By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Frozen fairways, icy water hazards, concrete tee boxes, snow-covered putting greens, frozen golfers: not a typical day on golf course. But for golfers who cannot wait for spring to hit the links the Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club’s 11th annual Ice Cup Golf Challenge fundraiser on […]
Residents’ complaints triggered new policy By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — The Lake Orion Village Council voted 6-0 Jan. 13 to adopt a revised snow plowing and salting policy that could affect how residents’ streets are plowed. Council Member Nancy Moshier was absent. The council authorized village administration to discuss with homeowners […]
Nest camera records black bear near Big Fish Lake home By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com BRANDON TWP. — A Big Fish Lake area resident recently reported an unlikely visitor. In mid-December, a black bear tripped a motion detector at about 4 a.m. which triggered a Nest camera in the backyard of a Big Fish Lake resident. […]
Orion Twp. man listed in stable condition By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com ORION TWP. — A 63-year-old Richmond, Michigan man died Jan. 2 after his vehicle crossed the center line on Dutton Road and struck an oncoming vehicle. The crash happened at 5:02 p.m. near Bald Mountain Road, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said […]
By David Fleet Ortonville Citizen Editor OXFORD TWP. — A Flint man and convicted felon was named in a 19-count warrant issued Dec. 28 in the Christmas Eve slaying of a local clinical psychologist. Malik Letroy Webb, 29, was charged in the shooting death of Dr. Barbara Wolf, 71, of Oxford Township. Wolf was shot […]
Hall side estimated to close for four months By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD — A truck crashed through the west side of American Legion Walter Fraser Post 108 in Oxford on Dec. 28, leaving one person dead. The truck’s driver had a seizure, hit a car at the intersection of Drahner Road and […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — Oxford High School students Tristan Krajcarski, Sarah Gibbons, Amelia Brown, Kathryn Dupras and Sierra Musial are raising funds for a therapy dog for Georgia Apalachee High School shooting survivors, according to a press release from Monday. The efforts are part of an International Baccalaureate project created […]
He’s really not a mean one, that Mr. Grinch. In fact, his heart had grown three sizes and he was quite merry during the “Breakfast with the Grinch” parties organized by the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department on Dec. 14. Kids got to have their photos taken with the Grinch, enjoy a pancake breakfast, […]
Scholarship in memory of former McLaren Oakland Chief Nurse PONTIAC — McLaren Oakland has awarded partial scholarships to four Oakland County Community College nursing students as they continue their education towards their nursing degree. The four Oakland County Students are Lyric Bonner, Tore Bond, Vivian Kendall and Christina Rais. The Dr. Calandra Green Memorial Scholarship […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — There were children and toys and a lot of joy for the boys and girls who were given the promise of a wonderful Christmas during the Shop with a Hero event at Meijer on Dec. 4. And while the heroes weren’t clad in a red and […]