The Lake Orion Village Council has approved an agreement with Oakland County for Wireless Oakland, a public-private partnership to provide wireless internet service throughout the entire county. After hearing a proposal from Wireless Oakland Manager of Application Services Scott Oppmann earlier this month, the council agreed to adopt a resolution approving the agreement, which states […]
It isn’t often that parents attend three of their children’s college graduations within two weeks of each other. However, that’s exactly how Mark and Belinda Brigolin of Lake Orion spent the weekends of May 6 and May 14, as their daughters Heather, 27, and Tiffany 23, and son Marc Anthony, 25, all received their degrees. […]
The Lake Orion Police Department, in conjunction with agents from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (LCC), will present a training seminar in June for all Village of Lake Orion licensed liquor establishment owners. The LOPD’s alcohol enforcement activities at one downtown restaurant, Whiskey’s Steakhouse, formerly Muy Loco, were called into question recently by owner Bob […]
When Olympic Silver Medal-winner Ben Agosto, an ice dancer, recently phoned the Highland Fling Scottish store at Olde World Canterbury Village, owner Gordon Hyslop had no idea who he was talking to. Hyslop later learned that the man he had spoken to was Agosto, a Canton resident, when Agosto’s mother phoned the store in Orion […]
It seems everyday, more and more regulations and laws have to be added to the books in the category of ‘You really should know better.? Some people’s lack of common sense is astounding. First, there was the McDonald’s hot coffee debacle a few years ago, no doubt resulting in some idiot running off with a […]
Not entirely convinced that new catch basins will solve the problem, the Lake Orion Village Council recently authorized the department of public works to dye test a sewer on Lakeview Street, provided the village has the legal authority to do so. With soil borings completed, a recommendation from Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel authorizing existing […]
Lake Orion Community Schools has two reasons to celebrate in the coming weeks: Waldon Middle School has been named a Michigan Blue Ribbon School, while Oakview Middle School has been deemed a ‘School to Watch.? Waldon will host a Blue Ribbon ceremony on June 1, and Principal Heidi Kast said the application process for the […]
If you were traveling in the area of Joslyn and Baldwin Roads in Orion Township on Sunday afternoon, you might be wondering what had so many walkers taking to the safety paths. The answer is more than just warm temperatures and sunny, blue skies: The 24th Annual CROP Walk, sponsored by Church World Service, was […]
Oakland County Commissioner Eric Wilson said a talk went well May 8 between Oakland County Parks and Lake Orion Schools, about the county possibly becoming involved with the Moose Tree Nature Preserve. Wilson sat in on the discussion, and said he was pleased with how things were progressing. ‘It was very positive,? he said of […]
I recently received this email forward and thought I would pass it along (in a condensed version). Do you feel like this guy? Tax his land, tax his wage, Tax his bed in which he lays. Tax his tractor, tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule. Tax his cow, tax his goat, Tax […]