Help for clean-up of the debris left behind by a devastating ice storm over a week ago is on the way for Orion Township residents. Trustees at a special meeing on April 15 voted to budget up to $100,000 for emergency clean-up. A contractor will be hired to pick up branches and debris that has […]
The cause of a fire that engulfed a home on Cushing Drive the morning of April 8 is still under investigation, according to Orion Township Fire Department Chief Jeff Key. “From what I understand, there were different people living there…the story given by the investigators was that one person was inside when the fire broke […]
Anxious to show initiative in preparing against West Nile Virus, the Orion Township Board of Trustees voted on April 7 to spend $60,000 for trapping mosquitoes, treating areas with Larvicide, educating the public and mapping township catch basins where mosquitoes may breed. Orion Township Parks and Recreation Director Rock Blanchard, part of the township’s West […]
The weather is warming up and more and more people are getting ready to take to the road this spring and summer season. Ed Levy of Golling Pontiac GMC-Truck said the dealership’s top sellers are the Grand Am, the Grand Prix and the Vibe. “Close behind is the Aztec, it does well for us,” he […]
Although they graduated six from last year’s team, including Major League Baseball draft pick Randy Frye, the Lake Orion varsity baseball team is expecting another successful season this year. “They’ve been swinging the bats really well,” said head coach Andy Schramek. “We have a lot of young pitchers…but offensively and defensively, we are looking good.” […]
It’s a new season in more ways than one for the Lake Orion High School varsity girls soccer team. They have a new coach and a new division. The Dragons will test themselves in their first season playing OAA I soccer, having moved up from OAA II this year. The team is also under new […]
If you’re tired of looking at tree branches stacked up on the curb, you’re probably going to have to wait another week to get rid of them. The Orion Township Board of Trustees on April 21gave supervisor Jerry Dywasuk the authority to hire one or more private contractors to remove tree branches and limbs from […]
Bocce isn’t exactly a common sport in Orion Township, but developer Anthony Battaglia hopes to change all that by developing bocce courts and a restaurant on Lapeer Road. Battaglia, retired from the construction industry, owns Cunningham Limp Company, which has developed projects in the Auburn Hills area. Battaglia has built 80 area Cookers restaurants, and […]
The Lake Orion High School varsity boys tennis team is midway through the season and doing well, despite a loss to new rivals Farmington on April 16. Farmington is new to the OAA league, and the Dragons lost to the team 5-3 at LOHS. Winning a singles match for Lake Orion was Kuba Swierszczuk, defeating […]
Two out of 30 bass fish in Lake Orion sampled by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have been found to have a virus that can cause a disease that kills about 10 percent of the bass it infects. According to DNR Fisheries Division Biologist Jim Francis, the largemouth bass virus was first detected […]