By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer After the Lake Orion Village Parks and Recreation committee created the 2005 master plan for the downtown area, Children’s Park was revamped leaving Green’s Park renovations pushed aside. Parks and recreation chairman Robert Cavanaugh proposed a variety of ideas at the last Village Council meeting on June 24. Green’s […]
Maybe you’ve been downtown Lake Orion on an evening in summertime and heard the clink of metal soon followed by someone joyously shout, ‘Ringer!? Chances are, you’re down by the 15 lighted courts nestled between Children’s Park and the Orion Art Center, the home pitching grounds of the Lake Orion Horseshoe Club, who celebrates their […]
The Lake Orion Horseshoe Club is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Horseshoe Championship. From left, on top, are Doug Bailey (first place) of Clarkston, George Parsons (high game) of Clarkston, Ron Price (third place, president’s award) of Auburn Hills. In the middle are Russ DuRoss (most improved man) of Lake Orion, Scott […]
City of Clarkston Sat., April 5 A 36-year-old Rochester man and a 38-year-old Orion woman were cited for disorderly conduct after police discovered the two engaged in intimate activity in Depot Park around 1:30 a.m. Sun., April 6 A 20-year-old Clarkston man and a 20-year-old Independence Township man were arrested and cited with possession of […]
Clarkston resident Doug Bailey, 61, and Waterford resident John (Jack) Gensman, 71, both members of the Lake Orion Horseshoe Club, won their respective classes in the state horseshoe pitching championship on Labor Day in Portage, Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo. Bailey defeated each of the other top seven pitchers in the state, twice scoring a […]
This year’s Oakland County 4-H Fair has a definite local flair. Several Brandon and Groveland Township residents are volunteering or have displays at the fair, which begins July 27 and lasts through Aug. 1 at the county 4-H Fairgrounds in Davisburg. Rosemary Hotchkiss of Brandon Township first became involved with 4-H when she was a […]
The annual fundraiser for the parade, the Holly Jolly Folly, and the 2007 Holiday Lighted Parade are now history. By all accounts, both events were rousing successes. The Holly Jolly Folly, hosted and sponsored by Golling Pontiac/GMC, was held last Friday night. Through the generous support of local vendors, approximately 200 attendees enjoyed a buffet […]
Fri., Nov 16 A 28-year-old man was arrested and jailed for immigration violation after a deputy noticed the man’s vehicle had a headlight out and pulled him over. The man told police he was from Honduras and entered the U.S. about 5 years ago by walking through the desert in Arizona. Sun., Nov 18 A […]
Monday, May 17, two suspicious men were yanking on the Horseshoe Club’s shed doors on Anderson Street. An accident took place at West Flint/Lapeer Street. Someone from Atwater Commons on Atwater Street reported a vehicle was hit by a garbage truck. A motorcycle driver was driving carelessly on Park Island . $100 was stolen from […]