Local photographers have a ‘shot? at winning some cash. The Orion Art Center is hosting ‘The World Around Us? Photography show with $500 in prize money offered. Drop off dates are Thursday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., July 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, July 26, from 11 a.m. […]
Brandon Twp.-The Brandon School board narrowed a field of four superintendent candidates down to two following a day long public meeting on Saturday. Nancy Campbell, assistant superintendent for the Berkley school district since 2000, and Tom Miller, assistant superintendent of Port Huron school district since 1998 were the finalists selected by the school board. Campbell […]
Ortonville- In the 2008 presidential election, Michigan voters approved by 63 percent the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. The law went into effect Dec. 4, 2008. Four years later, as the next presidential election quickly approaches with a ballot full of new proposed laws, medical marijuana is still up in the air, hanging out to dry. […]
Passage of a non-homestead millage renewal by voters in the Brandon School District is critical for school operations. ‘This (the millage renewal) is very important to us’it brings in $1.6 million and if we don’t pass it, the state doesn’t make up that money, we just don’t have it,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon, who has […]
Want to enjoy a little vino in a beautiful setting? On Saturday, July 26, the Orion Art Center is hosting a summer wine tasting at the home Bob and Candy Lytle. ‘The Lytle home sits on five wooded acres on Indianwood Lake and is the perfect setting for an enchanted afternoon gathering,? said Orion Art […]
Goodrich – Police and felon alike suffered Taser and bite wounds Sunday when the fugitive was apprehended in a Goodrich parking lot. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) was tracking the suspect when a Brandon Township deputy became involved, said Lt. Dale LaBair, commander of the Independence Township sheriff’s substation. According to […]
Brandon Twp.? The Election Commission for the 2005-2008 term has been approved by the board and consists of Clerk B. Jean McCreery and trustees Sandra Willett and Charlene Carlson. The board also approved the appointments of Ronald Bindig, Dan Ledgerwood and Fred Lentz to the Board of Review.
Atlas Twp.-In 2004 township voter turnout topped 82 percent. ‘It could go higher this year,? said Tere Onica, township clerk, as she prepared for the Nov. 6 election. We have a two-page ballot, front and back, and the village detachment issue. Right now we have about 1,100 absentee ballots; in the (2012) primary election we […]
The Orion Senior Center and Golling Pontiac-GMC will hold the second annual Classic Car Cruise on Saturday Sept. 13. The cruise will again be held at Golling Pontiac-GMC and run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include many trophies, 50/50 raffles, a silent sports auction, a kiddie area, many food vendors and […]
The Orion Area Parade Group, in conjunction with The Lake Orion Review, is on the lookout for Orion’s 2008 Citizen of the Year. The second annual Citizen of the Year will serve as grand marshal of the Holiday Lighted Parade and also be profiled in The Review and honored at the annual Holly Jolly Folly. […]