Right at the last moment I knew I was in some sort of very deep yucky stuff. Up until then, I thought I could handle it. I thought I could steer out of the situation unscathed and go on my merry way. That was right before my very own personal crap mobile, a 1993 Saturn […]
‘Mean? Mary Jean, the tour scheduling genius of Oxford Parks and Recreation, got tickets for a half hundred of us to see Jeff Foxworthy at the Fox Theater in Detroit recently. You know Foxworthy, he of ‘You might be a Redneck if? fame? He’s been on stages around the world for 20 years, but it […]
For the second year in a row,, officials of the Main Street program have given the Village of Lake Orion high marks for its efforts to revitalize the downtown area. Representatives from Main Street Oakland County and the National Trust for Historic Preservation were in town last week to evaluate the village’s progress in 2003. […]
Pine Tree Elementary kids got a chance to play outside during the snow storm last Wednesday. Principal Diane Dunaskiss served hot chocolate to the students after they came inside. More than nine inches of snow fell in the Orion area during the day and schools were closed on Thursday.
A 20-year-old man was arrested on Jan. 14 as a suspect in the stabbing of his mother’s live-in boyfriend. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department report, the assault took place about 4:30 p.m. The man’s mother told deputies she had been fighting with her 29 year old boyfriend when her son intervened. Her daughter […]
Village residents who plan on voting in the general election on March 8 will have to go to a different location. According to Lake Orion Village Clerk Arlene Nichols, the usual voting poll, the Ehman Center, will not be available on that date. Nichols has received an OK from the Lake Orion School District to […]
The number of communities that belong to the North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Consortium will stay at1 19. Lake Orion Village Council members on Jan. 12 declined to join it. LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel had recommended not joining with the consortium because there was no indication as to what the cost would be […]
A special meeting has been scheduled for members of the Lake Orion Village Council to interview three potential planning firms. It takes place on Jan. 27, 7 p.m. at the village hall. Four companies responded to a request for proposals. According to LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, one of the four firm’s proposal was […]
Last year, two separate agencies studied water rates charged to 126 communities by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. The Raftelis report, commissioned by the Oakland County Drain Commissioner, concluded that the DWSD overcharged 30 Oakland County communities by $13 million. A report done by the DWSD concluded there were no rate overcharges. Now State […]
Over 60 organizations and 100 individuals will be honored by Orion Township’s Parks & Advisory Committee at the Friendship Park pavilion on Jan. 22, 7-8 p.m. All of them donated their time and/or funding to assist in providing parks and recreation activities and facilities to the people in Orion Township during 2003. Parks & rec […]