Natalie Nance, a 2003 Lake Orion High School graduate and Oxford resident, was killed in a car accident on Jan. 14 while traveling near Cadillac. Nance, 21, was riding in a vehicle with her boyfriend, Mike Pisha, of Wixom, and his cousin Phillip, on their way to Boyne Mountain. As Pisha was driving, the vehicle […]
Lake Orion Schools is preparing to once again tighten its budgeting belt, putting a Headlee override to a vote in the May 2 election. If the Headlee override passes, it will allow the schools to again levy 18 mills. LO Schools Executive Director of Business Services Jillynn Keppler told the school board on Jan. 11 […]
Lake Orion Schools Middle School Teacher of the Year has been working in the district for 29 years, and once tought in a women’s prison. Donna deWitt-Schnell, computer applications teacher for sixth, seventh and eighth-grade at Waldon Middle School, was surprised to learn she had been named Teacher of the Year on Jan. 12. Faculty […]
The deadline to file for anyone interested in running for the Lake Orion Board of Education in the May 2 election is Feb. 7. Paperwork must be filed, in person, by 4 p.m. at the Oakland County Election Division. School board members are elected to four-year terms. On the Lake Orion board, two members have […]
If an application for a grant through the Road Commission for Oakland County is successful, the Village of Lake Orion could receive federal funds to help pay for the repaving of Flint Street. The village council voted to have village manager JoAnn Van Tassel sign the grant application on behalf of the village at their […]
This will be the last year that Lake Orion High School’s graduating seniors receive their diplomas at Meadowbrook Music Theatre, located on the campus of Oakland University. Lake Orion Schools Superintendent Christine Lehman said starting in 2007, LOHS will hold their graduation ceremony at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater. Freedom Hill is located on Metropolitan Parkway […]
After starting his career with the Road Commission for Oakland County 20 years ago as a mechanic, Neal Farner has worked his way up the ladder to his latest position as manager of the District 3 garage in Orion. Farner took the job in November, replacing Loren Yaros who retired at the end of October, […]
Cell phones are a pet peeve of mine. I broke down and finally bought one several years ago, when I was in college. At the time I was doing a lot of driving back and forth between my small hometown of Morenci, Michigan and school at Oakland University in Rochester Hills. However, I make a […]
Author Christine Burk got the idea for her first book ‘Prudence Parker and A Sign of Friendship? five years ago. She was watching her daughter try to talk to a hearing impaired girl while on a family vacation. Burk, an Oxford resident, said she knew she wanted to save the memory at the time, so […]
Lake Orion Schools is preparing to once again tighten its budgeting belt, putting a Headlee override to a vote in the May 2 election. If the Headlee override passes, it will allow the schools to again levy 18 mills. LO Schools Executive Director of Business Services Jillynn Keppler told the school board on Jan. 11 […]