In extremely low voter turnout, the Lake Orion school district visited the polls yesterday to elect two candidates to the Board of Education. Current Vice President Mary Jo Burchart garnered a majority of the votes with 1,303 (36.68 percent), while Secretary Tina Peterson came in a close second with 1,268 votes (35.7 percent). Both will […]
The Lake Orion Post Office needs your help to ‘stamp out hunger? on Saturday, May 10, when they host their annual food drive in conjunction with post offices all around the country. This year’s Letter Carriers Food Drive is the 16th one, and marked with the slogan, ‘It’s not in the bag without you.? According […]
It’s all about mothers at the Flint Street Gallery this month. In honor of Mother’s Day, the gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring the mother and daughter pair of Dolores Kurily and Theresa Demers. The pair works in a variety of media types, and according to Demers, her favorite subjects are landscapes, while her mother […]
You won’t find a red carpet rolled out at Hollywood Market’s re-grand opening celebrate, but you will find a newly improved store. ‘We want the community to see what we’ve done and how we’ve improved the store,? said store manager Matt Asta of the purpose to hold a re-grand opening since they’ve already held one […]
For 30 hours members of Gingellville Community Church got a taste of what it was like to be one of the more than 850 million people around that world that don’t have an enough to eat. On April 25-26, the group joined the efforts of hundreds of thousands of young people nationwide that set aside […]
This year’s graduating class won’t walk the stage of Meadowbrook for their diplomas, nor will they receive it at the Phoenix Center. Due to the 2007 graduating class? size, for the first time, graduation was slated to be held in the amphitheater at the Phoenix Center in Pontiac. But Mother Nature played a role in […]
Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) scores once again show Lake Orion students above the average. ‘We have done very well in the district,? said Linda Glowaz, testing assessment consultant for Lake Orion schools. ‘We always exceed the state and this year, we exceeded the county in all areas.? Michigan students, third through ninth grade, were […]
It’s a week that’s apt to change at least one student’s life. Lake Orion High School will be hosting UNITY Week from May 12-16 in an action-packed week focused on promoting tolerance and respect, with the ultimate goal of forming a more cohesive student body. According to junior Emily Sloan, one of the students involved […]
If negotiations go well, Lake Orion will see a familiar face in their new school superintendent. In a special board meeting held Friday night, the Lake Orion Board of Education interviewed internal candidate, current Assistant Superintendent Ken Gutman, for the position of superintendent, which will become vacant when current Superintendent Christine Lehman retires this June. […]
Last year, over 225 walkers got in step against world hunger in the annual Lake Orion/Oxford CROP Walk, and this year, their goal is to increase that number to 250 participants. According to Adam Mueller of Community of Christ, who is coordinating the event along with Ann McKinley of Oxford’s Immanuel Congregational, last year’s event […]