Orion Township Parks and Recreation hosted a FAME! Performing Arts Day Camp, July 18-21, at Civic Center Park on Joslyn Road. Eighteen children, in grades K-1, took a week-long odyssey into the world of jazz dance, theatre, music and art. They mastered the foundations of performing arts disciplines, and combined them into an exciting finished […]
Kellie Collins has a new home thanks to the Habitat for Humanity North Oakland Circle of Faith. Circle of Faith consists of volunteers from 18 churches in northern Oakland County who participated in the 2005 Jimmy Carter Blitz Build. The group joined together about a year ago and raised $65,000 needed to build the home. […]
A $1,000 MotorCities National Heritage Area grant was recently awarded to help fund the automotive show part of Art, Autos & Architecture at the Scripps Mansion annual event in Lake Orion. The money will be used to help Guest House with marketing and publicity. MotorCities grant and mini-grant programs support the development of new auto […]
DOWNTOWN OXFORD ? Power pole split in two, maybe the result of a lightning strike. Man trapped inside elevator. A power surge and electrical fire shut down the town’s bank. About 2,000 customers were left with no electricity. Thursday, July 21 was no ordinary day and it certainly was a hectic one for Oxford firefighters. […]
Ten Years Ago July 26, 1995 ~~Bill Waldo retired from the Lake Orion Police Department after 28 years on the job. ~~Jim Smith, a Lake Orion resident and teacher at Oxford Hills, qualified for his first Senior PGA Tour event. ~~~Lake Orion residents Lacey Story, Nathan Tyler, Kristen Perry and Stephanie Masters and other members […]
For the first time in five years, an Oxford Village Council election will actually be contested, although both candidates won’t be on the ballot. Incumbent Councilman Tom Benner filed a nominating petition Friday for the four-year council seat on the Tuesday, Sept. 13 village ballot. Village resident Susan McGinnis also plans to run for council […]
Amy Stevens of Spruce (daughter of Barbara (Kessler) and the late Burt Bowerman) has been named recipient of Michigan’s Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 2005 Personal Achievement Award. Barbara grew up in Oxford and Burt lived in Lake Orion at one time. Stevens, 40, was selected for the honor because of her community involvement and advocacy on […]
The founder of the Curtis Insurance Agency in downtown Oxford is in serious, but stable condition following a July 19 auto crash in Metamora Township. Addison resident Ralph R. Curtis, 85, is currently being treated at the Hurley Trauma Center in Flint after sustaining severe injuries in a head-on collision on M-24, just south of […]
The Orion Township Library held its first-ever garage sale on July 13, offering used computer systems and equipment, stuffed animals, office supplies and more. The sale drew a crowd and was held from 3-8 p.m. in the library meeting room.
John Layman is a determined person. Although he may still lose his leg to infection, or at the very least have to wear a brace on his severely damaged knee, Layman vowed to his doctor, ‘I will walk again,? according to Sue Pendred, owner of Art & Dick’s Party Store. Layman is currently recovering at […]