Crumbling homes, piles of debris and unkept properties. Is this what you picture when you think of Orion Township? With a recent appointment for the new position of code official, township trustees hope to remedy the situation on Baldwin Road, where several homes sit abandoned. Building Official Tom Berger was appointed to the new position, […]
Pastor Bill Bendert wasn’t looking for a call. The longtime pastor at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Marysville, near Port Huron, Bendert felt a connection to King of Kings Lutheran Church in Orion Township. ‘I just felt that God said it was time to move on and do something new,? Bendert said. His first Sunday at […]
Jillyan Scarborough admits that her recent undertaking is ‘crazy.? But the cause her adventure benefits certainly doesn’t fit that same description. Scarborough, an Oakview Middle School teacher, is in the midst of training for a marathon. She has a little bit of prior experience in running the 26.2 miles. In 2004 she took part in […]
A number of records, including six pool records and two league records, were shattered at the Oakland Activities Association’s Division I league meet, held at Lake Orion High School on Feb. 25. The Dragons finished fifth with 267 points and a deep Birmingham Groves squad prevailed with a 401 total, 75 points ahead of the […]
A pair of road wins over league competition gave Lake Orion High School its first Oakland Activities Association title in school history. The Dragons last won a league championship in 1988, when they played in the Greater Oakland Athletics League. At 9-2 in the OAA III, LO can still be tied by Oak Park, but […]
A strong season came to a close for the Lake Orion High School wrestling team with a 52-18 loss to defending state champion Davison on Feb. 22. The team finished with an overall record of 35-6, though a few individual wrestlers are still going strong. The Dragons battled hard at the outset and trailed by […]
A 37-year-old Orion man has been charged, after the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department discovered 15 unregistered handguns and other weapons in the man’s Barrington Circle home. Acting on a tip, OCSD detectives from the Orion Substation, working with members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team and Special Response Team, excecuted a search warrant on the man’s […]
For most high school students, memories of being on a team or in a club will be little more than just memories once they hit college or get a job in the real world. However, one team at Lake Orion High School has completely bucked that trend in recent years. The FIRST Robotics Team 302, […]
Orion Township residents came out in force to talk about the proposed Master Plan update for the M-24 corridor. The public hearing was held by the Township Planning Commission on Mar. 1. Township Zoning/Planning Administrator Beth McGuire said the hearing was one of the largest she has seen in her time with the township. McGuire […]
A one-vehicle crash in Oakland Township left a 26-year-old Oakland Township man in critical condition. The crash took place on the morning of March 2 on Stoney Creek Road, just east of Harmon Road. Due to the severity of the crash and the seriousness of the injury involved, the Oakland County Crash Reconstruction Unit was […]