The outcome of a meeting held last week in Lansing regarding a request from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to swap state property in Orion Township for property owned by a developer did not go as Orion Township officials had hoped. Although the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) Clearinghouse Review Committee recently […]
Three men, two of them armed, robbed the Little Caesar’s Pizza store on Baldwin Road, taking $325 and shutting the employees in the store’s cooler on Sept. 10. The robbery occurred about 10 p.m., according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. Witnesses said a white male entered the store and jumped over the counter, ordering […]
The Orion Community Cable Communications Commission (OCCCC) has finally reached a resolution with Comcast after it moved their billing office out of Orion Township; however the cable company will not be putting an office back in the township. OCCCC Chairman Doug Corliss told the Orion Township Board of Trustees on Sept. 7 that an agreement […]
Lake Orion resident Susanne Corker has added another cooking contest blue ribbon to her collection. Corker took first place recently in the Family Friendly Food Contest, held at the Michigan State Fair. The contest was sponsored by Hidden Valley Ranch, an ingredient that had to be used in the recipe. Corker took first place with […]
Long plagued by drainage problems, the Hammerslea/Joslyn Road area is the subject of a new permit application filed with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to fill in a wetland area for the purpose of constructing a new home. The Orion Township Board of Trustees were given notice of the application at its Sept. […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls basketball team was unable to close the margin against Rochester Adams on Sept. 9, losing by 14 points to the Highlanders, coming off a victory on the road against Troy. On Sept. 7 at Troy, Lake Orion took the game, 37-31, as Chelsea Richards led the Dragons with 11 points. […]
It was a life-changing experience for Lake Orion resident Dave Stuursma. When President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush visited the Detroit area on Aug. 30-31, Stuursma was given the opportunity to be a part of the presidential motorcade that transported the President and First Lady, along with their support staff, to and […]
Blink and you probably would have missed her…if you even knew she was in town at all. Oprah Winfrey made a brief, surprise visit to the Orion Assembly Plant on Sept. 2, for a tour of the plant. No government officials or media were notified beforehand that she would be stopping by. ‘I can tell […]
When Lake Orion resident and 2004 Detroit Country Day graduate BJ Goodman started playing travel soccer nearly 10 years ago, he never dreamed the sport would be his ticket to a nearly free college education. Goodman, 18, has played for the Vardar soccer team since he was about eight years old, when he was encouraged […]
Although they are were still without a win their first week into the new season, the attitudes of the members of the Lake Orion High School varsity girls tennis team remain positive. ‘The team is very versatile this year, we have a few people who can go either way (playing singles or doubles),? said coach […]