LO kickers post two ties, one loss

The Lake Orion High School girls soccer team were defeated by Rochester Adams, but tied against Clarkston and Rochester in varsity action recently. The team tied with the Wolves 2-2, lost to the Highlanders 1-0 and tied with the Falcons 2-2. Jessica Boyle continued to be a force for the Dragons, as a top goal […]

Over 1,000 cranes

Students in the eighth grade Team 8B at Waldon Middle School surprised teacher John Gray recently by presenting him with 1,032 paper cranes they made in class in honor of him after he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in December. The students made the cranes based on the story ‘Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes,? […]

Medieval thespians

Second graders in Mrs. Bass? class at Pine Tree Elementary School put on the annual production of ‘Who’s Minding the Castle? recently for the school’s open house. Mrs. Bass said she has been producing the play with students in her class each year for the past six years, and believes next year will be the […]

Deputy Reports

Monday, May 17, criminal sexual conduct and marijuana use and possession on Poplar. Threats at Oakview Middle School on Lake George Road. Identity theft on Buckhorn Drive. Fraud on Villager. Juvenile complaint at Learning Options High School on Scripps Road. Neighbor trouble on Beach. Suspicious circumstances at the Church of Christ on Clarkston Road. A […]

Fire Call

Monday, May 17 6:32 a.m.-A person on Gorlad had seizures. Station #2 responded. 4:41 p.m.-A man on Baldwin collapsed. Station #3 responded. 6:18 p.m.-Station #3 responded to a child on Armstrong with injuries from being on a trampoline. Tuesday, May 18 9:34 a.m.-A person on Red Root had a back injury. Station #2 responded. 9:35 […]

Baking his way to the top

Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked bread. That is unless it’s freshly baked bread made by someone else such as Oxford High School senior William Cole. On April 24, Cole took second place in the State Competition for Commercial Baking through SkillsUSA-Vica, a national industry-based student organization providing technical programs and skill competitions. The […]

LO Police Log

Monday, May 17, two suspicious men were yanking on the Horseshoe Club’s shed doors on Anderson Street. An accident took place at West Flint/Lapeer Street. Someone from Atwater Commons on Atwater Street reported a vehicle was hit by a garbage truck. A motorcycle driver was driving carelessly on Park Island . $100 was stolen from […]

‘Concerts in Centennial Park? series returns to Thursday nights

Music will once again fill downtown Oxford this summer as the wildly popular ‘Concerts in Centennial Park? series makes its debut at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, May 27). The classic rock bank Cole’s Law will kick off the summer concert series, which has been aggressively expanded this year to 16 concerts over a 14-week period. […]

Looking Back

Ten Years Ago May 25, 1994 ~~~Christopher Ratliff, 5, is a regional finalist in the 1994 Big Boy Look Alike contest. ~~~For the first time in decades, Lake Orion will once again be host to a Fourth of July Boat Parade. The boat parade will take the place of the yearly street parade in downtown […]

District may dip into fund equity to balance budget

Oxford Area Community Schools is anticipating yet another budget shortfall for the 2004-2005 school year ? as much as another $1,573,000 ? and the district will most likely have to access its fund equity for the first time since cutbacks began. In a presentation at the May 11 regular board meeting, Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro informed […]