Tuesday, Feb. 14, auto body shells were left in a driveway on Park Court. Garage windows were broken on Smith Court. *** Wednesday, Feb. 15, suspicious vehicle in a driveway on Flint Street. A neighbor was parked there while the property owner was out of town. Suspicious circumstances on Lake Street. Someone was pounding on […]
Monday, Feb. 13, credit card fraud reported on Fairledge Street. Window broken on a vehicle on Baldwin Road. Assault and battery/simple assault reported on Hidden Valley Drive. Laptop computer stolen from Schenk Rotec on Key Industrial Drive. *** Tuesday, Feb. 14, driving on a suspended license arrest on Lapeer Road. Someone stole $140 from Winfire […]
Monday, Feb. 13 7:41 a.m.-unconscious person on Brentwood Drive. Station #3 responded. Tuesday, Feb. 14 10:11 a.m.-a student was passed out at Lake Orion High School on Scripps Road. Station #1 responded. Wednesday, Feb. 15 8:47 a.m.-burn violation on Newton Drive. Station #1 responded. 2:58 p.m.-a child had a seizure at Learning Link on Greenshield […]
Getting caught for stealing merchandise is bad enough, but having illegal substances in the vehicle while getting caught certainly doesn’t help the cause. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department report, two women in a silver Volkswagen were stopped in connection with a retail fraud at Famous Footwear on Baldwin Road. The suspect, a white […]
No one can argue that the Bald Mountain State Recreation Area is a beautiful piece of land. But many area residents don’t know about the effort that goes into keeping this park beautiful. The Parks and Recreation Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is piloting a new program called the Core Volunteer Steward […]
Dia Zaraga, owner of Sagebrush Cantina, has resigned from the Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority. Zaraga said the reconstruction of the new Sagebrush is taking all of his time. He is interested in working to assist with the revitalization of the village, and in possibly serving on the DDA again in the future.
The Village of Lake Orion will hold off applying for state grants for park improvements, at least until the new recreation master plan is approved. The draft plan calls for improvements in each of the village parks. The estimated cost of improvements for Green’s Park is $683,000, and $214,000 for a porous parking area at […]
The village council will discuss prioritizing infrastructure and other capital improvement projects at their Feb. 27 meeting. At the Feb. 13 meeting, Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel asked council members to provide her with their top five projects, so they results could be tabulated and presented at the next meeting. Among the projects is sanitary […]
The Orion Art Center invites artists to submit artwork through Feb. 25 for the center’s All Media Show, which starts March 1. Drop-off on Feb. 23 is 10 a.m.-8 p.m., on Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Entries can range from paintings, photography, jewelry, pottery, fiber, glass to woodwork. Artist […]
When our ancestors traveled through the new frontier in their Conestoga wagons, they had no expectations of smooth thoroughfares. They encountered roads with a washboard surface, and roads with holes deep enough to swallow wandering buffalo. Move forward several generations, and travel, other than herds of buffalo, remains about the same. Michigan roads, any time […]