This is the time of year when every other day you hear the TV weather people talking about how ‘spring is just around the corner.? Two days later, of course, they are talking about the latest snowstorm forecasted to blow through the area. If you’ve spent a significant amount of time living in Michigan (in […]
Although the plan has been called ‘aggressive,? The Village of Lake Orion has a new Recreation Master Plan, which lays out changes for all Village parks. The Village Council voted to adopt the plan at their March 13 meeting. A public hearing was held on Feb. 28, and the Village needed to have the plan […]
Are the interests of the Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority and the Village Council on the same page? Many downtown business owners think not. Several business owners voiced their frustrations with the current state of the DDA at a Business Neighbors meeting, held on March 9 at the Orion Art Center. Robert Donohue, Jr., Principal […]
After one year serving as director of Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority, Katie Zimmer is resigning her position to accept a new job in Chicago. Her last day will be March 16. Her new position will be corporate sponsorship manager for a ‘large non-profit.? Zimmer has a brother living in the Chicago area, so she […]
With increased attendance has come more headaches for the Orion Senior Center, at least where available parking is concerned. But those headaches could be cured, if the Orion Township Board of Trustees agrees to pay the cost for additional parking spaces to be constructed. On Feb. 27, the Lake Orion Village Council gave their blessing […]
Last week, the FX channel debuted a new reality show called Black. White. On the show, through the magic of airbrushed makeup, a white family and a black family swap races, and go undercover to find out how the other half lives. The families live under one roof for the duration of the show, and […]
Upsizing water mains, repaving roads and replacing the bridge in Meek’s Park are a few of the projects on the minds of Lake Orion Village Council members. After tabulating the results from their prioritizing of capital improvement projects, overwhelming support was shown for projects involving Flint and Broadway Streets. At the Feb. 13 meeting, council […]
The new head of the Village’s DPW could soon be Michael Barnett of Center Line, pending the results of an interview with Council President Bill Siver and President Pro-Tem Ken Van Portfliet. The council postponed the issue of hiring or not hiring Barnett as new DPW director on Feb. 27, until the next meeting on […]
We are a culture obsessed with celebrities. I am just as guilty as the next person. I have long had an addiction to celebrity ‘tabloids,? (although not the REALLY bad ones, like Star or the National Enquirer) and I can’t seem to stand in line at the grocery store without picking one up. I know […]
With spring rains not too far around the corner, residents on a portion of Lakeview Street in the village are hoping that puddling problems there will soon be resolved. The Lake Orion Village Council voted on Feb. 13 to have village engineers proceed with soil borings to help determine the problem, at a cost of […]