Lisa Simpkins has resigned from the Village of Lake Orion’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission. Kim Santini, who was a non-voting member of the advisory committee, was appointed to the balance of Simpkin’s term ending March 31, 2006. The village council has accepted the resignation of Kirk Kaufman from the village’s […]
Downtown Oxford’s popular Mexican restaurant Casa Real, owned by Alberto Pimentel, recently donated $10,000 to help pay off the debt for the blue turf that covers Oxford High School’s football field. ‘I was absolutely overwhelmed by his generosity,? said Shannon Groedl, a member of the Turf Committee. ‘He did not want any publicity, as he […]
Six Republicans, Carlos D. Allison, Dan Kelly, Eileen Kowall, Dave Presnell, Patrick J Sullivan, and Matt Thrasher, and Democrat Mark Venie are running for their party nomination for Michigan’s legislature, 44th district. Presnell, Sullivan, and Venie did not respond by deadline. Dan Kelly, 47, attorney, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, 18 year resident of Independence Township, […]
Three local attorneys, Joseph G. Fabrizio, Mark W. Lyon, and Fed Miller, are challenging incumbent Judge Dana Fortinberry for the 52-2 District Court in Independence Township,a six-year term. *** Dana Fortinberry, 52, judge of the 52nd District Court, 2nd Division, since 2003, 18-year resident of Independence Township Why are you running? ?? I would like […]
It’s hard to believe that spring isn’t that far way after last Sunday’s snow storm. Downtown Lake Orion people know that and they’re already planning their annual downtown Flower Fair scheduled May 21-22. The first step is to ask village councilmen for an OK to close some of the streets. A public hearing is scheduled […]
As fund-raiser for a friend’s orphanage in India, Youth and Young Adult Worship Leader at Christ the King church, Evan Profant held a four band concert at Christ the King Nov. 9 called ‘November to Remember.? ‘I was really excited, the show turned out exactly how I pictured it and how I wanted it,? Profant […]
Michael Brennan was just a fresh-faced student at Royal Oak Kimball High School when Islamic terrorists launched devastating sneak attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001. Like so many others of his generation, when he graduated, he knew what he had to do ? volunteer for military service. ‘I didn’t […]
By a 6-0 vote on Wednesday night, the Brandon School Board voted to narrow the search for a new district superintendent down to four candidates. Trustee Luke Frye was absent from the meeting. The closed session meeting, with Mike Wilmot of the Southeast Michigan Region of the Michigan Leadership Institute, lasted about 45 minutes. The […]
It will cost about $3,500 to contract with a facilitor to help Orion Township trustees draw up some goals. Deborah Macon will conduct a half- day workshop with the board on March 12. Macon is a member of the West Bloomfield Board of Trustees.
Steve Dunn said it’s a miracle he is still alive, after battling addictions to alcohol, cocaine and prescription pain pills. The Lake Orion resident not only survived those experiences, he went on to use them as fuel for writing his first book ‘Give Me Strength: Battling Addiction,? recently published by Far Out Books. ‘I wrote […]