The familiar faces won out during Tuesday’s primary election in Orion Township. All three incumbents won re-election, including Treasurer Alice Young (1,981 votes to Sandra Dyl’s 1,477) and Trustees Neal Porter and John Steimel. Current Trustee Matt Gibb beat out Daniel Myslakowski 2,158 votes to 1,527 to win the Republican primary for township supervisor. Gibb […]
People are used to pulling weeds around this time each year. But pulling political endorsement signs? That’s usually an every four-year occurrence. Orion Township Building Official Tom Berger said Jim Seibert, one of his code enforcers, is out picking up illegally placed signs almost on a daily basis. Berger said most of the candidates, and […]
Over 22,000 librarians invaded Anaheim, California last month for the annual American Library Association conference. Of all the libraries represented, only one walked away with a Best of Show Award in the ‘Calendars of Events/Newsletter? category (there are different competitions based on budget range). The Orion Township Public Library’s ‘Library Link? was selected as the […]
Some downtown streets are set to be repaved next spring, and both the Village of Lake Orion and the Downtown Development Authority have started to make progress on the project. Broadway and Flint, two streets recently associated with the village’s water main project will likely be paved, along with some storm sewer improvements, in about […]
If you’ve read this column with any sort of regularity over the past couple of years, then you’d know I’ve come up with some pretty boneheaded ideas before. This one might take the cake. For as long as I’ve been here, the township has been discussing building an amphitheatre, with an area near Civic Center […]
The Oakland Township Historical Society (OTHS) is pleased to announce they will host the exhibit ‘No Greater Calling,? about Walter Reuther this fall. ‘Walter P. Reuther (1907-1970) was a remarkable world leader for social justice and improvement of working conditions during his entire lifetime, which began just over 100 years ago,? the OTHS said in […]
Property owners Martin and Eugene Scypinski are suing Orion Township’s Board of Trustees and their Planning Commission, claiming those groups deliberately hurt them financially and suggesting a conspiracy that the township wants a different type of business operating on their property. The location in question is along the eastern portion of Baldwin Road, between Brown […]
Kyle Haist might not have visions of being a professional musician, but his saxophone playing made it to television nonetheless. ‘Lila Lazarus got him to play. and we hadn’t heard him play in months,? said Sharon (Thoel) Bieser, Haist’s mom, of his appearance in a television news story last week. ‘It was really cool to […]
The township board rejected a pair of bids for an amphitheatre at Civic Center Park last week, but said they remain committed to the project. Rejection of the bids was recommended by engineering consultants from Orchard, Hiltz and McCliment, Inc, who estimated the project would cost around $250,000. The received bids were around $380,000 and […]
The Lake Orion Church of Christ will run their annual Mission Possible program July 27 through Aug. 2. The program is a stay-home mission trip, where church volunteers help local residents in need with home repairs and other projects they can’t take on by themselves. ‘We have about 20 jobs now, but could use another […]