Dear Editor: Is it not somewhat ironic that the Village of Goodrich has decided that they can no longer afford to maintain and operate a library? What’s even more ironic is they have approached the township with their hands out. All of the sudden, they are willing to work with the township. They want the […]
Ortonville-On a hot June day in 1919, a California businessman named Roy Allen mixed up a frothy brew of root beer and sold it for just 5 cents. Allen, along with partner Frank Wright, combined their initials – ‘A? for Allen and ‘W? for Wright and formally named the concoction A&W Root Beer. The tradition […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Multiple problems with the heating and cooling HVAC system at the Orion Center have prompted Orion Township officials to try to determine the cause of its failure. The question is whether the cause is an installation or technical design issue, or both. Township trustees previously approved an assessment of […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Two local businessmen, formerly connected with the Orion-based Odyssey Industries, learned that scrap metal pays, but crime does not. Randal Bellestri, 57, formerly of Oxford, and Paul Michajlyszyn, of Leonard, could be facing prison time for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by failing to report large sums of cash […]
Goodrich- In the early morning hours of May 29 a menagerie of graduating seniors riding an odd spectrum of transportation modes ranging from golf-carts to lawmowers to a converted shopping cart arrived at the high school. The strange parade, a tradition for more than 25 years, marked the end of a school year for students […]
Roggenbuck-Puhl Paul and Sandra Roggenbuck of Ortonville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Ann, to Alexander Douglas Puhl, son of Douglas and Maureen Puhl of Southgate. A May 2010 wedding is planned. Academics Tyler Cole maintained a 4.0 GPA at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the Honors College for the […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer A international organization invited two local residents to the One Hundred 2014 gala event for the love and efforts they have given to fight cancer. ??’The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, a leading hospital in cancer research, honored Lake Orion resident Patricia Nolf and Orion Township resident Dan ‘the […]
Services were held last week for a beloved and well-known Orion Township dentist, Dr. Raphael A. Flajole, who was killed on June 8 in Galveston, Texas. Flajole was killed by a reckless driver in Galveston, on a Sunday morning while he was enjoying a sunrise walk on the beach with his family. Flajole was in […]
Books for Bikes Nearly 40 area elementary students participated in the Masons? Books for Bikes contest which began in October and concluded April 15. For each eight pre-approved books students read, they were entered into a drawing for one of six new bikes donated by area Masons. Second place students received $25 gift cards to […]
Lockdown On May 26, at 11:25 a.m., Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School was put on lockdown after a woman called police to report she’d had an argument with her son, who had just fled home on foot heading toward the school. The woman said her son had been having behavioral problems and had argued with her […]