Even when she’s in bed, Jan Adams might be thinking about accounting “I wake up in the middle of the night and I’ll do the family budget,” the new financial director/treasurer of the Village of Lake Orion said. Adams, an Orion Township resident, was named to the position in July to replace Cathy Thorlakson who […]
Area police are seeking information regarding a hit-and-run accident. According to Lt. Steve Hill of the Grand Blanc Police Department, at about 11:45 a.m. June 18 a 65-year-old female was walking with her dog on Crofishire Dr. in the Kirkridge subdivision located in the City of Grand Blanc when she was struck by a vehicle. […]
Groveland Twp.-Michigan State Police Troopers from the Groveland Township Post are investigating two incidents of a Peeping Tom in the township. Both reports are within one mile of each other. At about 11:45 p.m., June 12 troopers responded to the 4000 block of Grange Hall Road. The victim reported she was giving her cat medicine […]
We have to love government once in a while or we would all start popping Prozac. The latest case in point is a village council discussion about the bottom draw down tube that was constructed in Green’s Park back in 1991. You have to understand I’ve been editor of this paper since 1989 and have […]
Students raced around Blanche Sims Elementary School on Sept. 26 for a good cause: Their school. The school held its first ever Fun Run for students and their families, as the primary all-school fundraiser for this year. The event was organized by the Blanche Sims PTO, and students walked or ran laps for 15 minutes […]
Atlas Twp.- An expired special assessment, escalating costs for police service, coupled with a decline in revenues sparked an hour-long public hearing Monday night. The future of funding township law enforcement will now move to a second public hearing at 6:30 p.m., July 26 after a 4-1 vote to establish a special assessment district. The […]
Coffee hour There will be a coffee hour at The Citizen 12 South St. Ortonville at 9 a.m., Friday, July 30 The public is welcome to attend and check out the new Ortonville 411 website. Details: 248-627-4332. Fourth of July The Citizen newspaper office will be closed July 5 in observance of the Fourth of […]
Anyone that’s frustrated with Comcast Cable’s skyrocketing fees should consider switching to either Direct TV or Dish Network satellite service. Both of these companies offer superior picture quality as compared to cable at a much lower cost than cable. On drawback to satellite service is they don’t offer both local Lake Orion programming or Canadian […]
Orion Township was recently the target for a so-called “gentleman’s club.” Because the option on the property involved has apparently expired, the proposed venture may now be looking for a new location — hopefully not in Orion Township or anywhere else in Oakland County. I want to personally thank all of the citizens in the […]
Ortonville- In 2002, when Kevin Shorkey was a pastor in Arizona, he was going through some very rough times, struggling with a very difficult church situation. Tired, he recalls whining and complaining to God. He began reading the book of Job in the Bible, and then woke up in the middle of the night with […]