A Harry Paul couple arrived home on Jan. 29 to find their house engulfed in flames, after a neighbor heard an explosion, saw smoke and called 911. Orion Township Firefighters and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene around 12:30 p.m. Orion Township Fire Chief Jeff Key said the department, assisted by Oxford, […]
Richard Tomczak has announced his candidacy for Orion Township supervisor in the 2004 election. The 17 year resident of the township is currently a police sergeant in the Oakland Univeristy Police Department. He has been in the law enforcement field for over 30 years. Tomczak has an associate’s degree, a bachelor’s degree and a master’s […]
Time moves ever so slowly for the Village of Lake Orion’s DPW Director John Ranville. He’s been trying to talk village officials into improving their retirement program for non-union employees since 1989. Ranville’s been working for the village’s department of public works going on 37 years. ‘I will be retiring. I can’t stick around here. […]
They’ve been doing it for nearly 12 years, and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department said it should be allowed to continue responding to Orion Township’s cellular 911 calls. Land line 911 calls are currently handled by the Village of Lake Orion Police Department’s dispatch center. Calls made from cell phones are sent to OCSD dispatch. […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of prescription fraud at the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Lapeer Road on Jan. 30. According to an OCSD report, the pharmacy had taken a phone order for Hydrococlone, a cheap vicadin. The pharmacist said he called back to the doctor’s office that supposedly had called in […]
Oakland County commissioners are sending a message to all state representatives and state senators from the county. They want local communities to have more control over approval, issuance, renewal or transfer of SDD and SDM liquor licenses. According the Eric Wilson, district #3 commissioner, the county’s board of commissioners voted 25-0 in support of legislation […]
In looking at a vehicle maintenance policy, Orion Township Trustee Richard Tomczak told other trustees on Jan. 20 he didn’t see a limit on how many times the exterior of a township owned or leased vehicle could be cleaned by the employee driving it. The policy just indicated a vehicle was to be cleaned ‘on […]
A non-profit group called the Friends of Orion Center, to help support the Orion Senior Center, will be forming soon. Senior center director Mary Lou Enneking said the group has received final non-profit status and will become the ‘fundraising arm? of the center. The group will seek grants and other fundraising. ‘I was very limited […]
When Catherine Towne heard about auditions for the musical ‘Annie? at Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre, the 10-year-old figured she had nothing to lose. ‘It’s the first major thing that she’s done,? said Towne’s mother Joyce. ‘She was ‘Annie? in her school musical.? ‘My mom saw (a call for auditions) in the paper, and since I […]
The Modetz Funeral Home on Silverbell Road in Orion Township is presenting to the public the mural recently created for the home by Rochester artist Gerry Post. Post, who has done work for the Modetz-owned funeral home in Rochester, created a mural honoring police and fire, and veterans by depicting battles going back to the […]