This letter is in response to CBT, the parent who asked questions about the high school last week. Shame on you, CBT, for spreading what are obviously rumors in the newspaper. You first remark slamming Mr. Dunckley was inaccurate. My children both went through the school system and he was always prompt and concerned in […]
Over 450 beggars crowded the streets in downtown Lake Orion last Thursday night to collect treats from local businesses. Before that though, kids showed off their Halloween costumes in a parade that ended up in Children’s Park on South Broadway. For more photos see this week’s Lake Orion Review.
Friday’s Michigan High School Athletic Association First Round Playoff loss to Flint Carman-Ainsworth seemed to put an exclamation point on Lake Orion’s woes since they raced out to a dominating 6-0 record to start their 2003 campaign. With injuries plaguing the Dragons’ defense, quarterback and kicking positions, coach Chris Bell knew that a few things […]
Former village council member Jim Cummins of South Andrew Street has been appointed to replace Jeff Butler on Lake Orion’s Planning Commission. Butler resigned in early October. Cummin’s appointment is for the balance of Butler’s term which ends April 30, 2004.
By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Large-scale fires like those seen this week in California seem foreign to Michigan soil, but similar fires can happen here, says Ron Wilson, of the the Forest, Mineral, and Fire Management Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. More than 700,000 acres of wildfires were suppressed by exhausted California […]
Carrie Lee’s Restaurant hopes to be back before the Orion Township Board of Trustees for a third time, this time with a completely new take on their liquor license application. Carrie Lee’s attorney John Lucas was before the trustees once again at their Nov. 2 meeting, asking the board to reconsider their previous decision, which […]
One familiar face will be absent when the village’s parks and recreation committee finally meets formally again. Jerry Richards, an Orion Township resident on the committee, told Lake Orion Village council members he won’t serve anymore because he doesn’t want to be a nonvoting member. “There is no accountability without a vote,” he said at […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department’s Computer Crimes Unit arrested a London, Ontario man in Orion Township on Nov. 2, after he allegedly tried to arrange sex over the Internet with a 13-year-old boy. The 42-year-old man, whom OCSD investigators expected to seek felony warrants against on Nov. 3, was arrested at a restaurant in Orion […]
The weather was warm and students at Blanche Sim Elementary marched around the neighborhood on Friday near the school on Jackson street. They were participating in the school’s annual Halloween Parade. For more photos read this week’s Lake Orion Review.
Due to the lack of a building, the Palazzo di Bocce doesn’t have a liquor license yet, but would like to have its request amended to include a Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) license to be able to sell Italian wine for takeout. Owner Anthony Battaglia, who is constructing the restaurant/bocce club on Lapeer Road, told […]