Despite some misgivings by the fire chief and some council members, the annual Flower Fair will take place as requested by Downtown Lake Orion. Orion Township Fire Chief Jeff Key wasn’t happy about some downtown streets being closed off during the event on May 22-23. ‘In view of recent events, I don’t see how we […]
Efforts are underway to reactivate the Lake Orion Community Schools Foundation. With the board of education continuing to trim monies from the school district’s budgets, some parents in the community want to help bring extra dollars in to fund special projects. Foundations are typically formed to seek out revenues from charitable sources or to sponsor […]
Don’t you wish you could be a little kid again, at least during the holidays? If you’re a kid, you don’t have to worry about buying appropriate stuff. You just have to be gracious about accepting whatever anyone gives you. (Parents put the pressure on to make sure you say thank you.) At Easter, if […]
It was a nice day in June when Keith Pascoe and his wife Patty visited Children’s Park in the Village of Lake Orion. While pushing his granddaughter on the swings, Keith was dragged to the ground and knocked unconscious by a mentally ill man who had once lived in a home in the village. Chad […]
It was a nice day in June when Keith Pascoe and his wife Patty visited Children’s Park in the Village of Lake Orion. While pushing his granddaughter on the swings, Keith was dragged to the ground and knocked unconscious by a mentally ill man who had once lived in a home in the village. Chad […]
Doing almost two years of research has paid off for the Village of Lake Orion. Village council members decided Nov. 28 to change health insurance coverage from Blue Cross/Blue Shield to the Municipal Employee Retirement System Plan 6. According to LO Finance Director Jan Adams, the village will save in excess of $75,000 annually. Adams […]
Doing almost two years of research has paid off for the Village of Lake Orion. Village council members decided Nov. 28 to change health insurance coverage from Blue Cross/Blue Shield to the Municipal Employee Retirement System Plan 6. According to LO Finance Director Jan Adams, the village will save in excess of $75,000 annually. Adams […]
Jill Bastian recently asked Lake Orion School Board members to reconsider its election date. This past year Michigan passed an election consolidation law. The law set only four dates that an election could take place in a year. School board members opted to conduct its election in May every year. It previously had taken place […]
After 18 years of hanging out in my office letting everyone do my work for me, I’ve decided to leave my job at the end of December. If you notice, I’m not saying retiring. That’s too old sounding, plus the fact I can’t collect social security for another two years. Actually, the man in my […]
So busy and so little time. I’m printing this from another source so I can go shopping for all the wonderful presents my family has asked for. You think saving for a new flat-panel plasma television or iPod Nano for the holidays is daunting? Be thankful you don’t have to save for the original gifts […]