Should have worn a hat. At least that’s what Wes Fuelling told me at Saturday’s Tree Lighting Ceremony. By the time people started arriving at Children’s Park, the wind was blowing hard (dropping the chill factor) and clouds reappeared after a brief flirting of sunshine earlier in the afternoon. Because of the park’s gazebo and […]
Joseph Lloyd LeMaster, 31 will be sentenced on Jan. 6 for crashing a boat and seriously injuring a passenger on Lake Orion. The Orion Township man pled guilty to three charges in the incident that happened last July. He made an appearance before Judge Steven Andrews in Oakland County Circuit Court on Dec. 4. After […]
Several years ago, student Alex Smith was suspended for 10 days for writing a parody about the tardy policy at Mount Pleasant High School and about the teachers and administrators charged with enforcing it. According to Henry Silverman, a professor at Michigan State University, this is an erosion of student rights and the miseducation of […]
A big city boy has turned into a small town cop and he’s loving every minute of it. Todd Stanfield is the newest full-time officer in the Lake Orion Police Department. He’s been on the job since the end of September. Stanfield grew up on the east side of Detroit. His parents moved out to […]
On the surface, it appeared Park Island homeowners came to the village council Dec. 8 meeting to present a petition asking for a ban on street parking from 3-6 a.m. Members of 18 households out of 30 on the island signed the petition. The request was made, according to the petition, to facilitate snow plowing […]
A damaged tree on village property will be removed thanks to the pleas of a homeowner. Tom McCormick, owner of a home at Slater/Church, told Lake Orion Village Council members on Dec. 8 the tree was damaged during the late winter ice storm. ?(If it fell) it could hit wires and could destroy half of […]
Walkers hustling and bustling, police standing at intersections directing traffic, steam pouring out of manholes, buses full of people traveling down the streets — New York you say? No believe it or not, I’m describing Detroit last Saturday afternoon. A group of women and I (along with granddaughter Ryan) made a trip to Detroit to […]
A 28-year-old Burton man literally hit a ‘brick wall? while attempting to evade a Lake Orion Police officer. The incident took place on Dec. 18 at 11:30 p.m. Officer Brian Martinez stopped the man at the Broadway ‘Y? at the entrance to the downtown area for driving too fast. Before Martinez could approach the vehicle, […]
Here’s my wish list for 2004. l. I hope Michigan State’s basketball team gets a point guard. I’m tired of hearing that excuse as to why it can’t win a basketball game. 2. I hope it never gets below zero this winter so my pipes won’t freeze. 3. I wish members of the school board […]
New Year’s Eve wasn’t a happy occasion for an Addison Township man. The 41-year-old ended up in the hospital after being seriously hurt by exploding fireworks close to 10 p.m. on Dec. 3. The incident took place on Park Island. According to Lake Orion Police Lieutenant Harold Rossman, officers were dispatched to a home where […]