Visitors to the Beaumont Medical Center will have a chance to honor some local soliders with a photo display, which features a different soldier and is changed monthly, located in the building’s lobby. Displaying the photos is the idea of Michelle Schmalz, who works for Winfire Management, the company that manages the Beaumont Medical Center. […]
A truck slammed into an electric pole on Bellevue Avenue late last Friday night, just north of the Bellevue Bridge, knocking out power to the entire island. The pole was on fire and live wires were on top of the vehicle. Lake Orion police officers arrived to discover the truck unoccupied and dangling close to […]
Shortly after 11 p.m. last Thursday, the Lake Orion Police Department received a phone call from Sunoco about an extremely intoxicated person trying to drive. Police arrived on the scene and stopped the vehicle, which was driven by Robert Wilcox, 59, of Lake Orion. Wilcox had a blood-alcohol content in excess of .20. ‘That’s enough […]
Dragon GAP sponsored a Police Academy Camp for middle school students, which ran from August 6-10. During the week campers were able to learn more about what it is like to be a police officer and see hands-on the tasks officers do. The LOPD and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department helped the campers understand there […]
Orion residents can give General Motors a figurative pat on the back and a big thank you. On Monday, representatives from the GM’s Orion Assembly plant presented a $24,000 check to the Lake Orion Village Police Department, on behalf of the 911 dispatch center. The money was promptly used to upgrade the village dispatch center, […]
Last week members of the Lake Orion Church of Christ lent a helping hand to the community with Mission Possible, the church’s stay-home mission trip. Throughout the week the group traveled to various homes and helped out the homeowners. The children weeded out flower gardens and visited the elderly. Teenagers participated in a ‘delandscaping crew,? […]
A little rain Sunday morning wasn’t enough to stop the fourth annual benefit ride to Frankenmuth, held by Orion Lodge #46 F & A M (Free and Accepted Masons) and the Michigan Masonic Motorcycle Association. ‘It’s a wonderful expression of appreciation for our country to see the group doing this in rainy weather,? said Joe […]
An informal opening of the volleyball court at Green’s Park was held last Saturday. The new court has been open since Thursday, July 26. ‘This is the first time the park has had a volleyball court,? said Michael Toth, Village Council member. The newly built court has already attracted the attention of many visitors and […]
Last Wednesday, at 8 a.m. in each time zone around the world, people took a moment to recognize the 100th anniversary of when the Boy Scouts were founded. Local scouts were able to go to Camp Agawam, on Clarkston Road, for a morning of festivities. The day started with a British flag raising ceremony (the […]
The annual Rib-Off was held by the Lake Orion Boat Club last Saturday. Ten cooks competed for a top-four finish. Oxford Tap Pub and Grill, Whiskey’s Steakhouse and CJ’s Village Caf? and the Sandbar were all represented in the contest, competing against seven other individuals. In spite of the competition, the atmosphere around the cooks […]