James Tuohy, 61, of Metamora has been charged with breaking in and illegal entering one of his own motel units.. Tuohy, the former owner of the Lakeshore Motel on South Broadway, was arraigned and released on personal bond at Rochester’s 3rd/2nd District Court on Oct. 14. The incident took place on July 29. A complaint […]
I knew something was wrong when I watched the first Survivor TV show and didn’t throw up while I watched the guests eat bugs — some alive, some dead. I’ve never been too squeamish except for anything to do with eyes. I can’t imagine putting contacts in with the help of a finger that could […]
How is it your life can run so smoothly and come crashing down twice in one week? And it’s all due to two things I had absolutely no control over. First incident: I opened up my credit card statement last Monday and casually glanced at what I had charged last month. I knew the amount […]
One familiar face will be absent when the village’s parks and recreation committee finally meets formally again. Jerry Richards, an Orion Township resident on the committee, told Lake Orion Village council members he won’t serve anymore because he doesn’t want to be a nonvoting member. “There is no accountability without a vote,” he said at […]
Michael David Vance, 35, of Pewamo is currently in Oakland County Jail awaiting further court action on six charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct and two charges of second degree criminal sexual conduct with an eight year old girl. Vance lived at a residence on Axford Street in the Village of Lake Orion where […]
A 20-year-old woman was found unharmed a short time after she was abducted from her residence in the Anderson/Church area in the Village of Lake Orion. The woman was leaving her house around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when a man she didn’t recognize forced her at gunpoint to get into her car. According to the […]
A motorist who could have drowned in a pond on M-24 last Wednesday was saved by the quick actions of two men driving by. Police credit Tom Brown of Lake Orion and Wayne Bombardo II of Ortonville for saving Bruce Tanyi of Oxford. According to Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, Brown was leaving Walgreen’s […]
I know July and September are the big birthday months, but for some reason a lot of people I’m acquainted with or related to celebrate their birthdays in November. The 11th month isn’t one of my favorites. Fall has ended and I’m starting to dread the long cold dark days of winter. Thanksgiving, although a […]
If the state OK’s an agreement recently approved by both the Village of Lake Orion and Orion Township, township building inspectors will again be serving the village. The contract is being forwarded to Henry Green of the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes. For several years, his department has worked in the village doing building inspections. […]
As anticipated by local school district administrators, Governor Jennifer Granholm is asking for another cut in per pupil allowances sent to school districts in the state. At the Lake Orion School Board meeting on Nov. 12, administrators submitted a proposal to reduce the 2003-04 budget by $383,022. Board members will take action on the proposal […]