Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

By now you have heard about the joy and the heartbreak for the boys basketball team and the Clarkston community. The boys defeated Flint Northwestern to win the quarterfinals and then went on to lose a painful semi-finals game against Kalamazoo Central at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. It was sad to see the […]

Egg-citing time at Sashabaw

Children and their parents filled Sashabaw Middle School, Saturday, to enjoy Easter treats, fun crafts, and a flashlight egg hunt at Egg Mania, hosted by Independence Township Parks and Recreation. Sporting hand-crafted bunny ears, kids enjoyed bunny golf, bunny bowling, bunny basketball, and bunny bucket toss, as well as a visit with the Easter Bunny […]

Independence Township

Independence Township OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE The Charter Township of Independence 2014 March Board of Review will meet for its organizational session, MCL 211.29(1), at the Township Hall’s Office of the Assessor on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 9:00 am. The Board of Review will meet for public hearings at the Township Hall Board Room located […]

Orion Township

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Charter Township of Orion Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the lower level of the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Road, Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, on the following matter: AB-2014-04. John Wiegand, 4454 Maybee Road. Sidwell #09-30-100-007 The […]

Public Safety

Wrestling gone wrong Emergency personnel responded to Clarkston High School March 15 after a Flint boy suffered a possible head injury during a wrestling event at the school. The youth was transported to Genesys Hospital for evaluation. Gun gone A man reported his gun missing March 18 and told police he thought he may have […]

Elderly couple killed in Springfield crash

The intersection of Davisburg and Ormond Road was closed for about five hours Sunday while police investigated a crash that killed an elderly White Lake Township couple. William Torode, 80, and Betty Torode, his 78-year-old wife, died after an oncoming vehicle struck their car just after 10 a.m. According to a report from the Oakland […]

Orion Township

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION *** PUBLIC NOTICE*** The 2014 Orion Township Board of Review will meet at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Road, Lake Orion, Michigan on the following dates: March 4, 2014 (Tuesday), 10:00 a.m., organization meeting. Review and examination of the Assessment Roll only. No individual appeals will be heard on this […]

Lake Orion Village

VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The Village of Lake Orion Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a Public Hearing on Appeal No. A-14-01 at Lake Orion Village Hall, 37 E. Flint St-. Lake Orion, MI 48362, on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM In the Council Chambers. This […]

SCAMP Home Tour to feature five homes

Clarkston SCAMP’s 27th annual home tour is set for Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7. The tour, which benefits SCAMP’s non-profit summer day camp for impaired children and young adults, kicks off on Patrons? Night at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, June 6, followed by a reception at Deer Lake Banquet Center at 8 p.m. Ticket for Patrons? Night are […]

Students learn science at summer Camp Invention

Sashabaw Middle School hosts Camp Invention this summer. Curriculum for students entering grades 1-6 are taught through a series of hands-on, group activities leading to discovery of science behind their favorite superheroes, tracking down a lost Viking treasure, and building safety devices for vehicles. Children use ingenuity, trial and error, and tape, aluminum foil, and […]