Peeking in the Past

10 years ago April 28, 1999 The 900-plus students at Oxford Middle School were evacuated Tuesday by a bomb scare. The search found nothing. Copper Hills Golf and Country Club on Lakeveille Road was recognized as one of the top courses in Michigan. Curtis Wright is the designer. Oxford Police Department has added a second […]

Save your community

No amount of hoping or stimulus dollars from Washington, D.C. will keep our community a viable place to live, and do business. If you want to save your community we need action! Local businesses support many school projects, service groups, charity and give residents opportunities for goods, services and employment. We ask readers to send […]

Voters to determine first fire mill increase

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved ballot language for two separate fire millage proposals’Monday’night to be placed on ballots on the’August 5, 2014’election. The vote passed 6 to 0. Donni Steele was absent. After almost a year of discussion, the Orion Township Fire Department and township board developed […]

Orion builds business with Beaumont

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer ??’On’April 11’the first programming event will be held at the Orion Center’s Wellness Center via Beaumont Hospital called Living a Wellness Lifestyle. ??’These are only the first of many programs and events to be put on by the Beaumont medical team, made possible from the formal partnership between Orion […]

Oxford Middle School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll

6th Grade Gold Barber, Gabrielle Lynn Brantley, Riley Elizabeth Campbell, Collin D Commons, Cara Ann Cutler, Jacob Michael Deck, Mackenzie Hines Denzler, Gordon Theodore Donaldson, Skye Hunter Green, Joseph Adam Grzanka, Rachel Michelle Harding, Nathan Riley Kessler, Courtney Louise Kiss, Alexander Evan Leppek, Taylor Marie Liverance, Sydney Christine Pieczynski, Alexandra Mae Randall, Scott Andrew Reis, […]

‘We don’t have a lot left?

Brandon Twp.- In recent years, school officials have trimmed the budget as much as possible in order to keep the district in good financial shape. Now, they must look again at making cuts? as much as $1 million worth. ‘We’ve done a lot of cutting in this district already,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon. ‘We don’t […]

LO superintendent rumor is dispelled

A rumor circulating the Lapeer School District that Lapeer Superintendent Matt Wandrie is replacing LO Superintendent Marion Ginopolis has been thwarted by both Ginopolis and Wandrie. Wandrie is in the process of renewing his contract with Lapeer, and has no idea how it started. ‘It’s hard to take a job that’s not vacant,? Wandrie told […]

Reward offered for vehicle vandals at Paint Creek Apts.

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer? ??’A $1,000 reward is being offered to any individual who can help the Lake Orion Police Department locate those responsible for damaging eight vehicles at the Paint Creek Village Apartments on Orion Road Saturday, April 5. ??’Between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. that morning, unknown person(s) trespassed into the […]

Accused molester takes own life in jail

A former Brandon Township resident accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl ended his own life in an Oakland County Jail cell on Monday. William Arthur Keely, 65, was found dead in his solitary cell at about 5:25 a.m., April 27. An autopsy concluded his death was caused by suicide, a result of him using […]

Keely’s death in jail ‘a rare event?

William Arthur Keely had tried to harm himself a few months ago and was in the K- block at the Oakland County Jail, a stepped-up observation unit for inmates with mental health issues. Deputies patrol the unit of all single cells with glass windows, but Keely, 65, still managed to take his own life in […]