Dear Editor, Lake Orion willelect new members to its school board in May. Traditionally, those people running for a position on the board are concerned parents with school age children where the dedication is temporary, or teachers with ulterior motives, in both categories motives tend to be highly subjective from a very personal point of […]
10 years ago March 9, 1994 Oxford Village Councilmen John Du Val and Tom Loney are not seeking re-election. Four candidates are vying for the two seats: Sue Bossardet, Phyllis Fairbairn, Kerry Horton and Geneva Seeds. The vote is March 15. Oxford Village Manager Darwin Parks has recommended some changes for Council consideration, like eliminate […]
Do you have any old records gathering dust in your house? Wondering what to do with them? Here’s a worthy cause. Donate them to Broadway Records. Richard McGlashen has been operating his business in downtown Lake Orion for 25 years and was recently burned out by the fire. The kind of inventory he carries is […]
Dear Editor. Now you see it, now you don’t! I put up 40 campaign signs for School Board last week and came home from a business trip this weekend to find over half of them were down, completely missing! So having run for office before I went to the dumpster behind Orion Township Hall to […]
Against the odds and an early Highlander lead, the Lake Orion Varsity Baseball Team managed to turn a loss into an upsetting win on April 13. The game started unremarkably, with both teams bringing in a single run in the first inning, yet Rochester Adams showed their teeth in the second, bringing in four more […]
In response to many, many requests, Downtown Lake Orion has been able to set up a local bank account to accept donations for the workers displaced by the devastating downtown fire on March 4. Dia Zarga, owner of the Sagebrush Cantina, has vowed to rebuild, bigger and better than ever, as quickly as possible, but […]
Although many of the downtown streets were blocked off all day on Thursday by police cars, drivers didn’t have a problem being kept out of the downtown area — except one man. According to LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh, one driver did get out his car and approach a police officer while flames were still […]
Lake Orion Community Schools is a great school district that is also facing great challenges. The upcoming May 3rd school board election will determine the direction the district will take for the next four years. I believe that Birgit McQuiston and Melissa Miller are the candidates who will best guide the district through the challenges […]
In the upcoming school board election, I am voting for Janet Wolverton and Kelly Weaver and they deserve your vote too.? Janet has served our district selflessly for the past nine years. She has gone above and beyond, not just meeting the minimum requirements of an elected board member, but working and volunteering countless hours, […]
Fighting a fire for 12 hours had unpleasant side effects for some residents in the village. Because of the downtown fire, the Detroit Water System increased the water pressure to the village to help out the fire department. The increased water flow caused water main breaks on Bellevue, Central and Summer. According to Marlene Briggs […]