For the first time ever, some of this year’s fireworks are being shot off from a barge anchored in the waters of Lake Orion. Glen Stokes, chief pyrotechnic operator for Wolverine Fireworks Company, received an OK from Lake Orion Village Council members on June 27 to use the barge. It will be in the bay […]
An attempt by several village council members to hire a new Lake Orion Department of Public Works superintendent ‘from within? failed June 13. Councilmen, by a vote of 4-2, picked Scott Baker, who was Plymouth’s Assistant Director of Municipal Services from 1997-October 2004. Council members Tom Albert and Doug Dendel voted no to hiring Baker. […]
West of the bridge on Park Island Drive lies a small community of nice lakefront homes, many with attractive landscaping and lawns. What the residents don’t have is a paved road leading to their houses that’s in good shape. A group of them came to the Lake Orion Village Council meeting on June 13 asking […]
Start thinking Waste Away instead of Waste Management if you live in the village. Lake Orion officials are close to signing a contract with Waste Away for the village’s disposal services. The company is out of Ortonville. Waste Away came in as low bidder after nine different companies were asked to submit a proposal. Four […]
BY ELAINE STIEB Lake Orion Review Editor With not much information coming out of Lansing, Lake Orion Finance Director Jillynn Keppler put together another very conservative budget for the upcoming school year. ‘We are estimating; we don’t have a glass ball,? Keppler told school board members on June 8. ‘We’re not seeing much change coming […]
Daniel Smith, 54, of Lake Orion could give classes on what not to do if you want to commit a crime. Don’t leave a trail to allow police to follow you to your residence. Don’t have an illegal substance clearly visible when you invite police into your place. Smith’s troubles started in the late evening […]
According to Fireworks Committee members about 500 people attended this year’s breakfast benefit that took place at the Lake Orion Boat Club. That’s pretty good considering the only way to get to the island is by a water vehicle. My daughter-in-law Kelly and son Jason have worked on the committee for a few years and […]
In a 12 hour period last week, Lake Orion’s Police Department experienced more crime in Children’s Park than they have in 12 years. ‘Both incidents were separate and in no way connected, but oddly they were extremely similar,? LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh said. The first incident took place on a nice afternoon, June 2, […]
Three men believe so much in the future of Lake Orion that they’re committing time and money to build a quality development in the village. Newton Meadows is the dream of Bill Siver, Tim Daigle and Jim Cummins. The development consists of 27-single family unit condominiums on the west side of Newman Road. Nine are […]
Kids aren’t easy. Since I haven’t been around them for more than eight or nine hours at a time, I’ve forgotten that important fact. I had a chance to catch up though when for the first time I baby-sat for grandkids Cole and Brock on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Their parents took a quick trip […]