Estimated $8,000 fee increase to the village By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — The Lake Orion Village Council approved an agreement with Orion Township for the township to provide tax collection services beginning July 1 through June 30, 2028 at a fee equal to 1% of scheduled collections on April 28. The […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Nowak and Fraus Engineers will prepare and submit a grant application on Lake Orion’s behalf that, once submitted, will make the village eligible for funding for local street improvements. Nowak and Fraus Engineers, a civil engineering, land surveying and land planning firm, will do so because […]
At a recent networking meeting, an attendee was speaking about an attorney hosting an informative lunch on trusts the next day. She described him as wonderful, knowledgeable and NOT pushy or persistent — as if one couldn’t be persistent without being pushy. I immediately wondered if she and the rest of the group were thinking […]
All donations stay local By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Saturday is one of the busiest days of the year for postal carriers and the Lake Orion Postal workers are doing their part to help Stamp Out Hunger. The annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive is May 10 and residents can help out their neighbors by leaving any amount of nonperishable […]
Keller Williams Collaborative in Lake Orion held a Shred Day fundraiser on April 26 with donations from the event benefiting the Oxford-Orion FISH food pantry. “Lots of trees were saved this weekend during our annual Shred Day, and a truckload of donations is ready to be delivered to the Oxford/Orion FISH Food Pantry,” said Darian […]
The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Victory Motors Lake Orion April 24 to celebrate the opening of the new auto dealership. Victory Motors on M-24 is a family-owned and run business started by Jim Van Paemel in 1982. Jim still owns the company and is happy to have his daughter, […]
The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Right Hook Printing on May 1. Owners Sindy and Dave Klonke cut the ribbon during the ceremony. Dave and Sindy and their crew offer printing services, promotional products, apparel and vehicle wraps to help make businesses stand out through strategic branding and precision printing. […]
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Dragons fans watched as the bar was adjusted higher at the pole vault during Lake Orion Track and Field’s visit to Clarkston High School on April 30. Senior Nolan Rhodes and sophomore Tyler Mollan cleared over 13-feet. Both set personal bests with Mollan achieving 13 feet and six inches and Rhodes 13 […]
LAKE ORION — The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education voted 6-0 to authorize purchasing and installing furniture for the district’s PHASES program for $203,328.69 during their meeting on April 23. Costs will be paid with either series two or series three of the district’s $160 million bond approved by voters in 2018, according […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — Skalnek Ford of Lake Orion donated a 2024 Ford F-150 to Oxford High School’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program and two scholarships worth $2,500 to two Wildcat seniors on April 28. The truck will provide students with opportunities to gain hands-on learning experience with updated […]