Getting the message out
Pet owners, beware, someone isn’t too happy when you aren’t picking up after your dogs while walking in the area behind the school district’s administration office on Lapeer Street.
Letter to the Editor
Running late on preparing my tax returns and having gotten totally confused with the computer tax program I was using, I searched desperately for someone to bail me out. Then I remembered that Alice Young is a CPA, right here is Lake Orion. So I called her on April 13 and asked if she could […]
Springfield Oaks is new site for ‘community garden?
All the papers have been signed, and the work has begun. ‘The garden is a go,? according to 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry, announcing an agreement with Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County 4-H to relocate a ‘community garden? to Springfield Oaks County Park. The program, in which nonviolent, misdemeanor convicts may serve […]
Candidates file petitions for judge position
The campaign trail has officially begun for the four candidates hoping to fill the soon-to-be vacant judge position left by retired JudgeMichael Batchik in the 52nd District Court second division this December. The deadline to file was April 27. Jason Douglas, Larence Kozma, Magistrate Kelley Kostin and Magistrate Colleen Murphy will face each other in […]
Letter to the Editor
For the past 10 years, the students and staff at Blanche Sims Elementary School have done a wonderful special project during ‘March is Reading Month.? They have participated in the ‘Paws to Read? program sponsored by Paws With A Cause. Paws trains and places specially trained assistance dogs that help people who have disabilities. The […]
Letter to the Editor
Isn’t it a little more than a paradox that our township assessor John Attwell removes the tax emption status of Gingellville’s Community Center during the drive by a few for a new community center complex? Donna Waite wrote on April 28 that the new community center would have a daily user’s fee of $6. If […]
Despite bad weather, ‘Walk and Roll? raises big funds, support
This year’s SCAMP Walk and Roll, despite cold temperatures and occasional rain showers, raised more than $15,000 for the organization, thanks in part to the large turnout at Depot Park on May 2. ‘There were so many people there, it was heartwarming,? Donna Clancy, director of fund-raising for SCAMP, said. ‘It was freezing and we […]
Looking Back
Ten Years Ago May 4, 1994 ~~~LOHS students, led by teacher Pat MacIntyre, have built an electrathon vehicle from scratch. ~~~Pascale Bishop, daughter of Bill and Pam Bishop, is a finalist in National Merit Scholarship competition. ~~~Yucatan on South Lapeer Road has been open since mid-February. It has two tanning beds and two stand-up beds. […]
Fire Call
Monday, April 26 5:13 p.m.-A female on Elmhurst Circle was in pain. Station #3 responded. 5:26 p.m.-A person slipped and fell in a parking lot on South Lapeer Road. Station #1 responded. 8:02 p.m.-A man on Judah was weak and in pain. Station #3 responded. 8:41 p.m.-Station #3 responded to a woman on Maplewood with […]
Clarkston schools seek replacement teachers
The good news came in expected cost savings when 37 Clarkston school teachers, two administrators and 15 support personnel accepted a severance buyout package. The challenge will be in filling at least some of those positions. Linda Nester, executive director for personnel and auxiliary services, told the board of education April 26 of plans to […]