Diane Morrow, a 47-year-old Lake Orion woman, was killed June 11 after the truck she was driving careened into Buckhorn Lake at the Orion Cove apartment complex on Kimberly Road. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OSCO), Morrow didn’t live in the complex, but her boyfriend did. The single vehicle crash occurred at 12:11 […]
Orion Township officials are hoping an intensified Internet presence will help market the community to new and old friends alike. The second Orion Township ‘Call to Arms? meeting was held on Thursday, June 4, on the heels of the announcement that GM was placing the Orion assembly plant on standby. Area business and political leaders […]
North Oakland VFW Post 334 Commander Ernie Baker presented a $500 check to Charlotte Cito’s ‘Operation Guardian Angel? program at the Lake Orion Post Office on Thursday, June 4. The money, from Post 334’s annual fundraiser, will help in Cito’s next mailing. She sends boxes of supplies to servicemen and women from the area serving […]
Marty Scypinski is a large man with large hands that nearly envelope mine during a handshake. His towering frame cuts a formidable figure at almost every Orion Township Board of Trustees meeting. But the only shake he seems to be getting from the township isn’t exactly fair. Scypinski’s family has lived in the area for […]
Like an empty Pontiac G6 sitting on a lonely road with no where to go, gas tank almost empty, Orion’s GM plant is ‘idling.? The plant was officially placed on standby status as a result of iconic carmaker General Motor’s historic bankruptcy announcement June 1. Workers at the Orion Assembly Plant commiserate with employees from […]
The residential dirt is now commercial dirt. After ping-ponging between the planning commission and the township board for months, the zoning of a parcel at Baldwin and Maybee roads, where CVS is interested in building a new drugstore, squeaked through on a 4-3 vote at the board’s regular meeting June 1. The board’s narrow approval […]
Now that Lake Orion’s considered part of a broad metro region, many of the signs it was once a vacation haven for Detroiters back in the day have vanished. But one of them was recently donated to the Orion Historical Society. Literally. The Henry family, village residents since 1967, gave the society a roughly eight-by-four […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved new sewer rates for the period of July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The vote was 6-1 at their regular meeting on June 1. Oakland County Drain Commission increased the rates to $1.64 per residential equivalent unit (REU). It is a cost the township takes on. According […]
They help the boat crash victims, catch thieves and volunteer their time. Those who help the Village of Lake Orion stay a nice, safe place to live were feted at the annual Appreciation Dinner held at Paint Creek Country Club on May 28. ‘No one wants to live, work, shop or have fun where it’s […]
As Orion’s GM plant faces an uncertain future, the township is trying to do what it can to lure viable businesses. The Orion Township Board of Trustees recently approved the establishment of an Industrial Development District (IDD). The area covered by the IDD is in the southern part of the township between Silverbell and Brown […]