Paint Creek Elementary School had books coming alive, and a chance to get a peek at China, Egypt, Italy and other countries on March 24, as students finished March Reading Month with a Book Parade and a Trip Around the World. Grades K-2 dressed up as their favorite book characters and were led in a […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputies pulled an Oxford man from his vehicle after he drove off the road and ended up upside down in a swamp along Lapeer Road on April 4. The accident occurred at 2:08 p.m., as the 33-year-old man was driving northbound on M-24, just south of Scripps Road. According to OCSD […]
There isn’t much varsity wrestling coach Doug Kline hasn’t accomplished during his 33 years at Lake Orion High School; but this year he reached another milestone, being named the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Coach of the Year. ‘I’m amazed sometimes,? he said. ‘It seems like yesterday I was getting out of college.? Kline said he […]
Great Lakes Athletic Club (GLAC) and the Orion Senior Center have developed a partnership that will benefit area senior citizens who are looking for a chance to get active without hurting their wallets. GLAC will offer members of the senior center a three-month membership for $20, to be able to use the club on Tuesdays […]
Marc Edward Liedel of Orion Township thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl named ‘Janie,? but what he found waiting for him when he arrived in Waterford Township to meet the girl for sex was the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. The OCSD Computer Crimes Unit issued a two-count warrant on March 23 for Liedel, 27, […]
Stephen Kovitch, then age 31, was reported missing in 1992 after he failed to show up for a dinner date with his parents. No one had heard from him, or known what happened to him, since. But the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department think they may have an answer, after receiving information from the Washington State […]
Residents of Hi Hill subdivision will have to wait until April 4 to find out if they will be reimbursed by Orion Township for sewer fees paid to the township. Board members went into an executive session during the March 21 meeting to discuss the request for reimbursement. Joseph Geraci of Hi Hill said an […]
The congregation at St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church needed room to grow, but they didn’t want to sacrifice the history of the building they currently occupy on Joslyn Court near Canterbury Village. The church’s Capital Projects Group found a solution by proposing an addition, to be added onto the original church, which will supply a new […]
A Baldwin Road man returned to his home on Thursday morning to find a big surprise, a vehicle parked in his driveway and two men who appeared to be leaving his house. The 59-year-old homeowner told the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department that he had returned to his house near Judah Road about 10:30 a.m. on […]
It is now only a matter of time before a land exchange in Orion Township between the State of Michigan and a private developer is completed. Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk was disappointed at the National Park Service’s decision to grant approval for the swap, which the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been pursuing […]