The suspect who made off with two pricey engagement rings at a Lake Orion Kohl’s was recently arrested for attempting the same crime at Great Lakes Crossing Mall. On Jan. 16, the suspect, identified as Jason Mark Thompson, walked into the Kohl’s on Baldwin Road and asked a salesperson to show him diamond engagement rings. […]
\Amid an unstable economy, Orion Township is hoping to set its future course with an overhaul of the master plan. Township officials hope the plan, which perforce is reviewed every five or six years and usually costs around $5,000, will be a tool in revitalizing business interests in Orion. According to Township Supervisor Matt Gibb, […]
For thousands of years, alchemists attempted turning lead into gold. Now, counterfeiting chemists of a new age are up to something similar–turning fins into c-notes. The Oxford Bank recently issued a warning for retailers and individuals to be on the look out for a new, crafty type of counterfeiting. According to Cindy Edgett, who works […]
The snow and frigid temperatures didn’t stop the fans. They battled blowing snow and long lines to watch local celebrities in a charity game at Lake Orion High School on Jan. 17. And while the money raised was substantial–just over $61,000–the foul weather did prevent some people from coming out. All the money will go […]
The losses that keep piling up for the Lake Orion boys? varsity basketball team are starting to affect their play, Coach Lance Davis said. After a 42-60 loss at Avondale High School on Friday, the team is now 0-8 on the season. ‘We see glimpses of brilliance,? Davis said. ‘We’re just not consistent.? The score […]
When Jim and Lisa Cummins moved here in 1997, Lisa took a stroll downtown. One of the first things she found was the Orion Art Center. ‘I went in and checked the place out,? she said. ‘Reggie [Harrison, the center’s director] welcomed me with big, open arms.? Since then, Lisa, a former ballet dancer and […]
After a yearlong unpaid medical absence, Director of Parks and Recreation Rock Blanchard is no longer an employee of Orion Township. ‘The township and Rock Blanchard have decided to amicably part ways,? said Township Supervisor Matt Gibb. In the past four years, Blanchard has been tied to the alleged dumping of potentially harmful fill dirt […]
lot of great art came out of the 1920s, a time when F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of the Jazz Era in novels and stories and artists like Pablo Picasso were redefining aesthetic values. But it was also a decade of speakeasies, flappers and gangsters. The Orion Art Center has decided to meld the two by […]
Orion Township is feeling the impact of the global economic decline and is in for more, according to Township Supervisor Matt Gibb. There in an overall 12 percent decline in residential value predicted for Oakland County in the next year. A 6.5 percent decline is forecasted for Orion in 2009. This figure includes residential, which […]
Nancy Loerch, the new president of Women in Defense, Michigan chapter, likes to relay a story when describing what her company does. A truck hauling a horse trailer is traveling down a road in the South when one of the tires pops off the trailer, striking and injuring the 40-year-old driver. It was all a […]