Learning to read was a struggle for 9-year-old Hannah Rostek of Clarkston. Her parents and teachers worked with her for years, trying to understand why Rostek, a bright, outgoing girl, had trouble deciphering the words sitting there on the page. Trouble was, the words weren’t. ‘They were popping off the page, I’d see halos around […]
Christine Schramm, here with her family, won the Big Deal drawing for a big screen TV and Xbox game system in the June Big Deal Giveaway contest. The $1,800 prize package was sponsored by Great Lakes Independent Insurance Agency. Enter now for August’s Big Deal Giveaway ? hair replacement for one week at Mr. G’s […]
You can get your creative gift-giving juices flowing this Christmas season with a trip to the Orion Art Center’s Holiday Market. Volunteers and artists spent last week setting up the market at the art center, at 115 S. Anderson Street. It opened on Nov. 18, and will remain open through Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10 […]
Residents along Indianwood Road say they have waited over a decade for a safety path, and believe the cost of waiting any longer could be a life. The Orion Township Board of Trustees held a public hearing on Nov. 2 on their safety path priority list, put together by the safety path advisory committee. The […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION BOARD OF TRUSTEES SYNOPSIS, REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008 Called meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. All members present. Received and filed Treasurer’s Annual Report, as submitted. Adopted Investment Policy for the Charter Township of Orion, as amended. Received and filed Investment Report, as submitted. Approved payment of bills in […]
NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTION SQUARE LAKE WATERCRAFT CONTROL ORDINANCE The Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees, at the regular meeting of Monday, March 3, 2008, to be held at 7:00 p.m., at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, proposes to adopt an ordinance for the […]
Ten Years Ago Nov. 17, 1993 ~~~The 105 members of LOHS’ Marching Band will be making its second appearance in the Michigan Thanksgiving Parade ~~~There’s a rumor going around about a possible residential development south of Long Lake which would include about 200 homes and commercial buildings and possibly a grocery store on Lapeer Road, […]
Monday, Nov. 10 8:51 a.m.-An accident took place at M-24/Indianwood. Station #1 responded. 12:02 p.m.-Station #3 responded to illegal burning on West Clarkston. 2:10 p.m.-A medical emergency occurred on Harry Paul. Station #1 responded. Tuesday, Nov. 11 6:37 a.m.-A man on Glanworth wasn’t breathing. Station #1 responded. 8:43 a.m.-A person on East Scripps was in […]
Scott Eriksson and his fellow Class of 1979 Clarkston High School graduates turn 50 this year ? a perfect time for a party. “A lot of people bemoan the fact that they’ve reached the half century mark. It’s a big milestone,” Eriksson said. “I was talking to friends when, as a lark, we decided we […]
Clarkston Community Schools earned high marks in its latest survey. In the telephone survey of 403 residents, taken in February, 20.9 percent said staff and teacher quality were ‘particularly good.? Another 10.4 percent said curriculum and program quality came to mind when asked. Also, 86.1 percent said teachers are well qualified and 77.6 percent said […]