Although Orion Township trustees wanted to know if a July Board of Review could consider resolving a dispute over tax exemption with the Gingellville Community Center, the center’s attorney said at this time they would prefer to see their dispute through at the state level. The Lake Orion Review reported recently that the center, located […]
This is my third annual tip column on using products you probably have in your house for some very uncommon uses. These came from a company in Peachtree, Georgia. ? Lemon juice and salt will remove rust stains from a counter top. This one’s real handy because we’ve all stored sauces with tomato in them. […]
Pet owners, beware, someone isn’t too happy when you aren’t picking up after your dogs while walking in the area behind the school district’s administration office on Lapeer Street.
Running late on preparing my tax returns and having gotten totally confused with the computer tax program I was using, I searched desperately for someone to bail me out. Then I remembered that Alice Young is a CPA, right here is Lake Orion. So I called her on April 13 and asked if she could […]
All the papers have been signed, and the work has begun. ‘The garden is a go,? according to 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry, announcing an agreement with Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County 4-H to relocate a ‘community garden? to Springfield Oaks County Park. The program, in which nonviolent, misdemeanor convicts may serve […]
For the past 10 years, the students and staff at Blanche Sims Elementary School have done a wonderful special project during ‘March is Reading Month.? They have participated in the ‘Paws to Read? program sponsored by Paws With A Cause. Paws trains and places specially trained assistance dogs that help people who have disabilities. The […]
Isn’t it a little more than a paradox that our township assessor John Attwell removes the tax emption status of Gingellville’s Community Center during the drive by a few for a new community center complex? Donna Waite wrote on April 28 that the new community center would have a daily user’s fee of $6. If […]
Ten Years Ago May 4, 1994 ~~~LOHS students, led by teacher Pat MacIntyre, have built an electrathon vehicle from scratch. ~~~Pascale Bishop, daughter of Bill and Pam Bishop, is a finalist in National Merit Scholarship competition. ~~~Yucatan on South Lapeer Road has been open since mid-February. It has two tanning beds and two stand-up beds. […]
Monday, April 26 5:13 p.m.-A female on Elmhurst Circle was in pain. Station #3 responded. 5:26 p.m.-A person slipped and fell in a parking lot on South Lapeer Road. Station #1 responded. 8:02 p.m.-A man on Judah was weak and in pain. Station #3 responded. 8:41 p.m.-Station #3 responded to a woman on Maplewood with […]
The good news came in expected cost savings when 37 Clarkston school teachers, two administrators and 15 support personnel accepted a severance buyout package. The challenge will be in filling at least some of those positions. Linda Nester, executive director for personnel and auxiliary services, told the board of education April 26 of plans to […]