September 3
~ Sereal Leonard Gravlin was arrested on charges of firearms possession by a convicted felon and malicious used of telecommunications services. Gravlin was running for public office when he allegedly threatened TCF Bank over garnisheed social security money.
~ Kerri Anderson was named the principal at Carpenter Year-Round Elementary school. Anderson moved to Lake Orion with her family six years ago.
~ Premier Self Storage hosted the first-ever Green Meet, with residents from across the area bringing in old electronic items for recycling.

September 10
~ The Lake Orion Lions Club turned 70-years-old. The Lions sponsor community programs like the holiday baskets and Bear Lake Camp for special needs children.
~ A 47-year-old Lake Orion man was taken to the hospital after the personal watercraft he was operating crashed into a dock and seawall on the lake.
~ Lauren Sanborn was named Paint Creek Elementary’s new principal.

September 17
~ Twenty LOPD officers left Salon U bald in support of Chief Jerry Narsh’s eight-year-old son, Anthony. Anthony suffers from a rare musculoskeletal cancer called eosinophilic granuloma.
~ Lake Orion eleventh grade students tested below 2007’s scores in the Michigan Merit Examination, but above the national and state averages for 2008. The district was fourth highest in social studies, fifth highest in science and sixth highest in reading in the country.
~ Mark D. posed as Mr. June in the 60-Mile Men 2008 calendar. The calendar benefits breast cancer research. His last name was withheld due to the ‘baring? nature of the calendar.

September 24
~ Siobhan Kelly allegedly set her apartment ablaze. No one was injured but the fire caused considerable smoke and water damage to surrounding apartments and businesses.
~ Sen. John McCain made a surprise visit to Lake Orion’s GM plant and delivered a speech to workers on the auto industry’s state of affairs.
~ Local business owners Debbie Wertz and Kathy Chojnowski revived Michigan Junior Miss programs in the Orion area. In the program girls compete in areas of scholarship, talent, community service, fitness and self-expression.

October 1
~A year and a day after losing two of their sons in an automobile accident, Cliff and Vicki Schrauger were presented with the keys to their new Lake Orion home.
County and local officials, as well as 75 sponsors, all came together to build and donate the new house to the family.
~The Lake Orion Post Office was honored by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) for exemplary safety and health practices with an award.
~The Lake Orion Village Council approved the process of evaluating Paul Zelenak, the new village manager.

October 8
~Lake Orion’s old schoolhouse, the Ehman Center, was sold at auction for $52,500 to Deborah Moceri in October. Moceri changed the name to the ‘Angel Center? and hopes to offer therapeutic and community services from the building.
~Enrollment in the Lake Orion schools remained steady at 7,895 students. The counts are used to help determine how much per-pupil money each district receives from the state.
~Volunteers from the Clinton River Watershed Council’s Adopt-a-Stream program took to Paint Creek in Children’s Park to test the water.

October 15
~Deborah Moceri, new owner of Lake Orion’s old schoolhouse on Elizabeth Street in the village, changes the buildings name from the Ehman Center to the ‘Angel Center? and announced her intentions of turning it into a community service center.
~Residents of the Royal Troon subdivision near Indianwood and Joslyn went before the Orion Township Boad complaining that developers haven’t finished the project, evidenced by a ten-year-old basement with a tree growing out of it instead of a house.
~The president of the Detroit Pistons, Tom Wilson, visited the Orion Area Chamber of Commerce to talk about the tough economic times.

October 22
~The village council and residents of Atwater Commons lashed out at the condominium developers for not finishing their work. The developers, in violation of the Planned Unit Development agreement made with the village, faced getting the work done, or else the village would draw on the $150,000 line of credit.
~Results from the evaluation of new village manager, Paul Zelenak, came in. The council praised Zelenak for his work so far, giving him a 3.9 rating on a scale of 1-5.
~The 5th Annual Lake Orion Schools Dragons GAP & Lady Dragons hosted their 2-mile charity walk to help raise awareness for breast cancer.
~The Downtown Development Authority welcomed new events coordinator Jean Keitz to their staff.

October 29
~Voters prepared to put either Matthew Gibb or David Hodges into the township supervisor seat.
~An audit of Lake Orion schools from July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 came out clean. The district was in ‘good shape? according to accountant Donna Hanson.
~Advanced Defense Vehicle Systems, a manufacturer of military defense equipment, received a tax abatement from the township board.
~The first Lake Orion Pumpkin Launch was held at Orion Oaks Park.

November 5
~An Orion Township man who was hit by a drunk driver in July died from related injuries. Police enhanced the charges against the driver, an illegal immigrant who had children in the car the night of the accident.
~The village council applied even more pressure to developers now responsible for Atwater Commons, saying that if the work wasn’t done by Nov. 30, the village would draw from the line of credit to do the work themselves.
~John McCain was elected president–at a mock election at Pine Tree Elementary.

November 12
~Matthew Gibb won the seat of Orion Township Supervisor. The elections for the Republican-dominated township board were mainly decided in the August primaries, and were made official on Election Day: Trustees Mark Crane, Neal Porter, John Steimel and JoAnn Van Tassel took seats. Alice Young retained her position as treasurer. Penny Shults was elected as the new clerk.
~Sara Van Portfliet was named Citizen of the Year by a committee comprised of members of the Orion Area Parade Group and the Lake Orion Review.
~Dick Hassberger gave up his post as Chairman of the Board of the Downtown Development Authority. He moved his business north to Oxford.

November 19
~GM announced 650 lay-offs at the Orion Assembly plant as they desperately sought federal aid in Washington.
~David Churchill stepped down from two positions on the village council. He cited personal economic reasons for resigning as president pro-tem and from the Orion Community Cable Communications Commission.
~Business owners and residents gathered at the Ehman-cum-Angel Center to discuss what they’d like to see at the old schoolhouse with new owner, Deborah Moceri.

November 26
~The Village of Lake Orion, along with 12 other communities in Oakland County, announced they would get federal money to help deal with the foreclosure fiasco.
The village was set to receive about $425,000 from the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Neighborhood Stabilization program to help deal with abandoned and blighted properties.
~A fire that tore through an unoccupied Bridge Road house in the village left nothing but ashes.