Community raises $20,000, enough to feed 200 students for a year

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The annual Trivia Night, drawing quite the crowd Saturday, January 24, raised more than $20,000 for Lake Orion nonprofit organization Blessings in a Backpack. Now, 200 more students in the Lake Orion community are guaranteed a pack full of food for an entire school year. Blessings in a Backpack […]

St. Joseph students put their hands together for kids

By Dan Shriner Review Editor Children in the pediatric ward at Detroit Medical Center will be a little warmer and snug thanks to the boys and girls at St. Joseph Catholic School. The kids have been putting together and tying fleece blankets all week to give to children battling cancer at the hospitals. The undertaking […]

Hundreds of quilts at fall show, Oct. 2-3

The 75 women and one man of Town Hall Quilt Guild hosts its second annual Fall into Quilts, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Friday-Saturday, Oct. 2-3. The $5 admission goes to the guild’s speaker program and charitable causes. “This year’s event is bigger and better,? said Linda Britton of Clarkston, co-chair with Coleen Merte of Clarkston. […]

Head injury leads to life change

When Devin Kalisz was rear-ended at a stoplight, she didn’t know the head injury she suffered when she hit the windshield would trigger a life-altering condition known as Chiari Malformation. ‘It took about a year from when I had the accident for them to figure out what it might be. The only way to find […]

DNR investigating claim coyotes killed Oxford horse

A claim that a pack of coyotes attacked a horse in Oxford Township, resulting in its death, is being investigated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). ‘We’re looking into it,? said Tim Payne, the DNR’s Southeast Regional Wildlife Supervisor. ‘We are still uncertain as to exactly what happened.? Oxford resident Kallie (Roesner) Meyers […]

Mittens turn into mission

Often times small ideas will lead to bigger ones. Such was the case for Oxford High School junior Emily Sovis. For Christmas, Sovis wanted to give her mother a pair of wool mittens, but because wool mittens can be expensive, she decided to go to the Salvation Army store, buy some sweaters and sew a […]

Middle schoolers save lives

Sashabaw Middle School hosts a blood drive, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Sept. 30. Technology students in the Fix 56 In our Community program are exploring health sciences careers and how technology changed the way they can help others. Participants must be in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and be 17-years-old or older.

Donate books for BLE Fair

Bailey Lake Elementary is collecting used books and mixed media for children through adults for the school fair’s used book sale at , 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26. Drop off bins are located in the front entrance area of the school and must be dropped off by Friday, Sept. 25. ‘The used book sale […]

Applications now available for summer enrichment programs

Oxford High School juniors are invited to spend part of their summer vacation exploring what it’s like to be the public officials who make the laws and the police officers who enforce them. Applications are available in the counseling office for the Boys State, Girls State and Student Trooper programs, sponsored locally by Oxford American […]

Letters to Editor

Reader sounds off about property values and vets After reading the article in the January 7 Oxford Leader about Oxford Township Housing starts I am appalled on how the treasurer looks at and complains about the Waterstone Independence Village’s reduction to an actual realistic value of their property and not the inflated amount the assessor […]