Clarkston grad uses passion to help others

Through life experiences Angela Avery found her passion later in life. Avery, a Clarkston graduate, opened The Counseling Studio in downtown in March. Offering therapy sessions for people of all ages Avery smiled and explained, ‘I am an eclectic counselor.” She uses a variety of approaches to help treat clients facing life issues. Her variety […]

Time to fight Phragmites

kston News Staff Writer With warmer weather will soon come renewed growth by invasive species. Not if Oakland Phragmites and Invasive Species Task Force(OPIS) has anything to say about it. “Invasive species like phragmites lower property values and has negative effects on the environment and wildlife,” said OPIS President Linda Walsh Lapinski. Phragmites, a reed […]

Lake Orion Village

VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION PUBLIC NOTICE 2009 SWIMMING CLASSES ? GREEN’S PARK Classes will be held for all swimming skill levels at Green’s Park in Lake Orion beginning Monday June 15, 2009. Registration begins Friday, May 1, 2009, at 9:00 am at the Village of Lake Orion Offices, 37 E Flint Street, Lake Orion, Michigan […]

Orion Township Library Board

SYNOPSIS ORION TOWNSHIP LIBRARY BOARD Meeting April 16, 2009 Present: MaryAnne Thorndycraft, James Abramczyk, Jim Phillips, Mary Pergeau, Kathy Palmer, Tom Traurig, trustees; Linda Sickles, director. Meeting called to order at 6:43 p.m. 1. Agenda approved as amended. 2. Consent agenda approved. 3. Circulation up 14.1% from April, 2008. 4. Received communication from attorney Paul […]

Contaminated soil at potential deli site

The site of a proposed deli and coffee shop has yet to be cleared of contamination from years of leaking underground gasoline tanks. Terri Golla, a geologist with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in charge of the case, said the owner of the property, Larry Trepek of GL Investments, has not complied with MDEQ orders […]

A prom of their own

Pure joy. That’s the most accurate way to describe the prom held for Oxford’s special education students and members of the LOFT program Saturday evening at Merge Studio and Gallery located at 33 Pleasant St. Approximately 40 young people with various mental and physical disabilities, including some from Lake Orion High School, came together to […]

Oxford Village

VILLAGE OF OXFORD REPROGRAMMING ADVERTISEMENT In accordance with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) requirements, notice is hereby given that the Village of Oxford will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will take place at the Village Council Chambers, 22 W. Burdick, Oxford, MI to receive written and […]

Oxford Village

VILLAGE OF oxford notice to village residents A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m. or soon thereafter in the Village of Oxford Council Chambers, 22 W. Burdick Street, Oxford, MI for the purpose of discussing the 2009-2010 Village budget adoption. A copy of the proposed budget is available for […]

Village wants loan, but twp. says it can’t legally give it

It appears funding the fix for pothole hill has hit another roadblock ? a legal roadblock. Last week, the Oxford Village Council voted 3-2 to authorize Manager Joe Young to enter into preliminary negotiations with the township to borrow up to $500,000 for five years in order to reconstruct the badly-deteriorated, pothole-ridden stretch of W. […]

OHS auto students are state champs!

For the second straight year, students from Oxford High School’s automotive program have won a state championship and secured a spot in the national competition in June. Last week, OHS seniors Mike Smith and Alan LaBarge won the state finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition held at the Macomb Community College Expo Center […]