FLINT — November is Membership Month at Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium. Members receive free general admission at Longway Planetarium and Sloan Museum of Discovery; free entry to the 2025 traveling exhibits 2theXtreme and Hall of Heroes; free admission to the new laser light shows premiering in January 2025; discounts at the gift […]
Love Inc. is accepting donations of gift cards for its gift card drive that began on Nov. 6, and will continue through Dec. 23. Donations will go toward helping struggling individuals and families. Gift cards for gas, Kroger and Meijer are appreciated, and cards in increments of $25 and $50 are preferred. Cards can be […]
OXFORD — Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ will hold a special memorial service in observance of the Transgender National Day of Remembrance at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the church. The service will include a special prayer, music and a memorial slideshow. Refreshments will follow. The public is welcome to attend. Anyone who would […]
State meet coming up on Nov. 21-22 By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — The Lake Orion High School girls swimming and diving team aimed to finish within the top three in the OAA Red Championships last week in Bloomfield Hills, finishing fourth out of the six teams at the meet. The team […]
Two new members to replace Narsh, Van Portfliet By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — In one of the more contested local elections, voters in Lake Orion returned two incumbents to the village council, while two newcomers will be sworn in as well during the next village council meeting. Stan Ford and Michael […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Royal Oak-based GMB Architects Mitch Duyser and Tom VanDeGriend met with the Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education on Nov. 6 to show bond project designs for Paint Creek Elementary and Lake Orion High School’s AUX gym. Duyser presented renderings and floor plans to the […]
Sharon Ann DeMeritt of Lake Orion passed away on Nov. 4, 2024. She was 68 years old. Sharon is the daughter of the late Arthur and Winifred Johnson; the beloved wife of Paul, with whom they shared 49 years of marriage; the loving mother of Derrick (Jen) DeMerit and Vail (Kellie) DeMeritt; loving grandmother of William, […]
Horst Fischer of Lake Orion passed away on Nov. 4, 2024. He was 85 years old. Horst was preceded in death by his wife Nancy in 2017. They were married on Aug. 25, 1965 at St. Veronica in East Detroit and would spend 51 years together. He is survived by his oldest son Glenn, his […]
Lake Orion Community Schools Superintendent Heidi Mercer told the district’s Board of Education that Paint Creek Elementary and Lake Orion High School’s AUX gym bond designs are “pretty much done” during a board meeting on Oct. 23. “A few tweaks here and there that we are looking at, but this will be coming to the […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Lake Orion Community School’s Board of Education voted 7-0 to adopt an Oakland County School Boards Association (OCSBA) bylaw revision in October. The revision allows an exception for a member of the Board of Directors to complete their term on the board if they are elected […]