Orion Township trustees still haven’t made up their mind on a request to establish an Industrial Development District for Ashley Capital on Silverbell Road. After a motion to deny Ashley’s request, made by clerk Jill Bastian, was withdrawn, the board voted to postpone for the third time a decision until the June 20 meeting. Several […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls soccer team started out the week with a victory over Waterford Kettering on May 31, before defeating Adams to advance to regional competition over the weekend. Against Kettering in the Division I district opening game, the Dragons won 8-0, with Rachael Isreal and Alex Horton earning two goals each. Jessica […]
Farmington Hills-based Phoenix Land Development plans to grant Orion Township the historic Gingell Family home when the company develops condominiums, a restaurant and a bank on the site where the house currently sits. Phoenix’s $40 million planned unit development (PUD) project will be the topic of a special meeting between the Orion Township Board of […]
John Arsen is known to most of the patients at his Lake Orion practice as doctor, but the Orion resident is also a world class athlete, having recently finished running the Boston Marathon. Arsen, who is podiatrist, ran his first marathon in Chicago last year, because he said most of his patients know he is […]
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm called the grand opening of Cobasys in Orion Township ‘symbolic of the future of our state,? while Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said the facility offered ‘exactly the kind of jobs the governor and I hope to bring to Michigan.? Cobasys welcomed Granholm, Patterson and Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk […]
In order to provide the Orion Township Board with all the information they’ve requested, Ashley Capital asked that consideration of its Industrial Development District (IDD) request be delayed. The board originally considered the request in April, but decided they did not have enough information to make a decision at that time. Ashley Capital has asked […]
It’s not too often that the mission statement of a company is to put themselves out of business. But that’s exactly what Flushing resident Brad Tankersley, director of operations for Independent Life Supportive Services (ILSS), Inc., hopes to do. Tankersley started ILSS for high-functioning, traumatic brain injury clients at Indian Lake Village Apartments in Lake […]
In response to a security breach that happened over a year ago, security cameras will be installed in Orion Township hall. The breach was a file that was discovered missing from the township assessor’s office. As a result, the board has been looking for ways to improve security at the hall on Joslyn Road. At […]
If you attend the Carlos Santana show at Detroit Energy Music Theatre on June 25, you might spot a familiar face in the opening act. Matt Heulitt, who was born in New Jersey but moved to Lake Orion at age 9, has landed a gig as a guitarist in Carlos? son’s band, The Salvador Santana […]
The Lake Orion varsity softball team recorded victories over Troy Athens and North Farmington, as well as a doubleheader over Utica Eisenhower, last week. The Dragons crushed Athens on May 10, 10-0 in five innings. Bristel Brummit went 2-for-2 for Lake Orion, with a homerun, double and four RBI. Kelsey Stout and Nichole Woityra each […]