As the Lake Orion School Board debates how to balance next year’s budget, President Leeann Bartley has also asked for committees to be formed to consider a number of ‘large ticket items? for the future. At the last March school board meeting, she presented fellow board members with a memo outlining eight areas of concern. […]
Bob Eschrich, owner of the former Bonzai Bob’s restaurant on Front Street in the downtown Lake Orion, says officers from the Lake Orion Police Department are targeting his business and driving customers away. Eschrich, who opened the restaurant first as Bonzai Bob’s in 2001, later changing to serving Mexican fare under the name Muy Loco, […]
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become […]
Economic times are tough for everyone in Michigan right now, and school board members say the same is true for Lake Orion Schools, as they attempt to balance their 2006-2007 budget with a nearly flat rate of new student enrollment. Cuts could come from various departments, and part of the proposal to balance the budget […]
Although the Lake Orion Police Department is operating with 50 percent less officers than the year before, Chief Jerry Narsh said the hours served by officers dropped only by a few 100 hours, thanks in part to the dedication of the department’s reserve force. Those LOPD reserve officers were honored, along with the department’s other […]
There seems to be a lot of finger pointing and name calling going on these days at Orion Township Hall. First there was the debacle in 2004 with tax information from the Gingellville Community Center going missing from the Township Assessor’s office. That led to a report being filed with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, […]
Lake Orion High School and Learning Options High School administrators are currently developing a program that could house Learning Options students at LOHS. Currently, Learning Options operates out of the Community Education Resource Center (CERC), located near LOHS on Scripps Road. The LO School Board is considering the proposal to move the alternative high school […]
The luck of the Irish was not with a Burton man on the morning of March 18. According to the Lake Orion Police Department, the 35-year-old man struck five parked cars in the American Legion parking lot off Broadway Street in downtown Lake Orion. The accident occurred at about 3:14 a.m., and LOPD Chief Jerry […]
Lake Orion Police Department Chief Jerry Narsh calls 24-year-old Richard Minges ‘someone who is bad for the downtown,? after the S. Broadway man was caught breaking into the Keep Coming Back Club on March 17. The incident happened at 2:42 a.m. on Friday morning, when someone called the LOPD to report suspicious activity at the […]
Michael Barnett has been hired as the new Department of Public Works Director for the Village of Lake Orion, and he will have six months to relocate within 20 miles of the Village. The Village Council voted March 13 to hire Barnett at a salary of $49,400 per year, contingent upon him passing pre-employment tests […]