A year of unfinished condominiums, unplowed roads, unmaintained lawns and unpaid expenses by developer Gulf Atwater LLC have been its undoing. The village finally called upon the Atwater Commons developer’s letter of credit after several letters of default and deadline extensions so it can arrange to have the work done. ‘We certify that Gulf Atwater […]
The Orion Art Center is certainly familiar with painting and framing, but this summer the tasks will take on a whole new meaning when the Lake Orion Police Association (LOPA) will volunteer their time and talents to the center to build a new storage shed. With LOPA’s Cops Who Care program, off-duty officers will don […]
After seven years in the Main Street program, Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has failed to be accredited for the sixth time. Main Street is a national program focused on revitalizing historic communities. Lake Orion’s DDA participates in conjunction with Main Street Oakland County (MSCO). Of the 10 accreditation criterion, the DDA was fully […]
This September, the Lake Orion Village Council will hold elections to fill four of its seven seats. Two of the four councilmembers with expiring terms, John Ranville and Michael Toth, are slated to run again for seats. The remaining two, Julie Drabik and President Robert Reetz, have chosen to leave. Four other candidates petitioned to […]
The words, serenity, love, service, responsibility, unity and fellowship make up the Keep Coming Back Club’s (KCBC) message and, using those words, members will create a huge mural on the side of their downtown building at 33 N. Broadway. The KCBC is a non-profit, private social club founded in 1995 to provide recovery and prevention […]
The village’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) voted to uphold ‘cease and desist? letters from the village to CJ’s Sandbar to stop live music. The letters, written by Village Manager Paul Zelenak and Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, ordered the establishment to stop the entertainment until owners obtain site plan and special use approvals. […]
Lake Orion police officers arrested a woman for operating while intoxicated (OWI) around 1 a.m., Aug. 7. When the Lake Orion Police Department (LOPD) ran a background check, the woman, Rene F. Perczuk, appeared to have only one previous OWI conviction. Upon further investigation, officers discovered the woman was convicted of at least six more […]
Lake Orion High School’s principal position was officially posted by the district June 11, but administrators and the selection committee have yet to find a suitable candidate. ‘We’re still interviewing,? said Superintendent Ken Gutman. ‘We [had] more interviews Friday and if we’re unable to secure a permanent replacement, we’ll place an interim to start the […]
For the third year in a row, Lake Orion 11th-graders have out-done county- and statewide Michigan Merit Examination (MME) proficiency levels. In March 2007, MME replaced the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) for high school juniors. The test was formed to measure student performance across the state and to determine a school’s yearly adequate progress […]
eview Staff Writer Free money might not be as fun to spend as one would think. In 2008, the Village of Lake Orion received $425,000 in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds to buy, rebuild and sell foreclosed homes. The national program, created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), allocates different funding amounts […]