10 years ago May 18, 1994 Daniel Axford Elementary School is one of just 57 elementary schools in Michigan admitted to membership in the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The sponsors of foreign students coming to Oxford for a semester is looking for volunteer hosts. Dave Fischer’s Hunter’s Ridge Hunt Club will host […]
It’s not that Vicki Vanderheyden has a problem with Webber Elementary School, she just wants her cognitive impaired daughter Katie to stay at Stadium Elementary. She protested the move of special needs kids next fall to Webber at a Lake Orion School Board meeting on May 12. She claims the performing arts program at Stadium […]
Oxford High School held its annual Senior Honors and Awards Program Tuesday, May 11. Graduating seniors received awards from various OHS departments, clubs/organizations, all four branches of the Armed Forces and a wide variety of scholarships from different organizations. According to OHS Career Resource Coordinator Karen Logan, the Class of 2004 approximately $1 million worth […]
It’s taken months, but a former Lake Orion School District employee finally received some answers about a proposed career center satellite office in the CERC building. Gloria Smith, who was the district’s career coordinator, made an appearance at a school board meeting in April. She questioned why a Job Link Career Center satellite office still […]
Spring is a time for planting gardens, making new friends and enjoying warm, sunny weather. The Friends of the Addison Township Public Library is hoping for all three Saturday, May 22 as when the group hosts its 2nd Annual Plant Exchange & Garden Workshop from 8 to 11 a.m. (rain or shine) in the Addison […]
In the good old days, students used to tell their teachers, ‘The dog ate my homework.? Lakeville Elementary third-grader Zachary Hinman put a new twist on that old excuse ? the dog was his homework. For his science project, the young man shaved an inch of fur off his dog, Jade, and an inch of […]
The future doesn’t look bright for a new community center in Orion Township. Trustees decided not to take any action on any proposed construction. The board voted nearly two years ago to have a feasibility study done on possibly building a township community center, after a group of 950 citizens signed a petition asking the […]
With no feedback from residents, Lake Orion Village Council members on May 10 decided to keep Green’s Park hours the same as they were last year. Stan Ford, swim program coordinator, two weeks ago urged the council not to change the hours. He stressed there could be safety issues if the park was kept open […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of check fraud at the Admiral Petro gas station on Lapeer Road on May 13. According to an OCSD report, an 18-year-old clerk said a white male, with brown hair in his 50s, had come into the station and handed her a check made out to […]
Two current members of Lake Orion’s Planning Commission, Dikka Bervan and Collin Brunckhorst, are returning to the board for a new three year term. Patricia Kartje, who ran for the village council, in March, was appointed to fill a PC vacancy that occurred when Chuck Viers resigned. Her term ends April 30, 2006.