The Lake Orion Liquid Lightning Swim Team capped off the winter swim season by placing third out of six teams in the Macomb Area Swim League Championships on March 22. The Liquid Lightning is a “United States Swimming” affiliated age group competitive swim program, that practices at the Lake Orion High School Natatorium. Swimmers of […]
Tuesday, March 25, attempted breaking and entering on Shorewood Court. An Auburn Hills man was arrested on a warrant at the Clark Gas Station on Lapeer Road. The siding of a home on Coles Road was damaged with several holes. Child neglect and child endangerment on Eagle Vista. A home was damaged on Silverbell Road. […]
The Orion/Oxford Community Coalition held its annual Unsung Heroes Awards Banquet on March 31 at Addison Oaks. The keynote speaker was State Senator Michael Bishop, with music provided by a combined chorus of Lake Orion and Oxford High School students. The coalition honored 19 individuals, including 16 nominated from Lake Orion. The coalition also honored […]
A new Oxford Middle School support group is taking a proactive approach to helping students with family members away at war: they are making and selling handmade patriotic bracelets. The OMS Military Family Support Group was organized for students with family members who have been deployed or are soon to be deployed. The group currently […]
“That was some pig!!!” shouted Lakeville Elementary Principal Sharon Karpinski after kissing a 6 foot, 3 inch pig, a.k.a. physical education instructor Dave Brown (right). The big event capped off the school’s March is Reading month challenge: Karpinski would kiss a pig if the students read 5,328 books during the month. In the end, the […]
A master plan to guide the long-term development of Oakwood Lake Park was unanimously approved by the Oxford Township Board last week. “I think the plan is awesome,” said Parks and Director Ron Davis. Striking a “balance” between what the environmentally sensitive 300-acre site on East Oakwood Road is “able to support” in terms of […]
The electors of Addison Township voted 14-6 at the annual meeting March 29 to give the township supervisor, clerk and treasurer two percent raises for the upcoming fiscal year. Resident John Elsarelli made the motion to increase each official’s salary by two percent of the base amount. The increase did not apply to benefits. “This […]
Tuesday, March 25 A 33-year-old Venture Wood Homes employee was assaulted by a 30-year-old Swartz Creek man when he pushed her desk over and then slapped her in the face. Police received an animal complaint report after a 15-year-old Brauer St. resident was bit by a dog running loose on Mechanic St. The dog had […]
In the front window of Duane Sprague’s Pontiac home hangs a lone blue star to honor his grandson, who’s bravely serving in the war to defend America against terrorism and liberate Iraq from tyranny. “He won’t turn back. He’ll be there until it’s done. And if he has to stay, he’ll stay,” said the 74-year-old […]
Terrence O’Donnell was sitting at his kitchen table March 24 drinking some coffee and watching the birds when all the sudden he saw smoke coming from his neighbor’s house two doors away on Ludwig Road. The 69-year-old Oxford man immediately went outside to investigate and found a brush fire rapidly spreading toward his neighbor’s 3289 […]