After watching six accidents happen in the past 10 years at their property on Indianwood Road, causing damage to their fence, John and Sylvia Graham would like the Orion Township Board to petition the Road Commission for Oakland County to put in a guard rail. The Graham’s property is located near the middle of the […]
What a difference two weeks make. At the July 26 Lake Orion Village Council meeting, council members decided to not concur with a planning commission’s recommendation to deny a lot split for Timothy and Colleen Leh of Newton Drive. They had to table a vote on the lot split because an appropriate resolution for approval […]
Although no official OK was given by the school board, Lake Orion High School teachers will conduct a different version of the seminar class this fall. LOHS Assistant Principal Chris Bell was told by school board president Leann Bartley on Aug. 11 to inform the teachers of changes made to the proposal that was given […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of arson on Aug. 13 on Hoag Road. According to an OCSD report, a 36-year-old man said some kids had set fire to his mailbox and threw toilet paper in his trees. Another homeowner on Bunny Run Boulevard told the deputy he had heard a loud […]
Voters who live in the Village of Lake Orion had to go to a different building for the Aug 3 primary. Blanche Sims Elementary School on Jackson Street is the new home of Precinct 2. According to LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, the Ehman Center on Elizabeth Street no longer qualifies as a precinct […]
After the swim season ends at Green’s Park, the boards on the docks near the swim area will be replaced with tan composite boards. The boards will be bought at Lake Orion Lumber for $3,500. According to Lake Orion Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, DPW employees will do the replacement work. Gray composite board will […]
Current members of the Lake Orion School Board are expected to interview four people this week who would like to take Lori Penman’s place on the board. Penman officially resigned at the beginning of August because she was moving out of the Lake Orion area. At the school board meeting on Aug. 11, board members […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees has approved the temporary closing of several subdivision streets for the purpose of holding summer block parties. A portion of Ridgeview Circle (1395-1458, a cul-de-sac) will be closed on Aug. 28 (rain date Aug. 29) for a block party in the Paint Creek Ridge Subdivision. The road will close […]
When students at Lake Orion High School return to class in a month or so, they won’t find teacher Chris Bell in the classroom. Instead Bell, who is the varsity football coach and has taught social studies and economics in Lake Orion for 10 years, was named the assistant principal on July 1. Bell said […]
Lake Orion Ace Hardware general manager Chris Bishop and Mike Hamilton of Hamilton and Sons weren’t ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? fans before, but they are now. Both businesses were able to lend a hand to the work done on a home in Oak Park, which was chosen for a recent edition of the popular Sunday-night […]