For years, police officers, business owners and parents have been at odds with skateboarders as communities struggle to find a safe and legal place for the skaters. ‘No skateboarding? signs pop up in parking lots and skateboards are plastered with ‘Skateboarding is not a crime? bumper stickers. Business owners, whose parking lots are frequently crowded […]
Summer-time memories are often marked by juicy watermelon, steaming corn on the cob and crispy vegetables. The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is bringing those farm-fresh treats to Lake Orion. Residents can look forward to a farmer’s market tenatively beginning this June. Plans for the market are still in the works, but the DDA subcommittee in […]
Like clockwork, Lake Orion police get at least one noise complaint each weekend from CJ’s Sandbar. Seven complaints over six weeks mark an on-going noise issue between the Sandbar and Ed’s Broadway Gift and Costume downtown. Lloyd and Kathy Coe own Ed’s and serve as landlords for the apartments above. They say the issue began […]
‘I don’t hear anything,? exclaimed one student at Blanche Sims Elementary. ‘It’s almost like a go cart.? On Friday, the two fifth grade classes gathered outside, clamoring around one of Chrysler’s prototype electric cars. The car was parked on the sidewalk as Brett Giem, father of a student, ‘revved? the near-silent vehicle. Giem is an […]
Students and community members are rallying around Lake Orion High School Principal Todd Dunckley to protest an issue that’s yet to be acknowledged at the board level. Rumors moving through the schools suggest the board will not renew Dunckley’s contract, which is set to expire this year. What’s believed to be the inciting issue is […]
Orion Oaks Principal Brian Kaplan was on hand to honor Katie Barney at the School Board meeting last Wednesday. He began his speech with words from English novelist William Arthur Ward. ‘A mediocre teacher tells, a good teacher explains, a superior teacher demonstrates but a great teacher insipres,? Kaplan quoted, adding ‘and Katie Barney is […]
Did you pinch everyone who didn’t wear green on Tuesday? Yes? Well, shame on you. The St. Patrick’s Day traditional color is really blue. And, according to Irish history, Protestants should be wearing orange. ‘The wearing of the green? originally meant wearing a shamrock pinned to your clothes, not wandering through the streets with a […]
Deborah and Jerry Moceri are becoming familiar faces at Lake Orion Village Planning Commission meetings. The couple own Angel Center LLC and, during the March 2 meeting, the commission asked them back again for their April meeting. All these spots on the commission’s agenda are to discuss the Angel Center’s zoning. It’s currently residential, but […]
Lake Orion residents and visitors will have to rearrange their Fourth of July vacation schedule. The Lions Club plans to hold their annual Jubilee the week before the holiday (June 25 to 27), and they say the change is likely a permanent one. Why break more than 30 years of tradition? To stick with Mid-America […]
Those who have been fortunate (or maybe unfortunate) enough to visit the Lake Orion Police Department may have noticed the historic photographs on the wall just outside the door. One in particular is of a 1941 two-door Ford sedan used as a Lake Orion patrol car. It’s that photo Police Chief Jerry Narsh referenced several […]