Orem Overheard in Orem 9/18 Are you participating in The Big Read, the Orem Public Library's community reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and the month-long events and activities corresponding with it? Why or why not? "I just picked up the information to find out what it was about. I haven't really heard of it. This is new to me because I haven't used the library for many years. I want to go back to school. I've seen the movie but I haven't read the book before." New public health campaign touts importance of washing up The GlitterBug Handwash Show could be stopping by your child's classroom soon. Cops bust hair care theft suspects The weekend proved to be one long bad hair day for a couple of illegal immigrants. Suspect in IHOP stabbing still hospitalized The suspect in a weekend stabbing outside the IHOP restaurant in Orem may be hospitalized for a week or more before he is charged and jailed. Boy injured by fireworks feeling better A spunky Bridger Hunt held a news conference at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, his first public appearance since a July 24 fireworks accident. Orem teen to get boss's kidney To Marcus Gilbert, the math was very simple -- he has two kidneys, but only needs one, while his employee has no working kidneys and needs one. Orem Community Briefs 9/11 UDOT 800 NORTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT LANE CLOSURES -- One lane of traffic at a time will be temporarily closed on 800 North in each direction throughout the month as final asphalt layers are completed. The layer is very thin and in order to make the new road as smooth as possible, crews are grounding the surface down and eliminating bumps prior to putting down the final layer. The work will proceed one lane at a time. Council will allow signs in roundabouts Roundabouts in the Sleepy Ridge development will now be allowed to have signs in the public right-of-way. OHS football alums thank coach with driveway From his home on South Campus Drive, Udell Westover has a front-row view of Orem High School's campus and the east bleachers of the Tigers' football stadium -- a place he knows a thing or two about. Orem lauded by state for beetle eradication success A program to eradicate the Japanese beetle in Orem has met with "unanticipated" levels of success -- with a 95 percent reduction in beetle numbers in 2008, compared to 2007, said Clair Allen, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Plant Industry Division director. Provo-Orem ranked No. 1 for growth performance The Provo-Orem statistical area is the nation's "best-performing" city, according to a report out Wednesday. There are 672 items tagged with Orem. You can view all our tags in the Tag Cloud |