Oxford Township

NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Notice is hereby given that the Charter Township of Oxford Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 beginning at 7:45 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center, 28 North Washington, […]

Having fun with big kid stuff

Anyone in Lake Orion selling a three bedroom, two bathroom house on acreage for under $200,000? I want it. *** It’s peculiar how doing ‘adult? things makes you feel very much like an adult. OK, maybe peculiar isn’t the right word; what I just said sounds so obvious when stated so plainly. But it’s an […]

What’s with high level of pollution reported in Orion?

Dear editor, This letter is also directed to Orion Township and state officials, and WPHA board. Upon reading the June 20 Detroit Free Press cover story “Life in Our Most Polluted Zip Code,” I was shocked to find Lake Orion among the top 15 polluted zip codes in Michigan. I live in 48359, and I […]

Officials plan to fight M-24 property swap

Township officials say residents of Orion Township will be the losers if a proposed land swap between a private developer and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Commission goes through, but the developer said residents from four townships will be getting a “crown jewel” piece of property on Indian Lake. The DNR is scheduled to […]

Employee arrested for credit union fraud

A woman flew back to the Lake Orion area from Texas last week to face charges of embezzlement and fraud at the Lakes Community Credit Union on North Park Blvd. Norma Davila, 29, waived her preliminary exam during her arraignment Rochester 3rd/2nd District Court. Her case now moves on to circuit court. Davila is free […]

Google Docs: Free and efficient

You may have heard about a company called Google, you know the one that allows you to find anything about anything on the internet. Well, they also offer many services for free. One that I would like to bring to your attention is called Google Docs. Google Docs, at its core, is an online version […]

Leaving middle school on a high note

A whole slew of Scripps eighth-grade students earned the Presidential Academic Award for their middle school years. To earn the honor, each student must maintain a 3.5 or above GPA for each quarter of middle school. “All of us here at Scripps are proud of all of our eighth-graders and wish them the best as […]

Lakeview homeowner charged with trespassing

Village police officers respond to a lot of calls regarding lakefront land disputes, especially ones that involve neighbors stepping on to another’s property. Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh hopes to slow that time consuming policing process by using its trespassing law. Margaret Parr, 51, of Lakeview was arraigned on Sept. 23 in Rochester’s 3rd/2nd […]

Dad says son put $1,439 cell phone bill in his name

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of identification fraud on Fox Hollow Court on Sept. 23. According to an OCSD report, a 45-year-old man said his 18-year-old son had used his identity to obtain a cell phone. His son was recently released into his custody after serving time in a home for […]