Those who are used to filling out an election ballot with a trusty black pen may be in for a surprise at the August 8 primary election. New AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminals will be located at every precinct to assist those with various handicaps. The federal government granted the new AutoMARK machines as a part […]
The language of music is international. Regardless of culture or native tongue, a song’s message has a way of being heard. Suzanne Egan, 13, of Clarkston, knows that very well after spending four weeks in Europe performing and learning from an international audience. Egan, who will be entering ninth grade at Clarkston Junior high School […]
About 175 Girl Scouts from Lake Orion and Oxford participated in a week- long annual camp at Addison Oaks County Park in Leonard, from July17-21. The campers took part in a variety of activities ranging from swimming and crafts, to singing and nature projects. The older scouts had an opportunity to do some archery as […]
The ‘I can invent? station at Camp Invention let students? imaginations run wild. They used spare parts to design and build their own creations. This robot, designed by Mitchell, is made from a toaster, stereo and VCR parts.
The Oxford and Orion fire departments were presented with 500 Vials of Life (250 for each community) by the Oxford Kiwanis Club at their regular meeting Tuesday. The Vial of Life is a small plastic container which contains printed vital medical information, and assists medical personnel in case of an emergency. Information on the form […]
When Noreen (Pollard) Liddy was a little girl, she used to walk by the Lakeville Cemetery on the way to school every day. ‘As she was walking by, she thought it was peaceful,? recalled her son-in-law Wayne Daniels, of Bethlehem, Georgia. Many years later, Liddy and her daughter, Laurie, would frequent the Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary’s […]
Julia Wasiluk and her son Cameron, six, lived with their family in Warren, but made the trek up I-75 each morning for school. Wasiluk taught kindergarten at Webber Elementary, while Cameron would take the same class at Blanche Sims. Just a couple of months into their daily journey last fall, and things suddenly changed. Wasiluk […]
Homeowners on Kern Road returned home early July 29 to find their house giving off smoke, in what Orion Township Fire Chief Jeff Key called ‘a very unusual fire.? Key said no one was injured in the early-Saturday morning incident, at the two-story farmhouse at 3750 Kern. Both Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputies and the […]
Eric Knoblock didn’t touch the ball all that much Friday night against Clarkston, but when he did the Dragon senior made sure it counted. Knoblock had short touchdown runs in the second and third quarter (on his only carries of the night), helping Lake Orion erase a 7-0 deficit and then hang on for a […]
An Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy has resigned, after being charged with felony drug possession, stemming from an incident that happened on July 15 in the parking lot of the Lake Orion Post Office. Roy Coates, 42, was on medical leave from the OCSD, due to an injury suffered off the job, at the time […]