Liquor license transfer OK

Members of the Lake Orion Village Council approved on June 14 a request by the owner of Paparazzi Restaurant to transfer the existing Resort C license at 185 South Broadway from Moon Gate to herself. Their recommendation will be forwarded to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission who has final say on approval. The new restaurant […]

Pay up

Users of utilities in the village who haven’t paid their bill for 30 days or more as of June 1 will be placed on the July 1 tax bill. According to Lake Orion Deputy Clerk Marlene Briggs, there are 99 de1linquent accounts in all for a total of $29,938.

Downtown streets close during Jubilee

The Lake Orion Lion’s Club Jubilee will be in town beginning June 29 through July 4 (clean-up day). Downtown area village streets will be closed to traffic starting a 6 a.m. on Tuesday for placement of carnival rides. LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh recommends commuters use an alternate route to and from work to avoid […]

Vivian Jean Ward

Vivian Jean Ward was born at 2:15 p.m., Nov. 28, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19-and-a-half-inches long. Proud parents are Jonathan and Amy Ward of Oxford. Big brother is William Michael Ward, who celebrated his third birthday Dec. 1. Grandparents are Deborah and John Henski […]

Coast Guard Seaman Daniel C. Sage

Coast Guard Seaman Daniel C. Sage recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J. The 8-week training program consisted of academics and practical instruction of water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first aid, firefighting, marksmanship, physical fitness and Coast Guard core values. Sage, a 2007 […]

Give us your best shot!

For the second year in a row we’re looking for a color photograph to grace our annual Info Book. The photo should be local and with one to three people. Have the photo to us by July 15, 2004. The winning photo will represent the best part of living in these parts. Think fun. Think […]

Ethan Tessier

PV2 Ethan Tessier completed 16 weeks of training to be an Army Cavalry Scout at Fort Knox, Ky. on Dec. 6. He will now go to Fort Campbell, Ky. to train with the 101st Airborne in air assault. Tessier, a 2007 graduate of Goodrich High School, is the son of Skip and Mona Tessier of […]

Vandenberg-Vanderbosch

Joe and Cindy Vandenberg of Goodrich announce the engagement of their daughter, Jillian Ann Vandenberg, to David Andrew Vanderbosch, son of Charles and Mary Vanderbosch of Cassopolis. The bride-to-be, a 2002 graduate of Goodrich High School, graduated from Michigan State University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She received a master’s degree […]

Looking Back

Ten Years Ago June 22, 1994 ~~~Pastor Tim Patch of Lake Orion Missionary Church speculated intense heat in the attic was the reason the ceiling blew out on June 16. ~~~Twenty two dogs and 19 cats were taken out of a home on South Lapeer Road. Deputies found conditions deplorable with animal feces covering the […]

Pine Tree presents $1,000 check

The students council and Pioneer Club at Pine Tree Elementary School recently presented the American Cancer Society with a check for $1,000, money raised from a sucker sale and bake sale held at the school. A team from Pine Tree also helped raise money by participating in the society’s recent Relay for Life, a 24-hour […]