It’s only been a few months, but Katie Zimmer’s new office is filled with plans for upcoming events such as Dog Days of August and Main Street Mingle in September. Zimmer was hired as Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority director in April. Her new job includes bringing new businesses to the village, community and event […]
Thank god for Lance Armstrong. Sunday morning the sky was black, the rain beat against windows. It was a perfect time to watch the final leg of Armstrong’s career as the top cyclist in the world. My daughter Molly involved me in the Tour de France race about three or four years ago when she […]
Village resident Rosemary Ford, stopped recently by to tell us a happy ending story. It seems she lost a ring during the Flower Fair. It had plenty of sentimental value to her because it was her grandmother’s. After the fair, she stopped by the police department and asked if anyone had turned in the ring. […]
For the first time, village officials have looked at the future of their budget and they don’t like what they see. It’s possible, based on some current assumptions in salaries and health care, the Village of Lake Orion will have a negative fund balance of over $31,000 by 2008. Lake Orion Village Manager JoAnn Van […]
My son Jason hopes he’s started a new Fourth of July tradition. He single-handedly talked seven people into decorating their boats with lights and forming a parade to go around Lake Orion on Flare Night. I also participated with a friend who has a boat. We had a blast and I’m sure we’ll do it […]
Whew! It’s darn hot. I’m not a big lover of air conditioning, but I’m liking the constant blast of cold air in our office. Usually, I complain because it’s so cold, I have to wear something long sleeved. The complaining stopped a few weeks ago. What a difference from last summer. I hardly wore shorts […]
One more public safety tower is coming to the area. Orion Township trustees on June 20 OK’d a site plan and a lease agreement with Oakland County to construct a 256 foot tower on property in the township’s Civic Center Park. A tower in the Village of Lake Orion was put up earlier this spring. […]
In the six years Dr. Craig Younkman spent at the helm of the Lake Orion School District, he saw the student population increase by 1,100 and guided construction of two new buildings and major renovations at other buildings. And his last several years here have been a financial challenge with shrinking financial support from the […]
Developers of a commercial center in Orion Township were denied a chance to establish an Industrial Development District by trustees on June 20. Ashley Capital had wanted the district for its Orion Commerce Center, to be located on Silverbell Road across from the Eagle Valley Landfill. Advantages of an IDD would have been the ability […]
Lakefront property owners can’t figure out what’s gong on with the Orion Township Board of Trustees. One time they’re expecting to have a public hearing on a proposed Special Assessment District for weed control. Now they’re being told the township can no longer process those types of SADs. The board was recently informed by a […]