Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church is opening its doors to the community on March 26 for a Star Party. Telescopes will be on hand for people to see the moon and five planets with the naked eye. Organizer John Lines got the idea to give the community a chance to use his telescopes after holding […]
Children at St. Joseph Catholic Church, and their area counterparts, could soon be enjoying competitive youth football in a church-sponsored league. The new football program will be introduced in the fall, and comes as part an effort to satisfy the interests of children at the church on Lapeer Road. ‘I wanted to see what I […]
Wild imaginations are paying off for two fifth-graders at Pine Tree Elementary School. Kylie Hess and Jake Gleason, both 10-year-old students in Jan Peacock’s writing group at Pine Tree, won awards in the Michigan Future Problem Solving program’s Scenario Writing Contest. Hess, the daughter of Richard and Penny Hess, took second place in the 4th-6th […]
A community center might be in the cards for Orion Township if residents like what they hear when Tom Chen presents his final report to the board of trustees on April 5. Chen was hired to do a feasibility study for Orion Township possibly building a community center. The process has been ongoing for the […]
A five-year-old girl was run over by a van she was attempting to board in the Waldon Lakes Apartments complex on Joslyn Road on March 25. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, the accident occurred at 7:05 p.m. on Mapleview, east of Elmhurst. The girl was attempting to jump into a van just as […]
After what coach Ken Snage called a ‘brilliant? non-league season last year, the Lake Orion High School girls varsity soccer team will attempt to increase their performance level enough this season to propel them to a state championship. ‘Last year we were 7-12 overall in OAA I,? said Snage. ‘We learned how to compete in […]
If you drive Baldwin Road between Morgan and Waldon on a regular basis, you could be dealing with congestion a while longer as the Road Commission for Oakland County waits for funding to widen that stretch of Baldwin to a boulevard. The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed road commission managing director Brett Bair to […]
You might not necessarily think of a builder or an architect as being a friend of the environment, but Lake Orion’s John Wiegand and Bob Prud’homme of Ferndale are the exceptions. The two recently joined their talents to create an energy efficient 3,150 square foot home in Birmingham, which should be finished in the fall. […]
Residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the idea of going with one of four options for an Orion Township community center on April 19. The board of trustees heard a presentation on the final feasibility study report by Tom Chen from Skanska USA Building at the April 5 meeting. Chen presented […]
A truck crane at a construction site at the corner of Baldwin and Maybee Roads overturned on April 3, crushing a truck and causing downed wires and a power outage for about 1,100 residents in the area. An Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy was responding to a call of downed wires in the roadway on […]