Show me a resourceful teacher, and I’ll show you some smart students. Webber Elementary teacher Michele Smyth is just such a teacher. By partnering with education fundraising website Donors Choose, Smyth has garnered $3,631 in materials for her classes. Items like a CD player with wireless headphones, a Canon digital camera, phonics games, sets of […]
On the top of new Superintendent Ken Gutman’s to-do list this summer was to fill a variety of administrative positions throughout the district. After a thorough search and interview process, which included input from parents, teachers, support staff and student, the district welcomed three new elementary principals into the fold. Two of the new principals […]
The Oxford Leader’s endorsements for the Tuesday, Aug. 5 primary election are as follows: Oxford Township Board Supervisor ? For nine years, WILLIAM DUNN has offered problem-solving with a personal touch. Whether he’s meeting with residents face-to-face, hiking through a muddy field or answering phones at the office, Dunn doesn’t put on airs and offers […]
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP BOARD AGENDA 7:30 p.m. TOWNSHIP LIBRARY DATE: March 1, 2005 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. Opening Statements and Correspondence 5. Approval of Agenda 6. Public Forum ‘Individuals in the audience have the opportunity to address the Township Board on an issue that is not on the […]
The night was filled with fun, laughter and raising money for the Clarkston High School Fieldhouse, Oct. 13. “It was a great event,” said Karen Nicklin. “We raised over $23,000 during the evening through the amazing generosity of our community.” She added her volunteer team of Geoff and Ellen Wright, Marybeth Boczar, Erika Heaton and […]
Every now and then an unexpected encounter with an unknown person can affect your thought processes and make you rethink your own mortality. Such an incident occurred several weeks ago at a Panera Bread store in Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. It was on this day that my grandson, Joshua, and I traveled […]
The township board concurred with a recommendation from the planning commission and approved PC-2006-11 (2008), Palace Chrysler Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment. The item is a revised PUD, similar to what was approved by the board and planning commission last year. No ground-breaking date is set, but look for more in The Review this fall.
VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION PUBLIC NOTICE SYNOPSIS OF INTRODUCED ORDINANCE At its Regular Meeting of February 14, 2005, the Lake Orion Village Council accepted for first reading Ordinance No. 2.31, An Ordinance Entitled ‘EMERGENCY RESPONSE COST RECOVERY ORDINANCE AMENDMENT?, amending Title IX, Chapter 93 (Emergency Response Cost Recovery) of the Code of Ordinance of Lake […]
Lake Orion High School Football and Soccer Field Renovations-Synthetic Turf Bid Category: 02000-Site Construction Bid Proposals will be received by Lake Orion Community Schools 315 N. Lapeer Street, Lake Orion, MI 48362 Accepted by delivery or mailed to the Attention of Jillynn Keppler by 2:00 p.m. on March 3, 2005. Any questions contact Ray Lossia […]
The Clarkston Chiefs JV teams battled each other for the second consecutive year in the Northern Youth Football League Super Bowl, Nov. 4. The JV Gold went in looking to conquer and take the title from the JV White team who won last year. The JV White team prevailed and won the game for the […]