Week in Review: Blossom Ridge Plan Reduced, Fresh Apple Cider and More
Here's what happened in and around Oakland Township and Lake Orion last week.
Apples for sale by the bushel at the Yates Cider Mill's apple tent. It will be open Friday for a special spring season.
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A lot happened last week and we want to make sure you didn't miss a thing, so here are some of the highlights:
- Lake Orion Schools Evaluate Bids from 3 Custodial Vendors: Board of Education gets ready to interview the businesses as current employees fight plan to privatize services.
- Lake Orion Teen Filmmaker is Biggest Winner in Michigan Student Festival: Jonathan D'Ambrosio leads statewide field with three Best in Show awards.
- Blossom Ridge Plan Reduced in Size, Board Tables Decision: Some residents have changed their minds about the proposed senior living community in Oakland Township, but officials want more time to review the plans.
- Want Cider? Yates to Open Friday for 10 Days of Spring Apple Joy: Last fall's bumper crop has led the cider mill to a bonus spring pressing — for the first time in 20 years.
- Gov. Snyder Signs Law Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional in Michigan: Do you think bikers should be required to wear a helmet?
- Friday the 13th: Facts Behind the Superstition: Friday the 13th is widely known to represent a day of bad luck.
- Library Picks: 'Alice's Piano,' 'Fairy Tale Interrupted': Here are three new biography books to check out at the Orion Township Public Library.
- The following information was supplied by the Lake Orion Police Department: Police Blotter: Stolen Purse, Trespassing Complaint.
- Highlights from Oakland County Sheriff's Office - Oakland Township Substation reports: Police Blotter: Car Tires Slashed, Mirrors Broken, Mailboxes Damaged.
- Highlights from Orion Township Substation reports through last week: Police Blotter: Woman Scams Residents, Stolen Generator and More.
- Lake Orion Council Discusses Lifeguards at Green's Park, One-Day Liquor Licenses: Village officials decide to vote on cutting lifeguards and how to deal with their loss and to drafting an ordinance on liquor permits.
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