Distracted driving is the number one killer of teenagers, according to Anthony Lawrence of ‘Save a Life Tour,? and every 30 seconds someone is injured and/or killed because of it. To bring that message home, Oxford High School students Elizabeth Yeomans, Jacquelyn Borg and Jessica Fallis invited the Save a Life Tour to present a […]
The Lady Wildcat swimmers took third with 338 points in their league meet earlier this month Nov. 5-7. They girls followed behind Royal Oak (584 points) and Farmington (394 points). Troy Athens finished in fourth’with 254 points, Avondale took fifth, Ferndale came in sixth, Hazel Park finished in seventh, and Southfield Lathrup took eighth’place. ‘Since […]
Atlas Twp.-By a 4-1 vote on Monday, the board approved a countywide sewer ordinance, joining more than 30 other communities. The extensive sewer ordinance takes aim at the non-residential commercial pre-treatment program, mandated by federal law along with other sewer issues. David Jansen, assistant director of the Genesee County Drain Division, said several workshops were […]
Groveland Twp.- Area officials are ready to proceed on to Phase II following a months-long study of waste hauling services. The township board of trustees voted to move forward a plan that would create a solid waste authority, which would be able to seek services on behalf of the communities and allow them to request […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer What can grow up to 15 feet tall, has a rigorous 30 foot root system and reproduces like mad? Phragmites, an invasive species that Orion Township is trying to eliminate. Orion Township is approaching the phragmites outbreak, as well as several other invasive species in southeast Michigan, hand in […]
Goodrich-One vote can make a difference. Ask incumbent school board trustee Chip Schultz, who lost his Nov. 4 reelection by just one vote to newcomer Jeff Brown. The unofficial results for the school board election were incumbent Daniel Keller received 1,676 (26.93 percent) votes, Jennifer Riggs 1,668 (26.80 percent), Jeff Brown tallied 1,324 (21.27 percent) […]
Dear Editor: (In response to: ‘Council meeting draws ire of pet owners, neighbors,?? The Citizen, page 1, Aug. 15.) Cute expression, that ‘punish the deed, not the breed.? I heard it in April after telling some friends about my first pit bull attack. A cousin got very vocal when I mentioned it was a pit […]
Dear Editor: As a tax-paying American citizen, I say enough is enough. Our elected representatives no longer believe or live by our Constitution. It doesn’t seem to matter what the issue is; smoke and mirrors seems to be the only thing I am receiving for my tax dollars. A very personal and local issue is […]
On Dec. 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will host an environmental review open house at the Holiday Inn, 5353 Gateway Center, Flint regarding the ET Rover pipeline project. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public an opportunity to learn more about the commission’s environmental review process and to verbally comment […]
They were always holding hands. That’s how family and friends remember Eileen and Gerald Rance, who died within a day of each other following an Independence Township automobile accident on Nov. 5. The couple had been married for 61 years. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, at about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5, the Rances […]