Name: Kirstie Day Parents: Geoffrey and Kimberly Day GPA: 3.739 Plans after graduation: to attend Michigan State or Grand Valley University for a teaching degree Extracurricular Activities: student council, DECA, and yearbook Favorite Subject: Human anatomy and physiology Outside interests or hobbies: being with my family, friends and boyfriend, shopping and working out Best friends […]
Nearly 60 residents and business owners filled the Independence township hall meeting room at the April 21 board meeting in hopes that the board would move forward in efforts to revitalize the Dixie Highway corridor. Presentations were given by Township Planner Dick Carlisle, Planning Commission Chairman Sam Moraco, Don Bolton of Clarkston State Bank, local […]
Brandon Twp.- Voters will be asked to approve 4.25 mills for police services, an increase of a quarter mill over what voters have approved in years past. During a special workshop April 28, the township board approved by a 6-1 vote police millage ballot language for the August primary. Supervisor Kathy Thurman voted no. ‘The […]
Laten Terry, 3, sits quietly in a chair, scribbling on a piece of paper. Suddenly, he is up and pushing a swing, then moves quickly to pick up a pen, which he trades for chips before climbing into a play tunnel. His actions seem like that of any normally active toddler, except within a few […]
Fourteen year incumbent board president Michael Tripp, 52, along with newcomer Jeff Gardner, 39, were elected to the Goodrich School Board following the May 5 district wide election. Gardner received 627 votes (42.83 percent), Tripp garnered 488 votes (33.33 percent) and challenger Mark Griffiths tallied 349 votes (23.84 percent). The new school board terms will […]
With the world headquarters just a jaunt down the highway in Auburn Hills, Chrysler’s recent bankruptcy announcement was even more immediate for Orion officials, Chrysler dealers and potential buyers. As news spread last week that one of the vaunted Big Three automakers was preparing to file for bankruptcy, complete with an address from President Barack […]
The Kentucky Derby has been run 139 times. And since 1936, the Kentucky National Guard been assisting with the annual Run for the Roses. This year a local will be a part of the May event. Goodrich native Cody Petit’s trek to the winner’s circle of the Churchill Downs’the home of the Kentucky Derby’began in […]
A city rolled into one big fist. That’s how Boston Marathoner Bill Snyder described Boston after completing his 26th consecutive 26.2 mile race there on April 21. Snyder, an educator for 45 years and Brandon Middle School principal for 15 years prior to his retirement in 2012, joined 52 official participants that have completed 25 […]
By Megan Hess Review Staff Writer Jonathan Edward Harper, 19, became the first casualty of the 2009 boating season when he accidentally drowned in Lake Orion on Saturday. Harper was a resident of Orion Township. He and four other friends were on Lake Orion in a pontoon boat when Harper fell into the chilly May […]
A road flooding problem has Orion Township and Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at a logjam. Storm rains at the intersection of Grampian and Orion roads bring flooding levels so high some residents have put out sandbags. To make matters worse, the corner is a bus-stop for Lake Orion school children. A township project […]