A 25-year-old Clarkston man is in critical condition, paralyzed from the neck down, after he dove off a boat and into a sand bar in about three feet of water on Lake Orion on June 27. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division said the incident occurred at about 4 a.m., and that alcohol was […]
Claire Poynter, the new head of children’s services at the Orion Township Library, didn’t start her career as a librarian, but she has always been in love with books. A native of Danville, Illinois (also the hometown of actor Gene Hackman and Van Dyke brothers Dick and Jerry), Poynter earned her undergraduate degree at Valparaiso […]
A 36-year-old Macomb County man being pulled in a tube was run over by a pontoon boat on Lake Orion on July 2. The accident occurred about 2:45 p.m., according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division. The man was riding in a tube that was being pulled by a speedboat, and accidentally fell […]
A 25-year-old Clarkston man is in critical condition, paralyzed from the neck down, after he dove off a boat and into a sand bar in about three feet of water on Lake Orion on June 27. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division said the incident occurred at about 4 a.m., and that alcohol was […]
Dave Hicks and his family are enjoying new siding and a new porch on their Lake Orion home, and they said it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Michigan’s lead abatement program. Hicks, an Oxford native, said he first learned about the program, which has been around since 1996, from a co-worker in […]
Although he first started running ‘under the cover of darkness’as a bid to get back in shape, former Lake Orion resident Tom Thornton never imagined that just three years later he would be competing in ‘ultra- marathons.? An ultra-marathon is any race over the standard 26.2 mile marathon distance. Thornton, who recently relocated to the […]
A public hearing for the Lake Orion Canals #2 Special Assessment District (SAD) will go forward, despite the Orion Township Board of Trustees previously suspending the SAD plans. The board voted July 5 to hold a public hearing on the Lake Orion Canals #2 SAD cost estimate and work plan on Aug. 1, at 8 […]
James Van Dellen said he knew he wanted to be a pastor when he was only five years old. Now a grown man with a family of his own, Van Dellen is living that dream, as he celebrated 25 years as pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Orion on June 8. Van Dellen, […]
Larry Obrecht, former Oakland County Commissioner and now head of animal control, told the Orion Township Board on July 5 that construction on a bridge for the Polly Ann Trail over Oxford is set to begin in August. Last August, the Oxford Village Council approved plans for construction of a pedestrian bridge over M-24, to […]
Two men wearing bandanas and wielding handguns robbed the Game Stop store on Baldwin Road in Orion Township on July 7. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, the incident occurred at 8:50 p.m., when the two men entered the Game Stop and held the manager at gunpoint. The men left with $600 in cash […]