Kudos to State Representative Ruth Johnson who has courageously taken on the powerful, arrogant, overpaid and underachieving Oakland County Intermediate School District administration. Unfortunately we will not be able to solve the poor level of the education of our “kids” (and at the same time the state deficit) unless we will drastically reform and reduce […]
Pine Knob Elementary third grader Mason Kolean peers at a roly poly bug found by parent volunteer Laura Mason during Earth Day Celebration. Photo by Wendi Reardon
According to the superintendent, the chief responsibility of local schools is to sell houses. “A community is known by the schools it keeps, so unbalanced and needlessly negative reporting is problematic from a number of perspectives,” said Superintendent Al Roberts in an email, April 26. “First and foremost, as a school district and as a […]
Do only some persons know of the state law(s) that gives Orion Township the right to put money that has been collected from property taxes for the township library into the township’s General Fund? If Jim Marleau and/or Al Barnes, the township’s treasurer and deputy treasurer, could take some time to put so reasoning in […]
Village DPW workers (left) Phil Bader and Bob Kreutz took down the Halloween street decorations last week and immediately put up Christmas lights.
Despite recommendations by Finance Director Susan Hendricks, Independence Township Board of Trustees went with a ‘Wal-Mart” marketing approach to the police millage. ‘We had a suggestion at the public hearing that we try and get the rate under 3 mills,? said Trustee Neil Wallace. ‘There is a marketing value to selling this millage under 3, […]
To pay or not to pay ? that was the question. A motion by Trustee David Lohmeier to have Independence Township Supervisor Dave Wagner pay for legal opinion from township attorneys concerning the recall video aired on public access channels failed, 4-2, at the April 20 board meeting. ‘It was my feeling and it remains […]
Nearly a year in the works, the Great Lakes Athletic Club (GLAC), located at the former Neumaier’s store location on Baldwin Road, is almost a reality. The GLAC is the business venture of former Neumaier’s owner Al Neumaier, Orion Township resident Paul Van Gamper, and GLAC Chief Operating Officer Bob Madole. The 80,000-square foot facility […]
Technology is a grand thing. It’s cool. It’s clever, flashy and it is, in fact, addicting.Truth be told, I am guilty of just leaving that giant, all-consuming social life-sucker Facebook on, on my computer whilst I work here at work. It’s always there, lurking in the background, waiting to update me that one of my […]
For Katie Vondette, senior midfielder for the girl’s soccer team, two seasons with less than desirable results have made the undefeated start to this season that much better. ‘It’s exciting to have a winning season,? Vondette said, ‘We have been working hard on and off the field this season, and playing as a team a […]