Oooh, that’s scaary!
Kids and parents alike had a spooktacular good time Friday evening as Lakeville Elementary School hosted a haunted house and fall festival full of fun and fright.
Legacy Center owner seeking tax abatement
Oxford Township officials are being asked to establish a commercial rehabilitation district that would allow the owner of the old Sea Ray boat plant to potentially receive a 10-year property tax abatement for the improvements he’s making to the 208,000-square-foot building. ‘I don’t want to get penalized for investing and growing the building,? said Christian […]
Water, water everywhere
Students hurried to bathrooms in Blanche Sims Elementary to take care of business before the water was shut off around 2 p.m., Feb. 17. Meanwhile, village Department of Public Works (DPW) workers gathered down Florence Street in preparation to fix a water main break. DPW Director Mike Olson said just facilities around Florence and Jackson […]
Briefly
Top it off TOPS (Take Pounds Off Sensibly) will host an open house Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Orion Township Senior Center, located at 21 E. Church Street in Lake Orion. Gain control, lose pounds, reduce inches, improve health, and make new friends. Event is free, with no obligation to join. For […]
Legislation aims to make students more proficient in reading
Last week, the state House of Representatives passed a new literacy bill designed to help students achieve proficient scores in English Language Arts (ELA) on third-grade state assessment tests by the time they enter the fourth grade. But the bill comes with a caveat that if a student is not at a proficient reading level, […]
Jack O? Jammin? in the park
Approximately 65 kids got a jump on this year’s trick-or-treating by participating in the Jam-O-Jam held Saturday at Oakwood Lake Township Park in Oxford. The kids got plenty of candy, enjoyed apple cider and doughnuts, and got to take home a pumpkin to decorate.
Protecting what’s ‘ONTV?
It’s on TV? Where ONTV? In an attempt to protect community access television from ‘critical and immediate? threats, the Orion Township Board of Trustees and Lake Orion Village Council announced their support of the Community Access Preservation Act. The act keeps cable companies from tucking public, education and government (PEG) channels in convoluted menus or […]
Lafayette at the helm
By Leah Yanuszeski, Review Intern Sophia Lafayette’s goal for her first day at Lake Orion High School: Visit every classroom and introduce herself. The new principal, who arrived Wednesday, Feb. 17, says she accomplished the task, save a few dark rooms. Even the Lake Orion band welcomed her with a taste of Dragon Pride outside […]
Touring the Lakeville Mill
LAKEVILLE ? Members of the Oakland Township Historical Society and the general public visited the Lakeville Mill, located on Millimine Street, over the weekend to tour the historic building and admire the handy work of owner Todd Elder. Since purchasing the mill in 2004, Elder has spent the last 11 years restoring the four-story, 9,000-square-foot […]
Sundance or bust: OHS grad leads class in festival quest
A group of Utah high school students, led by an Oxford alumnus, is hoping the movie they made will be selected for screening during the world famous Sundance Film Festival in January. ‘I don’t know many adults, let alone high school kids, that have ever submitted to the Sundance Film Festival, so it’s a pretty […]