Editor’s Note: The following was originally written as an e-mail response to Mr. Terry’s letter to me, I decided to use it as my column this week to respond in the newspaper as well. Dear Mr. Terry, As I have said repeatedly in numerous columns, I have nothing against teaching Chinese language or culture to […]
Monday, Sept. 29, breaking and entering at a home on Judah Road. A wallet was taken from a vehicle on Kimberly. Home invasion on Newman Road. Warrant arrests on southbound I-75. Phone harassment on Heights Road. Retail fraud at Kohl’s on Baldwin Road. An Indianwood Road woman said her boyfriend had taken her dogs. *** […]
Monday, Sept. 29, a warrant arrest took place at Broadway/Heights Road. *** Tuesday, Sept. 30, suspicious circumstances on South Broadway. A drunken driving arrest occurred at M-24/Heights Road. Threats were reported at the Oil Exchange on South Broadway. Civil matter on Bellevue. *** Wednesday, Oct. 1, property was found in the roadway on East Flint […]
After more than an hour of closed session on Monday, the school board voted 7-0 to approve a tentative agreement with Teamsters Union 214 Brandon bus drivers and mechanics for contract concessions of $235,098. The agreement was set to be ratified on Thursday after presstime. Complete terms of the one-year agreement with the district’s 28 […]
Ortonville-By a 6-1 vote on Monday night, Larry Brown was hired as the new village manager. The village council had unanimously voted to assign Brown to the position of interim village manager at their April 12 meeting. The former village manager, Bill Sprague, has taken a position in the private sector after five months in […]
On a night more fitting for ducks, the Lake Orion Varsity Football Team welcomed back Homecoming alumni with a 28-0 win over OAA-I-foe Troy, giving the Dragons their sixth win and an automatic spot in the Michigan High School Athletic Association State Playoffs. Facing 25 mile-per-hour winds and a driving rain, the 6-0 (4-0 OAA […]
Growing up today, kids have a lot of choices for their afterschool activities. Some will take up sports like soccer and baseball, while others will be lucky enough to find a hidden treasure on Orion Road in Orion Township in the form of the Royal Oak Archery Club. The club has nourished the young talent […]
Chances are if you live in the Village of Atlas you know Joan Smith. For the past 13 years, Smith has served as the Atlas Postmaster’and in a rural community where mail is still picked up in one of about 236 post office boxes? she’s somewhat of a celebrity. On June 30 she will retire. […]
When entering the construction business around 25 years ago, the last thing on Steve Frasher’s mind was that he would end up doing what he loves for national TV shows. ‘I ended up getting into construction back in 1984 and haven’t looked back and have been doing construction ever since,? he said. ‘I ended up […]
The tradition continued despite the nasty weather as Lake Orion High School celebrated their annual Homecoming on Oct. 3 with a pep rally, soggy parade in downtown Lake Orion, and a 28-0 victory in varsity football over the Troy Colts. The events kicked off with a LOHS Student Council-sponsored pep rally during the last two […]