SCHOOLS OFFER RECOMMENDATION FOR $5.4 MIL IN CUTS The school district’s administration offered up their version of Lake Orion Community School’s (LOCS) budget puzzle at the Board of Education’s March 10 meeting, recommending a $5.4 million cut. Audience members filled the board room, standing shoulder to shoulder and spilling into the hallway, as Assistant Superintendent […]
Imagine sitting on your couch early one Sunday morning when the front door ‘explodes? open at the hands of a man with an ‘extensive and violent? criminal history, who begins scouring your residence and yelling for an unknown woman. That’s the scene that played out not once, but twice, around 6:50 a.m., March 7, say […]
The school district’s budget was the sole discussion item on the table for the Board of Education’s three-hour March 10 meeting. (See ‘These are my tax dollars, and I say that’s wrong’) Cuts in school funding from the state isn’t new news, and for weeks, the board has listened to analyses and studies presented by […]
Better listen up A 46-year-old Waterford man was cited for speeding and obstructing police, Monday, March 8. Lake Orion police pulled the man over for speeding when he immediately exited his vehicle and rushed to the officer’s patrol car with something in his hand, according to reports. The officer instructed the man to return to […]
Monday, March 8, station #4 responded to a fire at Webber Elementary at 10:08 a.m. The fire was reported out by 10:32 a.m. Station #1 responded to an ‘explosion and fire? in a Dumpster on Kimberly around 8:15 p.m. The fire was reported out by 8:28 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, stations #1, 2, 3 and […]
In a school district of 7,824 students, 13 missing bodies is barely noticeable. That’s why school officials say they’re pleased with February’s student head count. According to Superintendent of Administrative Services Jillynn Keppler, a decrease of 13 students ? less than .2 percent of the student population ? is a ‘better? number than the last […]
Orion Township Fire Inspector Mike Martin read an appropriately themed firefighter story for Stadium Drive Elementary’s Family Fun Night. The event, hosted by the school’s PTA and held Feb. 5, celebrated March is Reading Month. Special reading guests also included Debra Refior, a librarian, Stasi Ganesh, a nurse, Kristen Remenar, a writer, Kim Santini, an […]
Cuts in state funding for schools isn’t new news, and for weeks, Lake Orion school staff and administrators have presented analyses and studies on potential cuts to the district to the school board. The analyses focus on cuts in school services and non-union staff, and are based on suggestions given to the school district during […]
Taking advantage A Lake Orion man convicted of a sexual offense was allegedly harassed and threatened with extortion, Monday, March 1, according to reports. Lake Orion Police continue to investigate the incident. It’s over A Lake Orion woman filed two complaints in two days against an ex-boyfriend over two days who allegedly hung around her […]
Monday, March 1, station #1 responded to a personal injury accident at Stoney Creek and Orion Road, involving a 90-year-old woman Tuesday, March 2, station #2 responded to a fire alarm on Chestnut Circle, but reported all was clear. Station #2 responded to a structure fire at a Parakeet Hill residence. Flames were visible at […]