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I like telling stories. My wife has heard the same ones over and over - especially when we get together with my high school and college buddies. (She is right -- we are all legends in our own minds....more >> |
We introduce our new editor
Today The Lake Orion Review announces it has a new editor, Joe St. Henry. We are pleased to make this announcement, because for too many months, your newspaper of record has operated without an editor....more >> |
NewsBrandon Twp.- Nearly three years ago, Michigan voters approved the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. However, confusion over the law continues, and communities, including this township, are delaying making decisions regarding ordinances as they wait for direction....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, Integrity is a virtue we all admire. Walk as you talk. Follow through on commitments. Do what's right. Easy to say, but not always easily done. After next week, we'll have another council seated; our third in nine months....more >> |
Article meant a great deal to our familyDear Editor, I would like to thank The Lake Orion Review and Don Rush for the wonderful article about my father, Leo Sabatini. It was so long ago that Dad owned the store, and was part of the Lake Orion Community that we wondered if people would remember....more >> |
My WayThere's no respect for other people's property anymoreOver the last few weeks, Oxford's experienced two incidents of senseless vandalism, one involving private property, the other concerning public property. The first occurred on July 22-23 at Koenig Sand & Gravel on Lakeville Rd....more >> |
Don't Rush MeReviewing Michael Shermer's The Believing BrainI have often professed in this very spot in your community newspaper, that we really need to spend more time promoting critical thinking. When we hire a new reporter I try to cram in a lifetime's worth of thought into one little lesson and it goes something like this: "Even if somebody you admire, respect and agree with all of the time -- even the President of the United States -- tells you something, don't just report verbatim....more >> |
Jim's JottingsWill ReturnHey, even Jim "Steady Eddy" Sherman, Sr....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, (In response to: '9-1-1 tower location poor choice,' The Citizen, July 23, page 6): The record needs to be set straight in regards to Gregory Hamilton's letter. I will state upfront that I am married to one of the (Hadley) planning commission members....more >> |
OpinionsDear Editor, Thank you for your prayers, compassion, caring, kindness, help, services, and donations to the pig roast fundraiser for my son Tony Hartwick. The pig roast was a success despite the high temperature that day....more >> |
Eras endThe darkness gives way to the lights of Las Vegas, my most recent adventure outside of Michigan. But past the busiest part of the Vegas strip by MGM Grand, Flamingo and Caesar's Palace closer to where the history began is a boneyard for signs of the past....more >> |
Fired up over burn ordinance...No more restrictions Dear Editor: Thanks for asking our opinion on this issue. I believe the current burning ordinance works well. You have to register with the Fire Department, a burning permit is issued, only certain days of the month are designated as burn days, restrictions apply to what can be burned, and if you are sensitive to smoke, you know what days to close the doors and windows....more >> |
Tending garden best time for meditationIt's been light for an hour or two. Before the day heats up, I take a meditative walk through the garden. As I walk out the front door, I take a deep breath and exhale. I walk slowly and notice the newly built spider web on the front porch....more >> |
Take comfort in knowing we're God's chosenRemember what it was like? Two captains were appointed to divide the group into teams. They chose one person after another. You waited in anticipation for your name to be called. Finally, they chose you! Remember how good that felt? You belonged....more >> |
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| 1908: John Bardeen, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. |
| 1910: Artie Shaw, bandleader and clarinetist. |
| 1920: Helen O'Connell, big band vocalist. |
| 1928: Rosemary Clooney, singer. |
| 1934: Robert A. Moog, electrical engineer, creator of the Moog synthesizer. |
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| 1864: Union General Ulysses Grant attempts to outflank Confederate Robert E. Lee in the Battle of North Anna, Virginia. |
| 1900: Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney becomes the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, thirty-seven years after the Battle of Fort Wagner. |
| 1901: American forces capture Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo. |
| 1915: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. |
| 1934: Gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed by Texas Rangers. |
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