Clarkston Rotary’s Fall Wine Party is coming up, set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Bordine Nursery on Dixie Highway. ‘A Taste For The Holidays? will feature wines from Australia, California, France, Germany, Italy, and South America, along with a few from Michigan. Along with wine will be food from some of the area’s […]
Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk has officially announced his candidacy for a second four-year term. Dywasuk, a Republican, has been a township resident for 28 years. Prior to being elected to his current position, he served 12 years on the Orion Township Planning Commission, including three years as chairman, and five years on the township’s […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of vandalism at Carpenter Elementary School on Flintridge Street on April 20. According to an OCSD report, an air conditioning unit, valued at $20,000, was damaged by vandals. A custodian at the school found the unit’s fins had been damaged. A deputy observed the damage and […]
Many students spend their school’s spring break by heading south for a dose of sunshine and relaxation. Ten Lake Orion High School students passed up the sun and fun recently to spend their spring break (April 12-15) working with the Greater Jackson Michigan Habitat for Humanity and YMCA Storer Camps in Napoleon, Michigan. The mission […]
A reorganization meeting of the Lake Orion Community Schools Foundation will take place May 6, 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Orion School District Board office, 315 North Lapeer Street in Lake Orion. Some parents in the community are looking to reactivate the foundation as a way to help bring extra dollars in the school district […]
The other day my co-worker was telling me about a spiritual experience she had while taking pictures of a statue of Jesus, watching a leaf fall from the sky, and hearing church bells play her favorite hymn. She asked me if I thought of it as a ‘spiritual experience.? I told her, I most definitely […]
Dear Editor, Clarkston Community Schools Administration has decided to cut five buses and five bus drivers for the 2007-8 school year. It appears that Clarkston schools has plenty of money for administration buildings but runs short when money’s needed for teachers and bus drivers. The administration complex on Clarkston Road east of Main Street is […]
The Orion Township board has confirmed the final ballot language for the fire millage renewal and increase, and police millage renewal and increase, both to be placed on the Aug. 3, 2004 Primary Ballot. If approved, the Orion Township Fire Department would be allowed to levy .9836 of one mill, and also an additional .0137 […]
Orion Township employee Wendy Stiller has been granted an extension of sick and/or personal time donated to her by other township employees. Trustees decided to extend the use of time donated by clerical and DPW union members to Stiller, originally requested because Stiller’s husband was hospitalized for a lengthy illness in January/February 2004. The donated […]
Dear Editor, The pig was not preserved but nature and clean water have a much better chance after 180 guests, sponsors and donors kicked up their heels for the vital cause of land and water preservation at NOHLC’s Wild Night Out Goes Country. The barn doors at the Lazy J in Milford were flung open […]