The next scheduled election in the Village of Lake Orion takes place in September 2005. Council members on Nov. 8 opted not to require any elections in November. According to a new Michigan election law, the village had to choose to hold its elections for seats on the village council either in September of odd-numbered […]
April Freeman said Chris Bowman is the real victim in an incident that ended up with the former ice skating champion being arrested on Oct. 27. Bowman has been charged with assaulting Freeman and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated at an apartment in the Village of Lake Orion. ‘This has been blown […]
Commentators on two different TV stations for Michigan State’s last two football games have used the word devastating in describing their loses. That’s not the word I would use. The dictionary defines devastate as: to lay waste, make desolate, ravage, destroy, to make helpless, overwhelm. So let’s see. Was MSU overwhelmed against Michigan and Ohio […]
Elections to vote for school board members have changed from June to May. After a public hearing on Oct. 27, Lake Orion School Board members decided to hold an annual election in May. The board chose not to have school elections in odd years in November. The change in election times was mandated by a […]
He was known as Bowman the Showman when he ice skated in the 1980s and early 1990s. He played Benjamin in the TV series ‘Little House on the Prairie.? Now, Christopher Bowman, 37, has been charged with assault at his apartment in the Village of Lake Orion. The incident took place on Oct. 27. According […]
For years, there’s been discussions between certain property owners on Bellevue Road and Lake Orion Village officials as to who owns the lakefront property on the east side of the road. The section runs from the curve near Unger Park to ‘Goat Hill.? Homeowners use these pieces of land in front of their houses and […]
Two village boards think financially helping a developer with his storm water system is a good idea. Members of the Lake Orion Village Council aren’t so sure. They decided on Oct. 25 to table a suggestion by the village’s board of zoning appeals to help Symphony Homes with the cost of a 15 inch storm […]
Blondes typically don’t have as much hair as people with dark hair colors. I don’t know why. Obviously as we get older, some of us (both men and women) have hair that seems to get thinner by the day. My mother, in her later years, had her hairdresser work in a hair piece at the […]
I’m voting no on Proposal 1. It’s one of those ‘who do you believe? questions. Granholm and Patterson say it could really hurt the state’s lottery system. It’s possible any new proposed lottery game might need voter approval. Lottery games need to change and be fresh or otherwise people lose interest in buying tickets. Less […]
No longer will there be a general election in the Village of Lake Orion in March. No longer will there ever be a primary in February. With the passage of a new Michigan election act, government bodies must now conduct elections in September or November. September elections would take place in odd-numbered years, November elections […]