Brandon Twp.- Teachers in the school district agreed to a 16-month contract on Thursday. Highlights of the contract, which takes effect immediately and concludes in December 2010, include a temporary freeze on salary increases and a change in insurance requiring a higher deductible and higher office visit co-pays. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon was pleased with the […]
It’s likely that hundreds of years ago pioneers made sauerkraut for the sole propose of preserving cabbage for the long winter months, long after the late summer crop was gone. Today, that traditional process of mixing curing salt, garlic, and freshly sliced cabbage in a nonmetallic container lives on in Goodrich. Village resident Pete Morey […]
Orion Area Neighborhood Television took a giant leap out of their territorially comfortable zone. Starting’Wednesday, Dec. 10, ONTV will be providing a series of travel videos on channels 10 (Comcast) and 99 (AT&T) from a handful of European countries, including Greece, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Italy. The videos were shot and edited by Ralph […]
By Dan Shriner Review Editor The Lake Orion girls? varsity basketball team is loaded with experience this year and Coach Steve Roberts hopes it will push the Dragons into the upper levels of the OAA White Division. The ladies won their opening match of the season, 45-34 over Brandon, with a balanced scoring attack. Evelyn […]
Brandon Twp.- Climbing to 12,000 feet above sea level on a Santa Fe, New Mexico mountain, Jonathan Schechter was inspired. The 58-year-old township resident, avid hiker and camper had made the trek to the southwestern region of the United States to attend a wilderness medical conference on high altitude illness. ‘I made a decision while […]
Brandon Twp.- The township’s community park has some new additions. A modern bench honoring the memory of Larry Roberts was installed in the passive area of the park located at Oakwood and Hadley roads on Wednesday. Roberts was the public safety aide for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Brandon substation for nearly eight years, until […]
Downtown Oxford was brimming with the Christmas spirit Saturday as the annual holiday parade rolled along Washington Street. Scouts, dancers, musicians, animals, floats, big trucks and of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus were all part of the fun-filled event. What a fantastic time!
Sylvia Marie Majewska had a plan ‘and the plan had a conclusion that wasn’t good,? according to Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard. ‘For whatever reason, she came to the conclusion that (her) son and (his) child would be better off if they weren’t alive,? he said during a Dec. 8 press conference at the sheriff’s […]
It’s been more than 50 years since the village first took ownership from the township of the Lyceum building, home to the Goodrich Library. Later this year that may change. During a special public meeting at the Atlas Township Hall on Aug. 27, village councilmembers, along with township officials, Friends of the Goodrich Library, and […]
As the school year starts Tuesday and students move from outside into classrooms in close proximity with each other, officials will be watchful once again for any cases of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. ‘Time will tell what we deal with,? said Oakland County Health Division Manager/Health Officer Kathy Forzley. ‘The country […]