Responses to the council’s firing of Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel From the meeting: ‘I do not think it’s prudent for council to make this change in the administration at this time. Having served on council for six years, I found Ms. Van Tassel to be totally dedicated to serving the Village of Lake Orion. […]
‘She does have some good points, I will not argue that, but the residents, business owners and employees of this village have asked, and that is the reason I have been elected, to replace Ms. Van Tassel.? — David Churchill *** ‘The manager is appointed by the council. When does the time come for a […]
Goodrich – Police are asking the community’s help in tracking a fence-cutting thief who left footprints behind. On May 24, Atlas Township deputies responded to a report of larceny to a storage unit in the 7000 block of South State Road after the fence was cut. Items taken include three steel-string trimmers, boating accessories, a […]
Goodrich – Six Goodrich Education Founadation grants were recently awarded to Goodrich teachers and volunteers to enrich learning with opportunities not normally included in the budget. Dan Hartley, 11th-grade consumer economics teacher was awarded a grant for a stock market simulation. The Reid Elementary Outdoor Education Committee was awarded a grant to purchase field guides, […]
Lake Orion resident Bernadine Sholts will be one of 25 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network employees marching with Uncle Sam on Thursday in America’s Thanksgiving Parade. Sholts will be ‘red, white and ‘blues? all over? as she and other Blue Cross employee volunteers and Parade Company handlers dress in matching […]
The Wild, Wild West invaded Carpenter last month during the school’s intersession. It was a bunch of ‘yee haws? as the students learned all about the simple, yet difficult, life of cowboys, pioneers and Native Americans. Students learned how to make biscuits, shook cream to make butter, and learned how to make toys like cornhusk […]
Ortonville – At 14, lifelong Brandon resident Phil Bowles worked for Clairmount Cleaners in Berkley, Mich. Now at 41, Phil and his wife Erica own and operate both the cleaning plant in Berkley and since April have extended their dry cleaning service to Ortonville. ‘It’s a family business,? said Erica Bowles who explains that she […]
As a homegrown Lake Orion resident, Loran Coffman has ‘been here to see a lot of change take place.? The current President of the Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club, Coffman has been in the financial planning field since 1987. He is the owner and founder of Wealth Preservation Strategies and part of the non-profit Institute […]
REGULAR SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION OF THE ELECTORS OF BRANDON SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTIES OF OAKLAND AND LAPEER, MICHIGAN TO BE HELD JUNE 14, 2004 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT: Please Take Notice that the regular election of the school district will be held on Monday, June 14, 2004. THE […]
Orion Senior Center Director Lisa Sokol and volunteer fundraising coordinator Bill Kokenos offer thanks to Golling Pontiac-GMC General Manager John Cooper for Golling’s sponsorship of the Senior Center’s Oldies Car Cruise earlier this year.