It had been 17 years since Goodrich and Brandon high school soccer teams battled for the County Line Cup’a trophy that between 1985 and 1992 was dominated by the Blackhawks. On a dark, rainy Tuesday evening, Sept. 8 all that changed at the Brandon High School Soccer field. By a 3-0 score, the defending Division […]
The average life expectancy is 47 in Ethiopia due to devastatingly high levels of poverty, famine, and diseases including HIV/AIDS. As a result, there are 4.5 million orphans in the African nation. That number decreased by two and Brandon Schools Curriculum Director Joanna McKinney and her husband, Benjamin, gained a family with the adoptions of […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer In a 5-2 vote to follow the Orion Township Planning Commission’s lead, the township board voted to deny the North Ridge concept plan for a new residential development on Maybee Rd. Clerk Penny Shults and Supervisor Chris Barnett opposed the denial, which was approved by Treasurer Mark Thurber and […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Lake Orion High School senior Kyle Duffey is a science whiz, and proud of it. In fact, he loves science so much that he started a local chapter of the Science National Honor Society (SNHS) at LOHS for students like him. Not affiliated with the National Honor Society, which […]
Groveland Twp.- On Monday night, Ken Palka, from the accounting firm of Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka, reported on the township finances following the completion of the yearly audit. ‘The state of the township is fine,? said Township Supervisor Bob DePalma. ‘However, over the next few years we are expecting about a 19 percent drop in […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 Monday night to approve the transfer of the Goodrich Library to Atlas Township. Councilmember Richard Horton was absent. Ed York, village council president, is expected to sign the building deed releasing the property to the township within the next 30 days. Along with the building will be a $10,000 insurance […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Whether for personal resolutions or for other causes, a total of 207 athletes made it their goal New Year’s Day to get up and run. The 15th’annual New Year’s Resolution Run brought competitors of all sorts to the Village streets for the start of 2015 as runners sped through […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer At the Monday night board meeting Orion trustees entered into a neighborly agreement with the City of Rochester Hills. Once approved by both communities, the Interlocal Service Agreement will allow each government to request the services of the other’s Department of Public Works (DPW) unit in an effort to […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park is closed for the rest of the season. Councilmembers voted unanimously at their Sept. 14 meeting to close the park located at the corner of Ball and Cedar streets in the village due to a lack of supervision there since the termination of former skate park monitor Bob Roerink. Councilmember […]
Dear Editor, (In response to:’Patriot Guard rumbles in to honor hero, family,? The Citizen, Sept. 12, page 2.) Thanks to the Patriot Guard, Coats Village Funeral Home, Sherman Wilk Chapel and the entire community for their support following the death of my son Steven Bellant. Penny Cook Ortonville