New rec programmer comes from YMCA

Theresa Sheridan will soon become a familiar face to people visiting the Friendship Park Recreation Building. Sheridan will work out of the office at Clarkston and Baldwin Roads as the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department’s new recreation programmer. Sheridan replaces Phil Castonia who left to accept a new position with the Oxford Parks and […]

Pee Wee Patch revolutionizes early childhood care

To say the Pee Wee Patch Child Development Center in Lake Orion runs like a well-oiled machine might be an understatement. Opened in late June at 1796 S. Lapeer Road, the center provides early care and education to children from six weeks through 13 years old. It currently has 347 children enrolled, with about 250 […]

Capping better than doing nothing for Civic Center Park

After estimated spending at over $400,000 to improve the road at Civic Center Park, Orion Township will spend another $39,000 to cap off the parking lot and roadway with a final coat of asphalt, in the event the final phases of the project are not completed in the near future. Trustees wrestled with the issue […]

Orion hounds Wolves for win

After suffering two consecutive defeats, the Lake Orion High School Varsity Football Team returned to form on Oct. 24, just in time for playoff action to begin, as they defeated the Clarkston Wolves, 21-7. The win earned the Dragons a share of second place in OAA Division I with the Wolves and the Highlanders of […]

Dragon varsity kickers are district champions

A winning regular season is swiftly turning into a winning post-season for the Lake Orion High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team. The Dragons swept the Division I Districts, winning the championship game on Oct. 24. The team began district play against Pontiac Northern on Oct. 20, winning that game in an 11-0 shutout. Billy Weaver […]

Cagers fight for OT win

It was a bittersweet week for the Lake Orion High School Girls Varsity Basketball Team as they recently split wins with Rochester Adams and Troy. Against Adams on Oct. 21, Lake Orion fell 60-46 to the Highlanders at Rochester. Lake Orion’s Chelsea Richards was the team’s high scorer with 12, while teammate Lindsey Randazzo pitched […]

Group helps ‘Warm Up America’

Twice a month, busy hands at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church are working to ensure that no one in the Detroit area goes without a warm blanket this winter. The Lake Orion chapter of the Warm Up America program meets bimonthly at the church on Waldon Road, knitting squares for adult and baby blankets to […]

Trustees spend $16,000 on watershed plan

In the interest of not just “passing the buck,” Orion Township will participate as a member of the Upper Clinton Subwatershed Group along with Independence Township, Waterford Township, Clarkston and Lake Angelus in developing a watershed management plan. Township trustees voted on Oct. 20 to participate in the program and allocate $2,000 for phase II […]

Try, trying… once more

Carrie Lee’s Restaurant hopes to be back before the Orion Township Board of Trustees for a third time, this time with a completely new take on their liquor license application. Carrie Lee’s attorney John Lucas was before the trustees once again at their Nov. 2 meeting, asking the board to reconsider their previous decision, which […]

Canadian caught for Internet sex solicitation

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department’s Computer Crimes Unit arrested a London, Ontario man in Orion Township on Nov. 2, after he allegedly tried to arrange sex over the Internet with a 13-year-old boy. The 42-year-old man, whom OCSD investigators expected to seek felony warrants against on Nov. 3, was arrested at a restaurant in Orion […]

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