and choosing the sign maker. The next step is to raise funds needed to cover the sign and plaque expenses, as well as some landscaping and […]
LOHS’s administration is making me sick. The way they have handled the resignation of a former teacher is extremely disappointing. Rumors are being circulated, as they always seem to do, and the school is not only not trying to correct the lies, but misleading the whole school and town! It is blasphemy for anyone to […]
Dr. Rocco Ciccone, who operates a dental practice in Lake Orion, had never been to New York City before 9/11, but he now makes the trip nearly annually as a forensic dentist who helped to identify victims at the World Trade Center site. Ciccone was on hand for the first anniversary of the tragedy, when […]
Springfield Township’s Spring Clean-Up Day is 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, May 8, at Springfield Oaks Youth Activity Center, 12451 Andersonville Road. Proof of residency or property ownership required. Fees for household waste: cars, $1; trailers, $10 or $15 depending on size; SUV/minivan, $5; batteries, $5 each; pick-up truck, $10; freon appliances, $15; large truck, $15; […]