At the first sign of mortgage troubles, call your bank, says Carey Wilhelm, a Clarkston-based real estate agent and Orion Township resident. ‘See what they can help you with first. Don’t walk away. It won’t fix itself,? she said. In the world of mortgage relief, Wilhelm says she believes wholeheartedly in shortsales. A deed in […]
Special to The Citizen At any given time, James Porritt, a Lake Orion graduate and local attorney for nearly four decades, says his office has about a dozen or so clients going through short sales or foreclosures. He says demand for one office supply in particular increases dramatically with these clients ? tissues. Troubled mortgages […]
The village council was full of trash talk, June 28, when councilmembers unanimously approved a new waste removal contract with Richfield Equities. The village collected bids for waste hauling services back in March, and Richfield’s estimates for $12,300 in the first year came in around $5,000 cheaper than bids from Allied Republic Waste and Waste […]
Lake Orion School Boardmember Tiffany Weber-Phillips? residency is legitimate, say school officials, and so were investigation methods used to look into it. Law enforcement officers checked out allegations that Weber-Phillips has not lived in the school district for months. Rumors suggested Weber-Phillips and her family lived in Oxford’s school district instead, which, if true, would […]
At any given time, James Porritt, a Lake Orion grad and local attorney for nearly four decades, says his office has about a dozen or so clients going through shortsales or foreclosures. He says demand for one office supply in particular increases dramatically with these clients ? tissues. Troubled mortgages can be troubling on the […]
Expressions in the audience and at the board table were perplexed, June 23 during the school board’s regular meeting. Superintendent Ken Gutman’s contract was back on the table, proposing to extend his stint in Lake Orion Community Schools until 2013. The board ultimately approved the contract, 4-2, including a 9.3 percent reduction in compensation. But […]
And then there was one: Kelly Weaver. Lake Orion Board of Education voted in Weaver to fill a vacant seat on the board at their June 23 meeting, 5-1. Treasurer Jim Weidman cast the dissenting vote. Weaver will serve from now until the remainder of former President Bill Walters? term, ending in 2011. Walters? last […]
Are special education students ‘warehoused? in Lake Orion? Andrea Perry, mother of a special education student, says they are, and the way they’re bused is one reason why. According to Perry, her son and other students used to be on the bus and heading home before the final bell even rings. And it’s been happening […]
It was an illegal house party of the worst kind, said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh of an incident involving a brawl, marijuana use, underage drinking, a marijuana growing operation and five adults and two minors taken into custody. Arrests included Alexandra Woods and Hanna Paul, both 19 and from Orion Township, for visiting […]
Jayme is a student at Waldon Middle School. One day, her mom was outside cleaning the yard and picking up sticks. ‘I knew she was probably tired, so I decided to help her because it is easier for me to bend down and pick up sticks than it is for her. I could tell she […]