Thieves smashed windows from about a dozen cars Saturday night in Orion Township, making off with GPS units, iPods, laptops, a set of expensive golf clubs and other items left in vehicles overnight. ‘If you leave your belongings in the car you’re just inviting someone to steal them,? said Sgt. Michael Suarez of the Oakland […]
Orion Township is ready to make a deal. Almost. That’s the word from township Supervisor Matthew Gibb, who on Monday took the board of trustees into executive session to present an update on negotiations between the township and General Motors in a long-planned venture to build a water tower near the Orion Assembly Plant. ‘We’re […]
Drive An Orion Township woman filed a police report March 5 after learning an unknown person fraudulently used her credit card’to the tune of $930’for a rental car. Missing meds A 34-year-old woman living on Heights Road called police March 6 after discovering some of her medication was missing when she returned home after a […]
George Edwards wasn’t sure what, exactly, he was getting into when he threw his hat into the ring at Lake Orion High School’s inaugural Challenge Day in 2007, but as the parent of four children’two LOHS grads, a junior and a middle-schooler’he was happy to volunteer. The experience, he said, was unforgettable. ‘I heard things […]
Smash n? grab A woman called police March 2 to report she’d arrived at work on Northpoint Drive about 8:30 a.m. and went back to her car around 11:30 a.m. to discover a window smashed from her vehicle and her purse missing from the front seat where she’d left it. Night out gone bad A […]
Worried riparian owners breathed a sigh of relief Monday after learning sheriff patrol boats would arrive on Lake Orion as usual this summer. The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve about $20,000-$25,000 in funding for the patrols, which were axed from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office budget last fall amid some $13 […]
No – Just NO! Deputies were looking to question a 40-year-old Orion Township man Feb. 25 after responding to an injured woman living on Eagle Vista Drive. According to police reports, the woman’who said her ‘on-again-off-again boyfriend was waiting when she returned from work’had a bruising and swelling of the face ‘to the point where […]
The Lake Orion Special Olympic basketball team didn’t win their annual game last week, but they played strong and proud — like true Dragons — and the message from fans was pretty clear. Regardless of the score, they were winners, every one.
I finally found it. I didn’t know I was looking for it, exactly, but I found it and I’ve got my fingers wrapped around it. I’m happy. I like it here. The story begins with an apology to Michele Novak at Lake Orion High School. I had an appointment with Michele at 10 a.m. Thursday […]
Some see it as good news while others don’t like it one bit. Whatever the case, property values are down and many residents are perking up when tax bills arrive. ‘Assessments are predicated on fair market value,? said Rick Vincent, administrator for the Oakland County Equalization Department. ‘As property values drop, assessments therefore have to […]