A proposal before the Lake Orion Village Council on May 12 to plat a section of East Lawn Cemetery turned into a request from the council to seek proposals for a “master plan” of sorts for the property. The original request stemmed from a request from DPW director John Ranville, who at the April 28 […]
Despite troubling times for King of Kings Lutheran Church, with their pastor Luther Wright battling liver cancer, the church is moving forward with a planned expansion. Property trustee Jim Foss said the church has been planning to expand its 1715 S. Lapeer location for years, but put it off after Wright became ill. “Our original […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Division handed out 90 violations to motorists not wearing their seatbelt during a scheduled check in Orion Township on May 28. Deputies manned the check at the corner of M-24 and Clarkston Roads from 3-7 p.m., handing out a total of 113 violations, 90 of them for people not […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department investigated a report of stalking on Schorn Drive on May 27. According to an OCSD report, deputies were contacted by a Schorn Drive woman, who said a man she had not spoken to in over a year had called her home. She met the man while living in Burton and […]
The Lake Orion High School Varsity Baseball Team will play in Chippewa Valley Regional on Saturday in Clinton Township after taking out Rochester Adams to win their second straight district title. After defeating Oxford 4-1 in the district semifinal, the Dragons went up against the Highlanders on June 2, winning the game 18-3 in six […]
Custodians at Oakview Middle School are getting a helping hand from some students through the school’s Junior Custodian Club. Oakview Head Custodian Cynthia Hilley said two seventh-grade students, Tim Lowe and Daniel Arthaud, were interested in starting a “fix-it” club. That idea evolved into what Hilley hopes could become a district-wide program. “We started with […]
Oakland County Commissioner-3rd District Candidate Eric Wilson addressed the Orion Area Chamber of Commerce on June 5 about his priorities for the area. The chamber invited Republican Wilson and Democrat Daniel Myslakowski, who will face off in the June 17 general election for Oakland County Commissioner of District 3, to speak in a candidate’s forum […]
Orion Township trustees have some questions about the closure of the landfill at Eagle Valley, with some answers due in 90 days. The board directed the Eagle Valley Closure Committee on June 2 to compile a status report for the board within three months. The report was requested in light of a recent 14-acre expansion […]
Orion Township will soon have an updated master plan, which will serve as a “long range road map” for the future. Don Wortman of the township’s planning firm Carlisle/Wortman presented the plan to the Orion Township Board of Trustees on June 2, after the plan was adopted by the planning commission on May 7. The […]
When Holly Najjar and Jeff Hudson first met at the Barn Daze event at Friendship Park last fall, they never dreamed that less than a year later they would be planning their wedding in that very same spot. But that’s exactly what the happy couple is doing, with hopes that a gazebo they have agreed […]