Ten Years Ago June 15, 1994 ~~~A proposed Dunkin? Donuts/Baskin Robbins development was denied for rezoning by township trustees. The development was to be built at 590 South Lapeer Road, current site of Michigan National Bank. ~~~David Martin stunned his girlfriend during his graduation from Oakland University by publicly asking her to marry him. Both […]
Stadium Elementary School’s Garden Club were very busy during the month of May. Clean Up Day members cleaned out all of the school’s many gardens and added top soil to prepare them for planting. Stepping Stone Day was lots of messy fun. Students crafted new stones which they planted near the front entrance and the […]
Monday, June 7, trespassing on Pelton’s Pointe. A warrant arrest occurred on East Flint Street. *** Tuesday, June 8, malicious mischief took place at Anderson/Flint Street. Someone on Axford complained about a bulldozer parked across the street. A female was shoplifting at CVS on South Broadway. She was also suspected of possible prescription fraud. *** […]
Monday, June 7, numerous tools were missing from a utility trailer belonging to Pulte Homes on Berridge Circle. A cell phone was taken from a vehicle on Browning Drive. A laptop computer was taken from Lake Orion High School on Scripps Road. A vehicle windshield was damaged at Chrysler Corporation on Lapeer Road. *** Tuesday, […]
Monday, June 7 8:06 a.m.-Station #1 assisted Oxford with a mobile home fire on Worthington. 11:39 a.m.-A person at the scene of an accident at Baldwin/Gregory had a back injury. Station #3 responded. 2:42 p.m.-An adult at Pine Tree Elementary School had an injured finger. Station #1 responded. 4:50 p.m.-A person on South Baldwin was […]
The Orion Art Center hosted a Celebrate Paint Creek Fest on June 12 for River Day 2004. Besides clean-up and stabilizing the banks of Paint Creek, which flows right by the OAC on Anderson Street near Children’s Park in downtown Lake Orion, celebrants were invited to participate in crafts, learn about nature and even have […]
A defense attorney will argue that a 2002 assault ? for which two Independence Township men were convicted ? was not the cause of a Lapeer man’s death and therefore does not warrant new murder charges. Lance Allen Schmidt, 20, and Joseph Wells Stapleton, 19, appeared in 52-2 District Court Monday, June 14 for their […]
Incumbent Karen Foyteck far outpaced challengers in Monday’s school election, with newcomer Joan Patterson earning enough votes for the second available seat on the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. Foyteck garnered 1,181 votes, with Patterson finishing second with 964. They will begin their new four-year terms on July 1. By a 1,793-507 margin, voters […]
Despite pleas from the family who own and operate the Whoopee Bowl, Springfield Township officials will seek bids to demolish what they consider a ‘dangerous building.? The owners have the option of razing the structure themselves before the board takes a formal vote Aug. 12, but the operator vowed last week to appeal the board’s […]
I always thought the City of Detroit was a tough, hard-nosed blue collar town. I guess I will need to reevaluate after seeing the pathetic way people in this area reacted to a few comments by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. In case anyone missed it, the late night comedian took a shot at Detroit when he […]