Dear Editor, Thank you for the wonderful article about River of Life. I just need to make one correction. River of Life Watershed Projects is the parent corporation of the ROL/Clinton River Watershed Project (CRWP). While we work with the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWP) and support many of their projects, we aren’t affiliated with […]
Dear Editor, One of our great freedoms is the right to vote. Yet when this right presented itself to citizens in the special election, only 9 percent of the registered voters showed up to cast their vote for the vacant Oakland County commissioner’s post left by Larry Obrecht this past February. I have my doubts […]
A big stamp of approval goes to the US Postal Service and a ‘PS.? We love you from Oxford/Orion FISH, who were the lucky recipients of the generous mail carriers doing double duty picking up bags of food donated by the caring people of Lake Orion and Oxford. We would like to especially thank Gary […]
If the idea of speaking in front of an audience makes your hands sweat, your heart pound and your knees weak, then you are not alone. Seventy-five percent of Americans report having a fear of public speaking—beating out fear of spiders, fear of the dark and even fear of death. There is a group of […]
A 6-2 loss to Farmington Hills Harrison on May 16 made the week bittersweet for the Lake Orion High School Varsity Baseball Team as they went 2-1 in play from May 12-16. On May 13 the Dragons blew by Rochester Adams 11-2, with Jim Couretas as the winning pitcher for Lake Orion. Couretas pitched five […]
After a tough start to the week with a loss to Troy High School on May 13, the Lake Orion High School Varsity Girls Soccer Team was able to bounce back with a shutout over Rochester Adams on May 15. Playing at Lake Orion High School against Troy, the Dragons lost 5-0. Lindsay Luch guarded […]
The annual Kiwanis Club of Oxford/Orion Golf Outing takes place June 5. Proceeds benefit the community. The event includes an 18 hole scramble format, lunch, dinner and open bar. Optional is a free nine holes in the morning (first come, first serve, limited availability). Daimler Chrysler is sponsoring a ‘Drive for the Chrysler Hole in […]
Monday, May 12, a Novi woman was arrested on a warrant at the Shell Gas Station on Baldwin Road. A wallet was stolen from a purse at Babies R Us on Baldwin. Felonious assault at Castello di Bologna on Joslyn Road. Attempted breaking and entering on Kimberly. Home invasion on Oneida Trail. A bicycle was […]
A proposal before the Lake Orion Village Council on May 12 to plat a section of East Lawn Cemetery turned into a request from the council to seek proposals for a “master plan” of sorts for the property. The original request stemmed from a request from DPW director John Ranville, who at the April 28 […]
Ten Years Ago May 19, 1993 ~~~A parent told school board members he considered using a Breathalyzer at senior prom ‘a threat.? LOHS Principal Leslie Thirjung said the Breathalyzer was on site because of the significant use of alcohol last year. ~~~A 50 percent increase in students in the next five years is why a […]