Twice a month, busy hands at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church are working to ensure that no one in the Detroit area goes without a warm blanket this winter. The Lake Orion chapter of the Warm Up America program meets bimonthly at the church on Waldon Road, knitting squares for adult and baby blankets to […]
In the interest of not just “passing the buck,” Orion Township will participate as a member of the Upper Clinton Subwatershed Group along with Independence Township, Waterford Township, Clarkston and Lake Angelus in developing a watershed management plan. Township trustees voted on Oct. 20 to participate in the program and allocate $2,000 for phase II […]
Carrie Lee’s Restaurant hopes to be back before the Orion Township Board of Trustees for a third time, this time with a completely new take on their liquor license application. Carrie Lee’s attorney John Lucas was before the trustees once again at their Nov. 2 meeting, asking the board to reconsider their previous decision, which […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department’s Computer Crimes Unit arrested a London, Ontario man in Orion Township on Nov. 2, after he allegedly tried to arrange sex over the Internet with a 13-year-old boy. The 42-year-old man, whom OCSD investigators expected to seek felony warrants against on Nov. 3, was arrested at a restaurant in Orion […]
Due to the lack of a building, the Palazzo di Bocce doesn’t have a liquor license yet, but would like to have its request amended to include a Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) license to be able to sell Italian wine for takeout. Owner Anthony Battaglia, who is constructing the restaurant/bocce club on Lapeer Road, told […]
Halloween is just around the corner, and members of the Union Church Governing Board seem to feel more “tricked” than “treated” by the Orion Township Board of Trustees. Governing board president Burke Cueny told the board of trustees on Oct. 20 that interior restoration of Union Church, located in the Village of Lake Orion but […]
Some students from Lake Orion Schools recently learned first hand what it means to get more than you give by helping local Special Olympians prepare for a bowling competition on Oct. 25. Students from Lake Orion High School, Scripps and Oakview Middle Schools and some of the local elementary schools, to name a few, have […]
Their hopes for a state title run were dashed early, but the Lake Orion High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team is still a winner in the eyes of their head coach, Erick Pfeifer. “My standards are completely different from anything they had seen before,” said Pfeifer, who took over this season as the varsity coach. […]
The Lake Orion High School Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams wrapped up their 2003 seasons at the state competition in Brooklyn, Michigan last weekend. The Dragons’ Lindsey Gaudard was the only top 10 finisher in the state cross country finals, held on Nov. 1. Gaudard finished sixth individually in the girls’ competition, with a […]
A 75-year-old Lake Orion man was transported to Crittenton Hospital in Rochester after he was carjacked in the parking lot of the Bald Mountain Regional Medical Center on Lapeer Road. The man was not seriously injured in the incident, but was complaining of shortness of breath after the attack, which took place in the parking […]