Could a new home development in the village become a breeding ground for mosquitoes? The developer of Village Homes, located in the Converse Court area, is being asked by Lake Orion officials to correct problems with a detention pond on the site. The pond often has standing water in it. If designed properly, storm water […]
Frustration over an unexpected opinion by the village attorney stalled an attempt on Oct. 14 to move Lake Orion’s Parks and Recreation Committee back into action. Some kind of village council effort on okaying proposed bylaws for the committee had been expected to take place last Tuesday night. The parks committee has been unable to […]
Restoring some landscape that was disturbed due to two watermain breaks is going to cost the Village of Lake Orion $650, not the original estimate of $5,000. The first break occurred last June at a home on Cedar Bend in the Robertson subdivision. The village’s DPW repaired the leak, restored, replanted and replaced the landscaping […]
The 10 most-stolen cars in Michigan in 2001 include eight DaimlerChrysler products: 1. Jeep Cherokee (2000); 2. Dodge Intrepid (2000); 3. Dodge Stratus (2002); 4. Chrysler Sebring (2002); Dodge Intrepid (1999); 6. Pontiac Grand Am (2002); 7. Dodge Neon (2001); 8. Plymouth Voyager (1994); 9. Dodge Stratus (2001); and Chevrolet Caprice (1989). October is the […]
James Tuohy, 61, of Metamora has been charged with breaking in and illegal entering one of his own motel units.. Tuohy, the former owner of the Lakeshore Motel on South Broadway, was arraigned and released on personal bond at Rochester’s 3rd/2nd District Court on Oct. 14. The incident took place on July 29. A complaint […]
I knew something was wrong when I watched the first Survivor TV show and didn’t throw up while I watched the guests eat bugs — some alive, some dead. I’ve never been too squeamish except for anything to do with eyes. I can’t imagine putting contacts in with the help of a finger that could […]
How is it your life can run so smoothly and come crashing down twice in one week? And it’s all due to two things I had absolutely no control over. First incident: I opened up my credit card statement last Monday and casually glanced at what I had charged last month. I knew the amount […]
One familiar face will be absent when the village’s parks and recreation committee finally meets formally again. Jerry Richards, an Orion Township resident on the committee, told Lake Orion Village council members he won’t serve anymore because he doesn’t want to be a nonvoting member. “There is no accountability without a vote,” he said at […]
Michael David Vance, 35, of Pewamo is currently in Oakland County Jail awaiting further court action on six charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct and two charges of second degree criminal sexual conduct with an eight year old girl. Vance lived at a residence on Axford Street in the Village of Lake Orion where […]
A 20-year-old woman was found unharmed a short time after she was abducted from her residence in the Anderson/Church area in the Village of Lake Orion. The woman was leaving her house around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when a man she didn’t recognize forced her at gunpoint to get into her car. According to the […]