Results for the 2008 Michigan Merit Examination (MME) show that high school students need more work on writing and math, according to Lake Orion school officials. ‘We did not show improvement in math, ELA, or writing,? said Linda Glowaz, director of information and testing services for the the district. While up slightly from last year, […]
Lake Orion joined the nation on Sept. 11 in honoring first-responders for Patriot Day. Nearly 60 people turned out at the Orion Veterans Memorial for the official ceremony dedicated to the fire, medical, law enforcement and military persons who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks. Residents and officals sang, prayed and observed […]
It was a weekend to stay indoors, so what better place than a mansion. Many of the outdoor events planned at Scripps Days’classic cars, art, and metalworking’were difficult to enjoy because of the rain that showed up uninvited. Orion Township Trustee Neal Porter said Saturday was a near-total washout, with only about 200 hundred people […]
Discover the wild in your own backyard at the Moose Tree Nature Preserve’s free open house on Saturday, Sept. 27 from noon to 4 p.m. The preserve, located at 3191 W. Clarkston Road next to Webber Elementary School, is a hands-on nature center where kids can learn about the outdoors. Once only a resource for […]
Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain made a surprise visit to Lake Orion’s General Motors assembly plant Wednesday morning. With Wall Street awash in bailouts and only a little more than a month until the election in which Michigan will be a hotly contested state, the prepared statements he delivered to workers focused on the economy. […]
Siobhan Kelly was under surveillance by the Lake Orion Police Department when she set her downtown apartment ablaze Friday (Sept. 19), Police Chief Jerry Narsh said. No one was injured, but the fire did cause considerable smoke and water damage to three apartments and two businesses below. Kelly was quickly detained after starting the fire […]
If he thought he could cover his tracks by not wearing shoes, Keyon Tolbert was wrong. The Oakland County Sheriff Office’s (OCSO) K-9 unit still sniffed out the location of the shoeless Lake Orion man who was subsequently found to have warrants out for his arrest, as well as a bag of marijuana. Tolbert, 20, […]
Some workplaces can be vicious, but Jamie Rustowicz greets the bears, bobcats, and foxes that populate hers with an enthusiastic smile each day. The stuffed wildlife on display at the Moose Tree Nature Preserve, where Rustowicz recently assumed duties as head naturalist, aren’t the only recipients of her energy for all things wild. She also […]
The third shift at Orion Assembly that General Motors? CEO Rick Wagoner announced earlier in the summer got to work Sept. 2. The shift added about 850 jobs, according to Becki Akers Hopson, the plant’s communications manager. A little more than half of the workers were new hires, while the remaining ones were transfers from […]
Leaves won’t be the only thing falling this autumn. Pumpkins will also be dropping from the sky at the first Lake Orion Pumpkin Launch, noon to 4 (Oct. 25) at Orion Oaks Park. ‘There’s going to be a lot of pumpkins flying,? said Michael Toth, the Lake Orion Village councilmember who initiated the event. The […]