Watch out for sweepstakes scam phone calls and letters, like the letter recently received in the mail by Orion residents Charles and Martha Koch. The Kochs have lived in Lake Orion for 30 years, and Charles said the letter they received from a company calling itself ‘LVAAP? out of Las Vegas was the first of […]
I thought I had literally seen everything on the Internet, but every once in a while I run across something new. My boyfriend picked up a desk calendar at the after-Christmas sales that featured a crazy website for every day of the week. So far the calendar has proved to be pretty entertaining. One of […]
With spring rains not too far around the corner, residents on a portion of Lakeview Street in the village are hoping that puddling problems there will soon be resolved. The Lake Orion Village Council voted on Feb. 13 to have village engineers proceed with soil borings to help determine the problem, at a cost of […]
Well, for me too. I love the Detroit Zoo. By now, most everyone has heard that the City of Detroit is considering letting the Detroit Zoo close its doors, after the city council refused to approve an agreement that would turn control over to the Detroit Zoological Society. The Detroit Zoo director said the zoo’s […]
Although she’s been the planning-zoning coordinator for the Village of Lake Orion for less than a year, Sue Ariss isn’t a stranger to the area. Ariss, who was hired by the village last April, lives in Oxford, and previously worked for Oxford Township for four years as an administrative assistant/recording secretary for the planning commission […]
Upsizing water mains, repaving roads and replacing the bridge in Meek’s Park are a few of the projects on the minds of Lake Orion Village Council members. After tabulating the results from their prioritizing of capital improvement projects, overwhelming support was shown for projects involving Flint and Broadway Streets. At the Feb. 13 meeting, council […]
The new head of the Village’s DPW could soon be Michael Barnett of Center Line, pending the results of an interview with Council President Bill Siver and President Pro-Tem Ken Van Portfliet. The council postponed the issue of hiring or not hiring Barnett as new DPW director on Feb. 27, until the next meeting on […]
We are a culture obsessed with celebrities. I am just as guilty as the next person. I have long had an addiction to celebrity ‘tabloids,? (although not the REALLY bad ones, like Star or the National Enquirer) and I can’t seem to stand in line at the grocery store without picking one up. I know […]
Are the interests of the Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority and the Village Council on the same page? Many downtown business owners think not. Several business owners voiced their frustrations with the current state of the DDA at a Business Neighbors meeting, held on March 9 at the Orion Art Center. Robert Donohue, Jr., Principal […]
After one year serving as director of Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority, Katie Zimmer is resigning her position to accept a new job in Chicago. Her last day will be March 16. Her new position will be corporate sponsorship manager for a ‘large non-profit.? Zimmer has a brother living in the Chicago area, so she […]