North Oakland VFW Post 334 will be selling Buddy Poppies May 7, 8 and 9 at many locations in Orion, Oxford and Addison Townships. This is the only fundraiser the Veterans of Foreign Wars carries out annually. The money raised is used to assist needy and disabled veterans in North Oakland County, as well as […]
The Orion Art Center recently held its opening reception for the Re-Create Recycled Art Show on April 22 in observance of Earth Day. The center hosts several shows throughout the year, but this is the first show with a recycled theme. RE-Create, which will be on exhibit through June 18, has a variety of pieces […]
Part 6 on Clarkston schools’ new five-year Strategic Plan is on its fifth focus area, human resources. With 85 percent of the school budget funding employee salaries, benefits, retirement, and other personnel costs, human resources is a big part of Clarkston School Board’s Strategic Plan. “It is very important to be fiscally responsible in all […]
A Body Mind Green Expo at the Clarkston High School, April 17, welcomed visitors to free information on health and wellness. Local businesses provided information on anti-aging, fitness, healthy living, stress relief and other health and wellness topics….
Check out the newly-installed Meek’s Park bridge that spans Paint Creek.
A special presentation of The Reluctant Dragon sparked creativity in Pine Tree Elementary students. Edco Publishing Company awarded the school a grant funding a puppet rendition of the play and a private lesson from a Detroit marionette company on making dragon puppets.
Kids sat down and began opening the colorful Easter eggs they had just filled into their baskets. In less than a few minutes, they had made hundreds of eggs disappear from around the Mill Pond, where Springfield Parks and Recreation held their 16th Annual Easter Egg Hunt….
New chiller for school Clarkston Junior High School will stay cool this summer with a new air-cooled coil chiller for its air conditioning system. Daikin Applied of Minneapolis, Minn., made the only bid for the project. Clarkston School Board voted unanimously, April 14, to approve the $109,473 purchase and installation. The current chiller, which is […]
In the early morning hours of May 7, Oxford resident Ginny Benson watched in horror as a critical part of the 80-acre horse farm she’s owned for more than 20 years was engulfed in intense flames and thick, black smoke. Normally, Benson, who breeds and boards horses at Sassafras Farms, is an ‘insomniac,? but she […]
Village officials are heading to arbitration to resolve issues surrounding the termination of two Department of Public Works employees. Teamsters Local 214 President Joe Valenti, who is representing Bill Prince and Kevin Booms, said Tuesday an agreement to arbitrate the Prince case had been reached and the Booms case will also be arbitrated, with the […]