Monday, June 16, a purse was missing at Tim Horton’s on Lapeer Road. Someone broke into a construction trailer at Vintage Construction on Sand Hills Lane, taking numerous tools. Burglary at Alpha Omega Repair on Brown Road. Signs were stolen from Global Realty Network on Baldwin Road. Domestic assault on Sunrise Circle. A 13-year-old boy […]
The Great Lakes ThunderCats competed against 13 strong representatives from Michigan, Ohio and Canada in the USSSA Summerfest. In game one the Cats took on the Flint (MI) Tornadoes. The Tornadoes got out in front 4-1 early in the game, and it stayed that way until the seventh inning. The Cats clawed back in the […]
One of Michigan’s premiere golf courses will provide the setting when WJR presents the ArvinMeritor March of Dimes Celebrity Golf Classic on Aug. 26 at Indianwood Golf and Country Club. Local golfers can join sports figures, business executives and media personalities, including many from WJR, for a full day of activities. The day will include […]
The strip mall across from the old L/S store site on Lapeer Road was turned to rumble last week as work began on the Atwater Commons site. The property will blend residential units with commercial buildings such as a CVS Pharmacy and an Applebee’s Restaurant.
As in past years, area residents have overwhelmingly responded to a request for donations to purchase fireworks for the annual July 4th light show. As of Monday, almost $20,000 has been collected. This year Jim Sherman Jr., publisher of Sherman Publications decided to help out in a big way. It was his idea to put […]
Did you know bowling’s become trendy again? And so has enrolling kids in dance school. Granddaughter Ryan, 3 1/2, performed in her first dance recital last Saturday, along with a couple of other hundred area children — for the most part girls. Ryan did have one little boy in her class and that’s the only […]
Dear Editor, I would like to thank all who participated in the special election for county commissioner on June 17. The voter participation was only 8 percent, but democracy was at work because 100 percent had the option to vote or not to vote. A special thanks to all the candidates, the Orion and Oakland […]
Dear Editor, By now you all know about our illustrious Oakland County Executive, L. Brooks Patterson being pulled over by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. The reason the deputies pulled him over was because of erratic lane changing or swerving, according to all the news reports. Patterson admitted he had a couple of glasses of […]
Dear Editor, My father, Orsel Dudley, on June 6 received his high school diploma from Lake Orion High School during the graduation ceremonies at Oakland University. He is 77 years of age and entered the military service in 1944 after completing his junior year of high school. Through an act of Congress, the cooperation of […]
Dear Editor, My father, Orsel Dudley, on June 6 received his high school diploma from Lake Orion High School during the graduation ceremonies at Oakland University. He is 77 years of age and entered the military service in 1944 after completing his junior year of high school. Through an act of Congress, the cooperation of […]