Lucky Lake Orion? — Maybe not

Many Lake Orion residents breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news reports last Thursday. The area was one of the few in Southeast Michigan mostly untouched by the power outage What they didn’t realize was the word soon spread that Lake Orion had gas, water and food — a valuable commodity. Most […]

Homeowners say canal filling up during bridge building

Finding out village council members were going to talk about North Shore new bridge’s turbidity curtain gave some nearby residents a reason to attend their meeting on Aug. 11. Homeowners told the Lake Orion Council there is so much soil erosion going at the site that some boats are having problems getting into the main […]

Solicitors pepper spray dog

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department arrested two Detroit men for soliciting without a permit on Aug. 13 after they pepper sprayed a dog on Regency. According to an OCSD report, deputies were called to the Regency home after a 46-year-old Detroit man and a 43-year-old Detroit man who were soliciting pepper sprayed the homeowner’s dog. […]

Section of Dutton closed

Dutton Road, between Bald Mountain and Squirrel Roads in Auburn Hills and Orion Township, is temporarily closed to through traffic. The section of Dutton is closed so the Road Commission for Oakland County can pave the dirt road at a cost of $1.3 million. It will remain closed until November.

Club will erect flagpole

The Lake Orion Horseshoe Club has been given permission by village council members to install a flagpole at the horseshoe pits near the lower municipal parking lot, off Anderson Street. The club wants to erect the 25-foot pole to honor the memory of one of its longtime members, Lori Brown. Plans are to put a […]

New notification rules

Residents who may be impacted by a particular item on Lake Orion Village Council’s meeting agenda will now be notified of the item by mail. Council members agreed to the new policy after some people complained they didn’t know the council was going to discuss a topic that they should have been made aware of. […]

Builder’s prelicense class

Get the help you need to pass the Michigan builder’s license examination with a 16-hour comprehensive seminar offered by Lake Orion Community Education. The seminar is scheduled for Monday/Wednesday, Sept. 15-24 from 6-10 p.m. at the CERC building, 455 Scripps Road. The course is for those who want to subcontract the construction of their own […]

Who takes care of O’Conner public access?

Recently my neighbors and I decided to take our children to the lake — public access on O’Conner — for a few hours of swimming and fishing. We arrived to find two large dead trees floating in the water, held down by a deck with chairs. Is this deck provided by the village? If so, […]

Village workers were a big help to residents

Big thanks to the dedicated village workers who spent much of the day on Aug. 15 making sure there was fresh, drinkable water available for residents and that emergency services were being provided to the community. A big thanks to Orion Township who shared some of its bottled water with the village. LO Police Chief […]

Community support was really appreciated

My sincere thanks to the wonderful, caring people of Orion Township and beyond who have sent cards and gifts of inspiration and who have kept me in their thought and prayers since my diagnosis of breast cancer six month ago. Surgery is done. The chemo treatments are completed. And I am, as of today, a […]