Help for clean-up of the debris left behind by a devastating ice storm over a week ago is on the way for Orion Township residents. Trustees at a special meeing on April 15 voted to budget up to $100,000 for emergency clean-up. A contractor will be hired to pick up branches and debris that has […]
One thing village council members agree on is they would like to see someone else besides the state do construction inspections. State officials have not been enforcing Lake Orion’s zoning ordinances which has caused some problems during construction on several new homes. What village officials are having a problem with is who should do the […]
The cause of a fire that engulfed a home on Cushing Drive the morning of April 8 is still under investigation, according to Orion Township Fire Department Chief Jeff Key. “From what I understand, there were different people living there…the story given by the investigators was that one person was inside when the fire broke […]
Anxious to show initiative in preparing against West Nile Virus, the Orion Township Board of Trustees voted on April 7 to spend $60,000 for trapping mosquitoes, treating areas with Larvicide, educating the public and mapping township catch basins where mosquitoes may breed. Orion Township Parks and Recreation Director Rock Blanchard, part of the township’s West […]
The biggest problem for school district officials during the recent ice storm/snow storm was getting the word out that school was canceled for two days. Lake Orion’s School District has numerous ways to notify parents that schools will be closed — email, phone hotline, radio, TV. All of which depend on having electrical power. For […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department made an attempted murder arrest on Mountainside Road on April 7. According to an OCSD report, deputies responded to a call of a stabbing at a home. A 40-year-old man said he’d been sleeping when he felt a thump on his back and woke up. The man said he chased […]
Ah, the cold, ice and snow are finally gone. Yesterday, 80 degrees. Spring has sprung! Don’t fool yourself folks. According to the National Weather Service Mom Nature is getting ready to ice us over again. Get ready. Say your prayers and cross your fingers. Here’s the forecast through Easter. Today (Wednesday). Partly sunny during the […]
I missed them after they were gone for about — 10 minutes. I’m sure I wasn’t the only mom or dad that got to know their adult children and grandchildren up close and personal during the recent ice storm. I think it’s hard for someone who lives alone (except when daughter Molly drops by for […]
Dear Editor, Thank you, to all those people of Lake Orion who supported the Girl Scouts by buying Girl Scout cookies. It was very nice of you to buy cookies in the bad weather and when you already had some. We would also like to thank the employees who bought cookies. We would like this […]
Dear Editor, I’m married with three children and want a better future for myself and my family. In September, I decided to go back to school. I will graduate in March 2003. Why did I want to get my high school diploma? I felt that if I was pushing my children to get a good […]