Village budget won’t include layoffs, higher taxes

Sweeping municipal layoffs, tax hikes and cuts to services. Sound all too familiar? Not to the Village of Lake Orion. At the village council’s May 24 meeting, members unanimously approved a 2010-11 budget that didn’t include any of those things. Millage rates will stay at last year’s levels, according to Village Manager Paul Zelenak. The […]

New drug on fast track to black list

Everyone reacts differently to K2 but nearly all the reactions are negative, says Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh. K2 is a new synthetic drug that’s completely legal to buy, sell and possess, and it’s hitting Lake Orion streets. That’s why he says he’s pushing to get the drug banned in Oakland County and the […]

School boardmember under investigation

Law enforcement officers are looking into allegations that Lake Orion School Boardmember Tiffany Weber-Phillips does not live in the school district, according to Superintendent Ken Gutman. Rumors suggest Weber-Phillips and her family live in Oxford’s school district instead. If the allegations are true, Weber-Phillips would not meet eligibility requirements to serve on the board as […]

Learning fractions is fun?

Academic Service Learning is like a class where kids don’t ask ‘When am I ever going to use this?? says Laurie Trafton, program coordinator for Lake Orion Community Schools. She says the program connects meaningful community service with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility. Using money from Learn and Serve, in Michigan, and designations […]

Let’s get rowdy

Soon, the public will get a chance to see the pool of 14 community members who applied for Bill Walters? school board seat, during a brief introduction at the board’s meeting, and I’m excited and anxious to see who the candidates are. A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to ask Walters what […]

Longstanding mini golf reopens

A miniature golf course that’s been delighting Lake Orion youth for three decades took a couple years of vacation. But starting June 5, it’ll be back in action. The course, Walk in the Woods, was Willow Creek Golf and Sports Center’s very first course, built in 1979 by Becky Plunkett and her family. Now, Plunkett […]

Dragon athletics on the run

Girls? lacrosse Wednesday, May 19, the varsity girls? lacrosse team traveled to University Liggett in Grosse Poiinte Woods and captured a 12-10 victory to improve their overall record to 8-6-2. Senior Jodie Parker lead the scoring with four goals and an assist. Ronnie Booth, Paige Hammerl and Carly Brooks each scored twice. Megan Nash and […]

Schools look into advertising

With the district looking to chip $9 million from an $87 million budget, a chance for more revenue instead of budget cuts was a welcome option for the school board. Alternative Revenue Development Company (ARD), a newly developed advertising business based in Bloomfield Hills, presented the board, April 28, with options to create between $44,000 […]

Barry is first national BPA champion

Though he just joined Business Professionals of America (BPA) last fall, Lake Orion High School senior Tyler Barry beat out hundreds of the country’s ‘best and brightest? at BPA’s national leadership conference in Anaheim, CA. Barry earned first place in an objective test on management, marketing and human resources concepts during his stay on the […]

School board to vote on super’s contract, May 26

Five of seven school boardmembers say they’re ready to vote on Superintendent Ken Gutman’s revamped contract proposal at their May, 26 meeting. The contract will be an action item on the agenda. After their April 28 regular meeting, the board’s human resources committee was sent back to drawing board for more discussion on the proposed […]

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