I’m a blue person. I love the color and my house reflects it. Somehow my remodeled bathroom is green. My kids describe it as mint chocolate chip ice cream green. My son Jason has installed a wood door. The door and all the trim are stained medium dark (cherry) with a hint of red. The […]
Developers of a proposed office/residential site at M-24 and Pelton’s Pointe finally received approval for their preliminary plans on March 28. But it took more than two hours for Village of Lake Orion Council members to vote on the issue that’s taken three years to get before the council. And the OK came with a […]
Well over 30 years after the downstairs bathroom had been ripped out and remodeled by the ex-husband, my son Jason convinced me it was time to tackle the job again. It could have had something to do with the shower leaking, creating damp flooring that someday would probably go crashing down into the house’s crawl […]
Don’t we all live for the college basketball tournament this time of the year? Well, I know I do. I’ve had a few friends complain as to why CBS needs to tie up prime time for two weeks to broadcast a sports event that not a whole lot of people have an interest in. It’s […]
Kids or ducks? Lake Orion Village Council members picked kids at their March 14 meeting. They’ve decided to apply for a goose round-up permit for use at Green’s Park on M-24. The permit would only apply for 2005. It’s estimated that between 40 to 50 birds hang out at the park during the summer months […]
For close to three years, developers of Orion Pointe have been trying to convince Village of Lake Orion officials of a plan to redevelop property bounded by M-24, Pelton’s Point and the lake. They’ll have to wait a while longer. Village council members delayed any action on Orion Pointe’s request for approval of its preliminary […]
Being part German and a Lutheran, the City of Frankenmuth has a fascination for me. I could use this headline, ‘Hard workers do well? if I were writing a story about this town between Flint and Bay City. I was baptized a Lutheran because of my mother. I’ve always thought of myself as a Hungarian […]
Local developers breathed a sigh of relief when Lake Orion Village Council members on Feb. 28 unanimously voted to let them go ahead with their 27-single-family unit condominiums on the west side of Newman Road. Council president Bill Siver, who is one of the developers, asked that he be allowed to vote. ‘I don’t feel […]
Storm drainage has become a problem in parts of the Village of Lake Orion. A recently completed storm sewer study indicates the price for improvements will be as high as $520,000. Doug Skylis of Rowe Incorporated told council members on Feb. 28 his company had found possible deficiencies in the capacity of the storm sewer […]
Americans put on a big show this past weekend and I was there. It’s an all-American show time that involves monster trucks. I don’t know much about monster trucks. I’ve seen the promos on TV where they seem to flip over a lot. The trucks have huge tires. I’m guessing if I stood next to […]