Daily travelers on Atwater Street will be happy when the road reopens at the end of the month. The improvement project includes adding another left turn lane onto M-24 and restriping. Construction is being done all the way to Heritage House. According to Lake Orion Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, there is a possibility the […]
First-graders at Carpenter Elementary School worked all school year to present a recent special ‘Bug? performance to parents and friends at the school recently. The children studied about bugs and bug parts, drew realistic butterflies in art class and then learned bug songs with music director Eliza Shon.
Clinton River Watershed Council is hosting its annual River Day 2004 on June 12. CRWC is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed and Lake St. Clair. Area events scheduled include: Guided Bike Ride at Bald Mountain Recreation Area, 8 a.m. — Join Paint Creek Bicycles for an […]
Another one bites the dust…la, la, la. I hope you all will be hearing that old song a lot in the next couple of weeks. I swore at 10 p.m. on Sunday night I wouldn’t stay up to watch all of the Pistons? game. Midnight’s a bad time to go to bed when you have […]
As a lifelong Lake Orion resident, a mother of a dyslexic child, and a professional in the area of early childhood development, I read with interest the letter to the editor, ‘I hope school officials change their minds?. I’m convinced most people don’t know the gravity of the situation the school board faces. By refusing […]
We want to thank all of the participants in this year’s American Legion Post 233 Memorial Day Parade. They are: members of the American Legion, scouts/kids on bikes/baseball kids, Oakland County Sheriff’s Mounted Division, Orion Historical Society, police and fire department, ‘Elvis,? motorcycle riders, old cars, Lions Club, Milosch for the cars, Ed Stone for […]
I write this letter in support of the child of Vicki Vanderheyden. When my oldest child was in need of special services during the latter part of the ?70s, the approach of Lake Orion Schools was one of benign neglect. The system wished we would go away. The school system has come a long way […]
Hard work recently paid off for 69 graduates in the Learning Options High School and Adult Education program at the CERC building, as they received their diplomas in a graduation ceremony at the Lake Orion High School Performing Arts Center auditorium on June 3. Forty-three from Learning Options and 26 students from Adult Ed took […]
The elementary English as a Second Language (ESL) program in Lake Orion recently held an ELS Carnival at Waldon Middle School, so families with children in the program could meet new people and the children could get together for an end-of-the-year celebration. The program has families, including families from Japan, Germany and Mexico associated with […]
Tuesday, June 1, a stereo was stolen from a vehicle on Forest Lake Boulevard. Burglary at Star Market on Joslyn Road. Threats at Oakview Middle School on Lake George Road. A window was damaged by a BB gun at Waldon Lakes Apartments on Elmhurst. Light fixtures and a handicap sign were taken from the UAW […]