The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of prescription fraud at the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Lapeer Road on Jan. 30. According to an OCSD report, the pharmacy had taken a phone order for Hydrococlone, a cheap vicadin. The pharmacist said he called back to the doctor’s office that supposedly had called in […]
Clarkston students took to the mic, May 3, to make their views known through poetry. ‘My poem was something to inspire people,? said Raven Ruelas, sophomore. “What’s great about the event is that you get to hear thoughts and views from a variety of people.” Kindness was the theme of this year’s Slam Poetry event […]
Oakland County commissioners are sending a message to all state representatives and state senators from the county. They want local communities to have more control over approval, issuance, renewal or transfer of SDD and SDM liquor licenses. According the Eric Wilson, district #3 commissioner, the county’s board of commissioners voted 25-0 in support of legislation […]
In looking at a vehicle maintenance policy, Orion Township Trustee Richard Tomczak told other trustees on Jan. 20 he didn’t see a limit on how many times the exterior of a township owned or leased vehicle could be cleaned by the employee driving it. The policy just indicated a vehicle was to be cleaned ‘on […]
The Clarkston Community Schools superintendent recently sent a letter wondering whether Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed $300 per pupil cuts were ‘the end of public education as we know it? (“Superintendent’s call to action,” May 11). In his letter, Superintendent Rod Rock said the governor, other politicians and the Michigan Department of Education are ‘not knowledge […]
A non-profit group called the Friends of Orion Center, to help support the Orion Senior Center, will be forming soon. Senior center director Mary Lou Enneking said the group has received final non-profit status and will become the ‘fundraising arm? of the center. The group will seek grants and other fundraising. ‘I was very limited […]
Our teachers are our number one resource. We have to have great teachers to have a great school system. If our district pays teachers less than other districts in Oakland County, we will not attract or keep the best teachers, and our district does not pay more than other districts in our county. I will […]
I received more than 600 responses to my first Superintendent’s Call to Action from as far away as Texas, Florida, Illinois, and Escanaba. There’s a very strong push to join together in support of locally controlled schools; excellent teachers; engaged, globally connected students; and collaborative communities and parents. I’m very excited and I hope you […]
The Modetz Funeral Home on Silverbell Road in Orion Township is presenting to the public the mural recently created for the home by Rochester artist Gerry Post. Post, who has done work for the Modetz-owned funeral home in Rochester, created a mural honoring police and fire, and veterans by depicting battles going back to the […]
Karey Hart, a theatre arts specialist at Stadium Elementary School of the Arts in Lake Orion, was recently awarded a $1,100 grant from the MEEMIC Foundation for the Future of Education. She petitioned the foundation for funds to support two original musical productions created by the school’s fourth and fifth graders. According the Hart, ‘Our […]