Plans are currently $3 million over budget due to COVID-19 pandemic By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Lake Orion Community Schools (LOCS) Assistant Superintendent Heidi Mercer provided a tentative order-of-priority for the district’s bond projects to the Board of Education during a meeting on May 22. The board told Mercer, assistant superintendent […]
Veterans and members of US Armed Forces offered complimentary admission GRAND BLANC — Tournament officials announced today that complimentary admission to The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren is available to members of the United States Armed Forces (Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, and Retirees) and veterans courtesy of Dow. The Ally Challenge will take place […]
Deadline is July 1, at 4 p.m. By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION – The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education announced on June 19, that it is accepting applications for its open trustee seat. According to a press release, the position would be a partial-year board appointment running from July 2024 […]
For the last couple of weeks the pages of our newspapers across the state have been filled with photos of 2024 graduates from area high schools as they’ve enjoyed honors nights, lock-ins, commencement ceremonies and a number of other end-of-school traditions. In one community, our reporters shared about a local “adulting-day,” hosted at the school […]
GFL drops 73 area contracts By David Fleet The Citizen Editor dfleet@mihomepaper.com On Monday night the Lake Orion Township Board of Trustees voted 7-0 consenting to the agreement transfer of the solid waste, recycling, and yard waste collection from Green for Life Environmental (GFL) to Priority Waste. On June 4, 2024 Ontario-based GFL, the current […]
The Village of Lake Orion will be accepting applications for a seat on the planning commission after commissioner Nick Smith resigned on June 3. Anyone interested in the position will be able to submit their applications online, according to village Manager McClary and Council President Jerry Narsh. Smith’s resignation by email was accepted by the […]
ORION TWP. — Who wants to pull weeds? Twelve volunteers from the Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club made it their job this spring to volunteer along the Polly Ann Trail to do just that — pull weeds — just one of the club’s service projects to the community. Last year, the club began a Pollination […]
The Lake Orion Lions Club donated a new automatic external defibrillator (AED) to the Lake Orion Police Department. It is the second AED donation to the department since the Lake Orion American Legion Post 233 made their donation in April. The club’s governing body voted to approve purchasing the $1,599 AED shortly after the LOPD […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OAKLAND COUNTY — Orion Oaks Elementary teacher Norman Wright and Oxford Virtual Academy teacher Molly Darnell won Oakland County Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards, Oakland Schools recently announced. Wright won Elementary Teacher of the Year and Darnell won Middle School Teacher of the year. Shannon Graham from Lamphere […]
Goal is to close on property by end of 2024 By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com Lake Orion Community Schools Superintendent Ben Kirby brought a purchase recommendation forward to the Board of Education for the $3 million Orion Center during a meeting on June 12. Kirby said there are several details that need to be […]