How much should be charged for using school facilities? Increasing fees or adding facility fees is one way Lake Orion School Board members are considering to bring more revenues into the school district. Lisa Sokol, principal of the CERC building, and members of her staff were asked to look at the possibility of increasing fees […]
Monday, July 21, breaking and entering on Grafton. A motorcycle was stolen from a garage. Someone broke the window of a vehicle on East Clarkston Road, taking a wallet. *** Tuesday, July 22, drunken driving on Clarkston. Someone threw a scotch tape dispenser at a vehicle window on Heights Road, causing the window to shatter. […]
Remember all the stories about bulimic and anorexia teenage girls from a few years ago? Although eating disorders are still a national problem, the focus has changed to adolescents/teens who are overweight/obese. According to the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, obesity increased dramatically during the late 1990s. The study showed that nine million […]
Monday, July 21 4:49 p.m.-A tree on Morgan Road was set on fire by lightning. Station #3 responded. 7:43 p.m.-Station #1 responded to a possible stroke victim on Overlake. Tuesday, July 22 4:38 p.m.-Six people at a doctor’s office on West Shadbolt passed out because of a bad odor, possible coming from a leak in […]
Monday, July 21, a woman on North Axford reported her son’s bike stolen from a neighbor’s house. The bike was later found. Juveniles were riding bikes in a driveway on Park Island and were asked to leave. Oxford required police assistance at an accident at Washington/Mechanic. An assault took place on Park Avenue. *** Tuesday, […]
Hundreds of people walked away from Glitz NXT Salon in Lake Orion looking and feeling great on July 13. That’s because the salon’s annual Cut-A-Thon raised over $10,000 for Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan. One hundred stylists from three Glitz Salons locations set up 30 chairs under a large outdoor tent, cutting hair all day. […]
Ten Years Ago July 28, 1993 ~~~A portion of LOHS? band was seen for about three seconds in Clint Eastwood’s new movie, ‘In the Line of Fire.? ~~~The township’s building official, Tom Berger, said the township can no longer pay back 10 percent of all permit fees collected in the village. He says the amount […]
Historians label the 20th century the “American century.” But for Theresa Seaman, the century was her life. The Metamora resident turned 100 years old on July 24, but insisted she doesn’t feel any different. “I feel about the same,” Seaman said. “I feel real good.” Seaman celebrated her 100th birthday with a big bash thrown […]
Concerns over potential future groundwater contamination at the Oxford Woods well field were addressed last week when representatives from the Michigan Department of Environment Quality (MDEQ) spoke to the Oxford Township Board. Based on the information the department has collected, “it’s very unlikely” that plumes of groundwater contamination – “mostly” comprised of the toxic solvent […]
Concerns over potential future groundwater contamination at the Oxford Woods well field were addressed last week when representatives from the Michigan Department of Environment Quality (MDEQ) spoke to the Oxford Township Board. Based on the information the department has collected, “it’s very unlikely” that plumes of groundwater contamination – “mostly” comprised of the toxic solvent […]