For over 35 years, Lake Orion’s DPW Director John Ranville has been performing side jobs in the village. Now village council members are telling him to curtail some of his construction work. LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel told the council on Nov. 24, it’s a conflict of interest for Ranville to personally contract to […]
Familiar faces with newspapers in hand will be at local intersections and businesses this weekend, as members of the Oxford Lions Club will sell their annual Goodfellow edition. For over 40 years the Lions have helped area families in need with proceeds from their Goodfellow sales. “We aim to help 25 families a year,” Lions […]
Union Church Governing Board President Burke Cueny hopes with volunteer help that the first phase of the restoration of Union Church will be complete in a few months time. “We’re trying to get things done in the shell (phase I), so we can get a certificate of occupancy,” he explained to the Orion Township Board […]
Before you hang up your stocking and wait for Santa, put on your poodle skirt and listen for Elvis because Oxford’s annual Christmas Parade is ready to rock ‘n’ roll down Washington St. Saturday, Dec. 6. Sponsored by the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce, the theme for this year’s yule tide parade is “Rockin’ Around […]
A circuit court judge last week put everything on hold and ordered Oxford Township and Village to enter into “facilitation” in an attempt to settle their legal dispute over the possible dissolution of the Oxford Public Fire and EMS Commission. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts issued a Nov. 26 order holding “in abeyance […]
In these days of declining revenues for school districts, LO School District Athletic Director Bill Reiss thinks he has found a way to earn some extra money. He told school board members in November he would like to start charging elementary students a $2 admission fee to high school sporting events. “Through the winter this […]
More than 100 young people, parents and concerned citizens jam-packed the Oxford Village Council chambers Monday night to voice their virtually unanimous support for building a skate park. A sea of young faces and a standing-room-only crowd lined up out the door greeted the village parks and recreation committee, which was seeking to gauge public […]
For now, the Lake Orion Lions Club will be able to have a storage shed on property it recently bought. The property, located at the Orion/Miller/Flint intersection, is currently vacant. Club member Tim Daigle told village council members on Nov. 24 the club isn’t sure what it wants to do with the property. The property […]
Tuesday, November 25 Abandoned auto on W. Burdick St. An Oxford mother called police after a speeding motorist almost hit her and her two children while they were walking home along Pontiac and Moyer streets. Suspicious circumstance on Stanton St. turned out to be a resident putting up Christmas lights. Dispatch received a 911 call […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of fraud on Ridgeview Circle on Nov. 25. According to an OCSD report, a 49-year-old woman received an e-mail from someone claiming to be the mother of a boy her 16-year-old daughter was friends with. She said the letter concerned issues with her daughter and the […]