One change occurred after a Nov. 10 public hearing on ways to spend the Village of Lake Orion’s Community Block Development Block Grant Funds. Council members agreed to take $1,500 from an allotted $3,000 for street trees from 2002-03 CDBG monies and give it to the Women’s Survival Center. The council told Mary Grace McCarter, […]
Jill Bastian recently asked Lake Orion School Board members to reconsider its election date. This past year Michigan passed an election consolidation law. The law set only four dates that an election could take place in a year. School board members opted to conduct its election in May every year. It previously had taken place […]
After 18 years of hanging out in my office letting everyone do my work for me, I’ve decided to leave my job at the end of December. If you notice, I’m not saying retiring. That’s too old sounding, plus the fact I can’t collect social security for another two years. Actually, the man in my […]
So busy and so little time. I’m printing this from another source so I can go shopping for all the wonderful presents my family has asked for. You think saving for a new flat-panel plasma television or iPod Nano for the holidays is daunting? Be thankful you don’t have to save for the original gifts […]
Mark Brancheau believes he’s as close to a ghetto as he ever wants to be. The South Broadway homeowner lives near the area known as Pelton’s Pointe in the Village of Lake Orion. For the past few years, the property and nearby houses have been for sale. At one time, Larry Paine, restaurateur, wanted to […]
Doing almost two years of research has paid off for the Village of Lake Orion. Village council members decided Nov. 28 to change health insurance coverage from Blue Cross/Blue Shield to the Municipal Employee Retirement System Plan 6. According to LO Finance Director Jan Adams, the village will save in excess of $75,000 annually. Adams […]
My friends living in Harbor Springs sent this to me to share with my readers. They don’t have much to do in Harbor Springs this time of the year. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food […]
Amanda Narsh came into our office last Thursday. Her son Alex found a ring in his Halloween bag full of goodies. She wanted to put a little ad in the paper saying the ring had been found. The ring was a class ring with a graduation year of 1931. It’s everyone’s guess the ring fell […]
Residents in the village should expect exceptional service from Scott Baker, the new Lake Orion Department of Public Works superintendent. He demands it of himself and he demands it of his employees. His motto while assistant director of municipal services for Plymouth was to provide answers, get things done..now, and follow up. Baker’s brought that […]
I’m sure some day the new Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly will be beautiful. It’s not now. I visited the 544-acre site several weeks ago for a burial service. I was actually looking forward to seeing the cemetery. I had visions of the national cemetery in Arlington, not the farmer’s field off Belford Road. […]