Over 100 youngsters took to the courses at Paint Creek Country Club July 22. Though the heat and humidity beat down on the players, everyone seemed in high spirits despite scores. That is not to say the scores were poor, as children as young as five drove chipped and putt their way to under par. […]
The debate over the legitimacy of an Eagle Valley expansion has again been called into question. Since it came out in public this past May that the township signed off on allowing the landfill to expand, area residents have been concernd the appoval was rushed and reeks of something other than above the board politics. […]
July is over half way done and the thought of school is looming in many a students mind. Yet alongside scholastic endeavors comes the return of school sports and Lake Orion High School is beginning their seasons even fresher with the introduction of four new coaches. Starting with Boys? Varsity Basketball, Freshman Coach Tom Risi […]
The amphitheater commonly known as Wildwood now has a name and guess what: it’s still Wildwood. In addition to officially naming the venue as The Wildwood of Orion, a number of other important issues regarding the structure were mulled over and concluded on July 5 at the Orion Township Board of Trustees meeting. Other decisions […]
On the evening of July 6, a complainant on S. Broadway called LOPD to notify them of two men shouting profanities in the area of the Rustic Cabins. The brief investigation would lead to the arrest of Kandy Jones of Pontiac for a third offense of operating while intoxicated. Officers were dispatched to the location […]
Rest assured fans of Leo’s Coney Island – the restaurant is not being torn down. Rather, because of the high demand shown by Orion residents, Leo’s owners are redesigning the building, giving it a new facade, interior and around 1,000 extra square footage. Bob Zafarana, the man in charge of overseeing the renovations said Stassinopoulos’s, […]
The Lake Orion fireworks show may have been slain initially by Mother Nature, but it returned better and bigger. While the crowd was a good deal smaller and sparser, an impressive number of attendees made the repeat trek to Green’s Park to see the pyrotechnics. Photo by Gabriel Ouzounian
Oxford resident Patricia Osborn was arraigned on charges of breaking and entering on July 11. Osborn, 46, is charged with stealing from an E. Jackson Street home with the knowledge the homeowner was absent. In the afternoon of June 24, the Lake Orion Police Department’s Ordinance Officer Tim Reetz contacted officer Todd Stanfield to notify […]
The weekend of July 2 and 3 transformed the grounds at Canterbury Village into a festival for all things Scottish. Heavy athletics, traditional dancing, the drone of bagpipes, and hearty food greeted any lucky enough to visit the annual event.
With streetscape essentially finished, the introduction of new businesses seems almost natural with the rebirth of Lake Orion Village. On June 27, one such new business was nearly denied entry into downtown. Don Gindhart, of Troy, has been in talks with Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority to open the 51 N. Broadway Brewing Company, in […]