By the time you read this I will already be gone. I know it seems like yesterday that I arrived here at Orion, but as quickly as I arrived, I am saying goodbye. Upper management i.e. the bosses that be at Sherman Publications felt it was a good idea to ‘shake things up? again and […]
When his house caught fire in 2003, Erich Senft was glad when the Addison Township Fire Department showed up a mere eight minutes after receiving the call. As the newly elected chairman of the Addison Township Fire Board, Senft said one of his objectives is to increase public awareness of the quality and performance of […]
When Brian Brougham joined the Boy Scouts as a Tiger Cub when he was in first grade, he said the whole thing seemed appealing to him. ‘We got to shoot BB guns and stuff like that, so it seemed pretty cool. The more I did it, the more I liked it,? said the Oxford High […]
Family, food, and fun for all ages was all to be had at this year’s Barn Daze held at Frienship Park on Sept. 8. The event included Civil War Encampments, hay wagon rides, inflatable obstacle courses, petting farm, fresh farm produce, pony rides, pickle barrel train rides, bungie trampolines, and various children games. Barn Daze […]
Taxpayers should be outraged that the Orion Township Board is spending their money to ‘break the law,? according to resident Michael Mahan, owner of Lake Orion Fireworks. Mahan stood before the board once again at the Sept. 04 meeting pleading with them to re-look at the township’s fireworks ordinance that was passed at the Aug. […]
Studies have shown, children raised with pets are healthier kids and will have less problems with allergies, which is why the Devoted Friends Animal Society Inc of Ortonville invites you to their Pet Adoption and Fun Festival on Sept. 15. The event will take place between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at New Beginnings Church […]
‘Successful marriage is an art that can only be learned with difficulty. But it gives pride and satisfaction, like any other expertness that is hard won… I would say that the surest measures of man’s or woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he […]
In 1997 Marc DesRosiers rode his bike from Colorado to Michigan in 13 days, traveling 100 miles per day. In 2007 he ran his first Detroit Marathon with his brother. Ever since his dad passed of cancer in 2008, he has wanted to combine his bike trip with a marathon and this year DesRosiers will […]
After watching the X-Games four years ago Logan Kaiser decided to take up skateboarding, but he has no safe legal place to improve his skills, which is why the fifteen year-old would like to see a skate park in Orion Township. ‘I want a skate park because kids have no where to skate. You can’t […]
After having 10 new businesses open or about to open since the completion of the streetscape downtown, is community branding the next step? Suzanne Perreault, director of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) thinks so. ‘For the past number of years we’ve had a logo that says ‘Downtown Lake Orion.? If you see that does that […]