Letter to the Editor

The Orion Historical Society members and directors are devastated by the downtown fire. We share feelings of sadness, loss and reverence for the affected businesses, their owners, building owners and, indeed, for our entire community. The JC Predmore building and the others, too, have served as a visual and symbolic center for our cultural past. […]

Deputy Reports

Tuesday, March 2, a vehicle window was broken out at First Baptist Church on Scripps Road. Family trouble on Ravine. Identity theft on Oakridge. Family trouble on Fisherman’s Cove. Operating a vehicle while intoxicated arrest on Lapeer Road. *** Wednesday, March 3, operating a vehicle while intoxicated arrest on Perry. A license plate was missing […]

Chamber seeks support for Baldwin widening

As the Lake Orion area grows in population and business, drivers find area roadways clogged with traffic. Commuters know first hand the long train of bumper-to-bumper traffic migrating south in the morning and returning north in the evening. M-24 (Lapeer Road) has long carried the brunt of this migration, but as neghborhoods grow Joslyn and […]

LO Police Log

Monday, March 1, police assisted a disabled motorist on North Park Blvd. Family trouble occurred on Lapeer Street. A cell phone was lost on Lapeer Street. *** Tuesday, March 2, a vehicle on South Broadway was disabled. An accident took place on North Park Blvd. A peace officer was needed on Lapeer Street. A man […]

Fire Call

Monday, March 1 9:46 a.m.-A wire was down in the roadway on Cornith. Station #3 responded. 6:59 p.m.-A utility pole at Woodland/Oakland was on fire. Station #1 responded. Tuesday, March 2 10:20 a.m.-A person on Highland was in shock. Station #1 responded. Wednesday, March 3 12:40 a.m.-A person on Franklin Wright Blvd. had chest pain. […]

Independence board concerned about pipeline

Count Independence Township as one of the local governments concerned about plans for a Consumers Energy pipeline. At their March 2 meeting, the Independence Board of Trustees authorized their attorney Steve Joppich to intervene on behalf of the township. The plan calls for 24.4 miles of a 36-inch natural gas pipeline to be built. A […]

Dixie Highway closed after head-on crash

A driver attempting to keep her dog from escaping through a window lost control of her car late Monday, causing a head-on crash on Dixie Highway south of Maybee Road in Independence Township. The driver, a 48-year-old Clarkston woman, was taken to Genesys Regional Medical Center with what Oakland County Sheriff deputies coded as ‘incapacitating? […]

Sashabaw businesses prepare for road work

How will the massive Sashabaw Road widening project affect those who have businesses between Waldon and Maybee roads? ‘That really has been our question,? according to Paul Cuzzocrea of AAA Insurance. ‘Access is really going to be key. People tend to stay away during heavy construction.? Groundbreaking for the $9.6 million road widening project was […]

McLean will not seek reelection to school board

Potential candidates for the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education have until Thursday, April 8 to file nominating petitions, and at least one more candidate is needed for the June 7 ballot. Board President Karen Foyteck announced her intention to run for another four-year term, but Trustee Mary Ellen McLean said she will bow out […]

Board rallies behind Thomas, rejects call for resignation

A proposed resolution calling for the resignation of Oakland Schools trustees ? including Clarkston’s Janet Thomas ? was not on the ‘action items? portion of Monday’s Clarkston school board agenda. The resolution, proposed by the board of directors of the Oakland County School Board Association, was instead included on the ‘discussion items? agenda. Clarkston trustees […]