When Olympic Silver Medal-winner Ben Agosto, an ice dancer, recently phoned the Highland Fling Scottish store at Olde World Canterbury Village, owner Gordon Hyslop had no idea who he was talking to. Hyslop later learned that the man he had spoken to was Agosto, a Canton resident, when Agosto’s mother phoned the store in Orion […]
It seems everyday, more and more regulations and laws have to be added to the books in the category of ‘You really should know better.? Some people’s lack of common sense is astounding. First, there was the McDonald’s hot coffee debacle a few years ago, no doubt resulting in some idiot running off with a […]
Not entirely convinced that new catch basins will solve the problem, the Lake Orion Village Council recently authorized the department of public works to dye test a sewer on Lakeview Street, provided the village has the legal authority to do so. With soil borings completed, a recommendation from Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel authorizing existing […]
Downtown Lake Orion presented the Fifth Annual Flower Fair and Home and Garden Marketplace under sunny, blue skies over the weekend. Rainy weather that had plagued the area over the past week finally broke, and area residents were able to enjoy the fair’s entertainment, concessions, children’s activities and vendor booths, including plants and garden accessories. […]
One block of Flint Street, between Lapeer and Broadway Streets, will close for two weeks beginning June 1, for the construction of a drain connection between the new Sagebrush Cantina and the the village sanitary system. The Lake Orion Village Council approved the request at their May 22 meeting, on the conditions that proper barricading […]
I was one of many who flocked to the theaters over the weekend to see The Da Vinci Code movie. Although I read the book, I still found myself getting wrapped up in the story. Despite how you may feel about the film’s subject matter, it does succeed in its main goal, to entertain. There […]
The Lake Orion Village Council has approved an agreement with Oakland County for Wireless Oakland, a public-private partnership to provide wireless internet service throughout the entire county. After hearing a proposal from Wireless Oakland Manager of Application Services Scott Oppmann earlier this month, the council agreed to adopt a resolution approving the agreement, which states […]
Lake Orion Schools hopes to keep the doors of the Moose Tree Nature Preserve building open through next year, by eliminating programs there for secondary education students. Executive Director of Business Services Jillynn Keppler, filling in for absent Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dave Beiter at the May 24 school board meeting, said they […]
Lake Orion Schools Executive Director of Business Services Jillynn Keppler said it looks as if state revenue dollar amount increases offered per student will be set at $220-$230. At the school board’s May 24 meeting, Keppler asked the board for direction on how to proceed in preparing the 2006-2007 budget, for finalization in June. ‘That […]
Politicians seem to love wasting paper. We often get copies of a press release faxed to us, sent in the mail, and also emailed. Often we receive copies of the same information faxed to us several times. The email is sufficient…what’s with the waste? Mike Rogers? office seems the most guilty of this. Recent case […]