With increased attendance has come more headaches for the Orion Senior Center, at least where available parking is concerned. But those headaches could be cured, if the Orion Township Board of Trustees agrees to pay the cost for additional parking spaces to be constructed. On Feb. 27, the Lake Orion Village Council gave their blessing […]
Last week, the FX channel debuted a new reality show called Black. White. On the show, through the magic of airbrushed makeup, a white family and a black family swap races, and go undercover to find out how the other half lives. The families live under one roof for the duration of the show, and […]
The luck of the Irish was not with a Burton man on the morning of March 18. According to the Lake Orion Police Department, the 35-year-old man struck five parked cars in the American Legion parking lot off Broadway Street in downtown Lake Orion. The accident occurred at about 3:14 a.m., and LOPD Chief Jerry […]
Lake Orion Police Department Chief Jerry Narsh calls 24-year-old Richard Minges ‘someone who is bad for the downtown,? after the S. Broadway man was caught breaking into the Keep Coming Back Club on March 17. The incident happened at 2:42 a.m. on Friday morning, when someone called the LOPD to report suspicious activity at the […]
Michael Barnett has been hired as the new Department of Public Works Director for the Village of Lake Orion, and he will have six months to relocate within 20 miles of the Village. The Village Council voted March 13 to hire Barnett at a salary of $49,400 per year, contingent upon him passing pre-employment tests […]
This is the time of year when every other day you hear the TV weather people talking about how ‘spring is just around the corner.? Two days later, of course, they are talking about the latest snowstorm forecasted to blow through the area. If you’ve spent a significant amount of time living in Michigan (in […]
Although the plan has been called ‘aggressive,? The Village of Lake Orion has a new Recreation Master Plan, which lays out changes for all Village parks. The Village Council voted to adopt the plan at their March 13 meeting. A public hearing was held on Feb. 28, and the Village needed to have the plan […]
Economic times are tough for everyone in Michigan right now, and school board members say the same is true for Lake Orion Schools, as they attempt to balance their 2006-2007 budget with a nearly flat rate of new student enrollment. Cuts could come from various departments, and part of the proposal to balance the budget […]
Although the Lake Orion Police Department is operating with 50 percent less officers than the year before, Chief Jerry Narsh said the hours served by officers dropped only by a few 100 hours, thanks in part to the dedication of the department’s reserve force. Those LOPD reserve officers were honored, along with the department’s other […]
There seems to be a lot of finger pointing and name calling going on these days at Orion Township Hall. First there was the debacle in 2004 with tax information from the Gingellville Community Center going missing from the Township Assessor’s office. That led to a report being filed with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, […]