Goodrich ? It’s been years since the Goodrich Chamber of Commerce has been active. That may soon change. Patty Plant, owner of Cranberries Caf? in Goodrich, is looking for prospective members to fuel the organization and spur community interest in local businesses. With an absence of area entertainment such as a movie theater, ‘the only […]
I must be a very shallow man. Maybe I’m just thick in the noggin? Son Shamus has taken to calling me, ‘Dad.? I’m not used to it and I am not sure how I feel about it. Let me back up here a moment. The word ‘dad? is not a four-letter word, hence some would […]
One Rochester Hills man probably won’t be invited to a duplex in the Village of Lake Orion anymore. Michael Woodall, 28, was arraigned July 9 on numerous charges involving an incident that took place last week. According to LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh, Woodall had befriended a family that lived in a duplex on West […]
Be it more gravel of eventual paving, Indian Lake Road is in need of some immediate improvement, residents say. A group of concerned citizens addressed the Orion Township Board of Trustees on July 6, asking for some assistance in getting the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) to improve the road. Approximately 100 citizens from […]
The dream of making Union Church open to the residents moved a bit closer to reality on July 6, as the Orion Township Board of Trustees approved a plan for interior demolition. Becky Goodman, Union Church Governing Board Chair, presented a demolition plan, meant to be the first phase of the project, with 12 items. […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of a man shooting off ‘big fireworks? at Mill Lake and Baldwin Roads on July 6. According to an OCSD report, a deputy observed a 29-year-old Mill Lake Road man lighting off illegal fireworks from a mortar tube in the ground in his back yard. The […]
After all the checks are cashed, the Lake Orion Fireworks should have about $25,000 in donations this year. ‘We’re right at our goal,? said Carl Cyrowski of Lake Orion Fireworks. ‘We’re waiting for a few more checks to come in that we’ve been promised.? Cyrowski said the show this year went off without a hitch, […]
Oakland Township is in the final phase of revising the township’s master plan, and township residents are invited to attend an open house at the Oakland Township Hall on July 22 to give input. The open house will be from 2-4 p.m. at the township hall at 4393 Collins Road. The open house is the […]
Because the original low bidder, Tanner Building and Remodeling, has pulled out of the contract, the Orion Board of Trustees awarded the contract to construct a picnic shelter at Friendship Park to the second lowest bidder. Parks and recreation director Rock Blanchard said Tanner had agreed to bid the project at zero profit, then after […]