Wint’s Healing Hearts Grief Support Group for all ages meets Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. Topic is ‘Celebration of Life.? Attendees are encouraged to bring a photograph of their loved one and/or to bring or wear a memento of their loved one. Family and friends, including children, are welcome to attend. Weather permitting, there […]
Clarkston-area girls learned some table etiquette, how to drink tea, dressed in party dresses, and listened to stories about American Girls dolls at the American Girl Tea party at Baycourt Park, May 2. The party was hosted by Independence Township Parks and Recreation.
By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer Five-year-old Katia Muscat and sister Mattea spent their first week of summer picking up leaves, looking at trees and water and getting inspired with their eco-friendly projects. For five days and about six hours, the six to 10-year-olds participated in the Orion Art Center’s nature camp. The camp incorporated […]
Give people an inch, they will take a mile. That old expression is very true, especially when it comes to the legalization of fireworks in Michigan, which I’m beginning to believe is one of the worst decisions ever made by the state Legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder. Many of us are now paying the price […]
Independence Township Parks and Recreation is looking for volunteers to help at the July 4 Festival of Fun and Fireworks at Clintonwood Park. Volunteers will help set up and decorate for the festival on July 3, staff parking lot and children’s game areas on July 4, help clean-up and tear-down on July 5, and assist […]
The most knowledgable person I know when it comes to state of Michigan politics is Richard Milliman. He writes a weekly column, The Almanac, which appears in several newspapers. Dick has been a friend of mine of over 40 years. He’s owned several newspapers, dailies and weeklies, and still has some, though officially retired. Early […]
Another ‘yes? vote for community center The opportunity to approve construction for the Oxford Recreation Center will be put to a vote August 5 and I am crossing my fingers that it will pass. Being a resident of Oxford and a yoga teacher through Oxford Township Parks & Recreation, I realize the value it could […]
Four stints of active military duty is remarkable. But when that service is in the American Revolution? where young recruits had no military training, their weapons were outdated and the enemy were regimented trained British troops’the accomplishment is remarkable. Such is the story of Patriot Nathan Burpee. On June 21, the Genesee Chapter Daughters of […]
I cleaned my desk off the other day and ran across a news item I saved. (I tend to save news items, phone numbers, napkins, doodles — lots of things on the top of my desk, some of which I want to write about, others only to throw away.) News items that catch my eye […]
GROVELAND TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS As part of the Oakland County West Nile Virus Protection Plan Groveland Township now has a limited supply of pesticides and pond dunks available at the Township Office FREE to Residents Provided by: The Groveland Township Board Proof of Residency Required Publish in The Citizen 5-30-09