A 20-year-old woman was found unharmed a short time after she was abducted from her residence in the Anderson/Church area in the Village of Lake Orion. The woman was leaving her house around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when a man she didn’t recognize forced her at gunpoint to get into her car. According to the […]
A motorist who could have drowned in a pond on M-24 last Wednesday was saved by the quick actions of two men driving by. Police credit Tom Brown of Lake Orion and Wayne Bombardo II of Ortonville for saving Bruce Tanyi of Oxford. According to Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, Brown was leaving Walgreen’s […]
I know July and September are the big birthday months, but for some reason a lot of people I’m acquainted with or related to celebrate their birthdays in November. The 11th month isn’t one of my favorites. Fall has ended and I’m starting to dread the long cold dark days of winter. Thanksgiving, although a […]
If the state OK’s an agreement recently approved by both the Village of Lake Orion and Orion Township, township building inspectors will again be serving the village. The contract is being forwarded to Henry Green of the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes. For several years, his department has worked in the village doing building inspections. […]
As anticipated by local school district administrators, Governor Jennifer Granholm is asking for another cut in per pupil allowances sent to school districts in the state. At the Lake Orion School Board meeting on Nov. 12, administrators submitted a proposal to reduce the 2003-04 budget by $383,022. Board members will take action on the proposal […]
One change occurred after a Nov. 10 public hearing on ways to spend the Village of Lake Orion’s Community Block Development Block Grant Funds. Council members agreed to take $1,500 from an allotted $3,000 for street trees from 2002-03 CDBG monies and give it to the Women’s Survival Center. The council told Mary Grace McCarter, […]
How can you not love those oddball catalogs that show up in the mail every so often. Harriet Carter, since 1958, has been selling those interesting gifts that you don’t find anywhere else. Here’s some samples: Holiday Dress-Up Dog — This 11 inch high poly/resin dog has a hat for all seasons. He can wear […]
In a 12 hour period last week, Lake Orion’s Police Department experienced more crime in Children’s Park than they have in 12 years. ‘Both incidents were separate and in no way connected, but oddly they were extremely similar,? LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh said. The first incident took place on a nice afternoon, June 2, […]
Three men believe so much in the future of Lake Orion that they’re committing time and money to build a quality development in the village. Newton Meadows is the dream of Bill Siver, Tim Daigle and Jim Cummins. The development consists of 27-single family unit condominiums on the west side of Newman Road. Nine are […]
Kids aren’t easy. Since I haven’t been around them for more than eight or nine hours at a time, I’ve forgotten that important fact. I had a chance to catch up though when for the first time I baby-sat for grandkids Cole and Brock on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Their parents took a quick trip […]