I ain’t saying I am getting old, but in less than two weeks I will have been working for ‘The Company? for 26 years. ‘The Company? publishes the weekly newspaper in your hand, and its sister community publications, The Oxford Leader, Clarkston News, The Citizen, Ad-Vertiser, Penny Stretcher, and The Big Deal. ‘The Company? has […]
It’s no secret that funding for Michigan’s public schools is in a place nobody likes. Districts across the state are slashing their budgets by millions of dollars and, at the same time, laying off staff, eliminating positions and even crossing their fingers and hoping for a miracle to come down the pike. It’s true here […]
Over the years I have been asked what types of books I like to read. I am honest when I answer. I like pulp fiction. I like cheap dime store novels. I like good guys (or gals) and bad guys (and gals). I enjoy good versus evil and I prefer the good to be tested, […]
Nearly a week has passed and the investigation into the death of Eric Shanley is ongoing. Shanley was killed early Friday morning (May 6) when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a patrol car driven by a Lake Orion Police officer. Shanley, 38, was known to many folks locally ? even if they […]
Voters came out ? though not in droves ? to elect a new Lake Orion Community School District Board of Education. On May 3, just under 13.5 percent of the registered voters in Orion Township and Lake Orion Village voted to fill five seats of the seven member board. Come July 13, the top vote […]
Lake Orion Community Schools all-day, every-day kindergarten program was recently honored. It was selected for the Magna Best Practices Database based on the program’s innovative practices. The program was one of only 114 highly-scored programs selected from the 359 nominations received. ‘We are all very honored,? said Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Heidi […]
So, riddle me this Batman: How does three inches of rain in two days relate to the royal wedding? * * * I guess you can call me a man’s man, only in that I had no compulsion to wear a funny hat; no desire to wave the Union Jack and no, inkling ? not […]
With only 24 hours remaining for the seated board of education to vote on anything (five of seven seats were up for election in Tuesday’s election, see related story), members of the community, board and district employees and even some students packed Monday night’s 2011-2012 budget workshop meeting, slated to start at 6 p.m., by […]
Okay, I received no (zero, zippo, nada ? nothin?) sympathy from last week’s gem of a column about having to report for duty in covering a board of education meeting ? something I haven’t done since George Bush (No. 1) was president. I did, however, receive the following letter. Enjoy. * * * Dear Don, […]
Budgets are tight. There’s talk of upping the number of students per class. Teachers are looking for a contract. There’s talk of millions of dollars of deficit spending. Welcome to the reality members of the Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education will deal with in the very near future ? a future that begins […]