When you go to the butcher, point out a cut of meat and say ‘trim the fat? you don’t expect to see him grab the cleaver and start carving the white flecks of fat’the marbling’from within your steak. The more marbling, after all, the higher the USDA grade; the well-marbled ‘prime? grade is the good […]
I’ve heard about the vision three or four times now. You know’the one about the Lake Orion High School grad who, while sitting in some California coffee shop sipping a latte, opens a magazine and finds a feature from back home. ‘Orion Township, one of the coolest places on earth to live, to work, to […]
The sale of the Oxford Veterans Memorial Civic Center, commonly known as the Vets Hall, necessitated moving the Precinct #1 polling location. Precinct #1 encompasses the entire Village of Oxford. Precinct #1 will now be located in the village community room, located inside the municipal complex at 22 W. Burdick St. Free parking is available […]
Fifth-graders from Kristen Rhoades and Audrey Boris’s classes at Oxford Elementary along with Clear Lake fifth-graders from Jackie Wiscombe’s class enjoyed a ‘Carnival Day? on Dec. 1, which was put on by Oxford High School DECA students. According to senior Emily Zeliasko there were three separate DECA groups who taught the students either about financial […]
I find it more than curious that we, as residents of Lake Orion, have been asked for our ‘input? regarding the school district’s budgetary recommendations, and the forum in which we are to share our thoughts is being officiated by none other than the author of same, Mr. Ken Gutman. I find it even more […]
Lake Orion school administration’s had their say on what to axe and what to keep in next year’s budget. Now it’s my turn, but I get to throw a disclaimer on my recommendation: I made some assumptions for the sake of argument, so bear with me. The groundwork: The goal is to slice $5.4 million […]
It’s not quite the walls of Jericho, but the walls of the old Addison Township Hall did come tumbling down this past week after township officials moved into their new home next door, which is now open for business. ‘We are moved in, we just don’t have everything put away yet, but we are up […]
A 19-year-old man suspected of shooting at the Oxford Middle School building while it was unoccupied over Thanksgiving break was arraigned on two unrelated charges last week. Alexander Remy Boggess was arraigned Dec. 9 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on one count of carrying a concealed weapon (a five-year felony) and possession of marijuana, […]
Dear editor, This letter is submitted to let the Orion community know about a potentially threatening situation that occurred in our subdivision on Friday, March 12. At approximately 8 p.m., our doorbell rang. It was very dark out that night. When we answered the door, a young African man said that he was a representative […]
Kaitlin Denton Kaitlin made the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester. She attends Central Michigan University. Ashley Shugar Ashley, a 2007 graduate of Lake Orion High School, made the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester. She attends Saint Xavier University, School of Nursing in Chicago. Ashley is the daughter of Tom and Kelsey […]