Turning trash into treasure

It’s ‘green.? It’s unique. And it’s oh, so trendy. It’s the merchandise in downtown’s newest shop, The Painted Lady. Owner and Lake Orion resident Debbie Enright celebrated the opening of her store with Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and village officials during a ribbon cutting, April 23. ‘We’re pretty excited about it. It’s a great retail […]

Budget debate continues in schools

Art is safe. So are Family School Coordinators and middle school assistant principals, for now. And it looks like all day, every day kindergarten will be sticking around. The Lake Orion Board of Education outlined their preliminary budget recommendation and had audience members breathing a sigh of relief when those hot-topic items weren’t on the […]

Local author plants green message

When Bridget Llewellyn first started writing her children’s book in October 2007, there weren’t any others quite like it ? a fact that she says was her inspiration for ‘One Child, One Planet.?? ?[The goal is] to get children to appreciate the beauty in nature and preserve it, to get more kids playing outside instead […]

Dragons are ‘green? everyday

Celebrate Earth Day every day. That’s the lifestyle Michele Parsons says she encourages students to live. To that end, she and students have recycled thousands of ‘e-waste? items, like empty printer ink cartridges and old cell phones, and raised nearly $4,500 in two years doing it. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) member and environmentally-conscious mother of […]

A learning experience

Fourth grade students at Stadium Drive and other elementary schools around the district held Disability Awareness Day in April to promote consciousness and understanding.

Green is groovy

I love, love, LOVE that everything is green again. I think the whole point of winter is to make me appreciate spring and summer. I imagine that’s what peace activist John McConnell was thinking in 1969. He probably said something like, ‘This green world is pretty groovy. We gotta stop mucking up the environment.? Enter […]

Boys? lacrosse on winning streak

Numbers keep going up for the boys? varsity lacrosse team, and that’s a pretty good thing, says Coach Nik Banda. Number of wins, number of quality players, number of years the budding varsity sport had been around ? all higher than ever before, allowing the Dragon coach to set his sights on a deeper run […]

Police Log

Shoulda been a footprint Lake Orion police were called to an Atwater apartment April 12 to investigate a possible break in. The resident believed someone entered the apartment through a kitchen window though there was no evidence of anyone actually being inside. It’s over, get over it Someone tampered with a vehicle parked on Park […]

Fire Calls

Monday, April 12, station #3 responded to a leaf burning violation around 7:20 p.m. on Grafton. Station #3 investigated the smell of smoke on S. Baldwin. A caller reported the smell of burning wires and light smoke at 10:37 p.m. which proved unfounded. Wednesday, April 14, stations #1, 2, 3 and 4 responded to a […]

A taxing situation

Sending out tax bills costs the village thousands of dollars every year, but village officials say a good chunk of the cost could be cut if they paid the township to do the leg work. At their April 12 meeting, the village council discussed the possibility of handing tax bill printing, mailing and collecting over […]

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