Union Church Governing Board President Burke Cueny told the Orion Township Board of Trustees that Union Church should be ready for the public by Halloween. “We’re expecting to open up the building before year’s end,” he said at the July 7 meeting, where the board accepted a bid from Lands Friend Builders to do floor […]
The combined commercial and residential planned unit development (PUD) project at Maybee and Baldwin Roads, known as Orion Village Crossing, will be done in phases with road work, paving and utilities to come first. Attorney Suzanne Reynolds, representing developer Anthony Ferlito, told the Orion Township Board of Trustees on July 7 that the phasing plan […]
For the first time in 47 years, Scripps Mansion will be open to the public on July 26-27 for the Art, Autos and Architecture event. The home was built in 1926 as a country home for William E. Scripps, whose family founded WWJ talk radio and Detroit Newspapers. The 67-room mansion is currently owned and […]
When Barb Hoffman and Sue Waymire of Oxford, and friend Pam Allen of Lake Orion, recently traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, they went there with a mission. The women had trained for nearly six months in order to walk in a 26.2-mile marathon, sponsored by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, on June 21st. Hoffman and Waymire, […]
Although she has been involved with the Paint Creek Trailways since 1997, Kristen Myers might be a new face to some as she takes over as the Paint Creek Trailways Coordinator. Myers replaced her former boss Bill Stark, who was the former trailways coordinator and for whom she worked as an administrative assistant since 2000. […]
Orion Township residents will have to wait at least two more weeks before they find out who their new township trustee will be. Township board members deadlocked on a decision Monday night. The board was to have chosen a new trustee to replace Eric Wilson at the July 21 board meeting. Wilson resigned from the […]
Investigators from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Crash Reconstruction Unit say alcohol may have been a factor in a vehicle/motorcycle accident that killed a Lake Orion man over the weekend. The accident occurred in Oakland Township about 9:45 p.m. on July 19, as 39-year-old Richard Valken of Lake Orion traveled westbound on Silverbell Road, west […]
Beth Webster never dreamed she would one day be relying on the kindness of strangers to help take care of her elderly mother. But that is exactly what Webster, 63, and her husband Richard, 65, who live in Lake Orion and operate Photos Unique in the village, have had to do as they have seen […]
The Scripps Mansion is truly itself a work of art, right down to every last door hinge. Built in 1926 as the country home of William E. Scripps, the 67-room mansion boasts metal work by Oscar Bach, leather ceilings and an Istrian marble fireplace from Italy. “It’s a work of art,” said Guest House President […]
Summer fun can easily turn tragic if the proper precautions are not taken when heading out into the water for a swim. The American Red Cross reminds swimmers that although outdoor activities are often the highlight of summer, children and parents shouldn’t take a vacation from safety. Learning to swim and swim well is the […]