Voters are being asked to approve millage renewals and increases for the Orion Township Fire Department and Oakland County Sheriff’s Department contract in the Aug. 3 Primary Election. If Ok’d, the fire department will levy .9836 of one mill, with an additional .0137 of a mill, for a total of one mill, for a period […]
Orion Township trustees have found a way to stop property on Dutton Road from being annexed into Auburn Hills. At the July 19 meeting, the board approved the settlement of pending litigation with developer James Faycurry of Dutton Properties, all subject to the submission and satisfactory review of a site plan addressing issues laid out […]
It’s not often that four friends have the chance to visit six countries together. Four students from Lake Orion High School, all 2004 graduates, got that opportunity this year, as they left on June 20 for a three and a half week trip backpacking across Europe. They returned recently with lots of stories to tell. […]
Be it more gravel of eventual paving, Indian Lake Road is in need of some immediate improvement, residents say. A group of concerned citizens addressed the Orion Township Board of Trustees on July 6, asking for some assistance in getting the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) to improve the road. Approximately 100 citizens from […]
After all the checks are cashed, the Lake Orion Fireworks should have about $25,000 in donations this year. ‘We’re right at our goal,? said Carl Cyrowski of Lake Orion Fireworks. ‘We’re waiting for a few more checks to come in that we’ve been promised.? Cyrowski said the show this year went off without a hitch, […]
Many repairs were able to be made to the historic Scripps Mansion, on the campus of Guest House on Joslyn Road in Orion Township, thanks to last year’s Art, Autos & Architecture event. Guest House President and CEO Daniel Kidd, along with Guest House Vice President of Development and Public Relations Patricia Zawadzki, are hoping […]
Although they say they don’t study together, keen math and reading skills must run in the family for Haylee, 9, and Christian, 8, Luedtke. The sister and brother from Good Shepherd Lutheran School were both recently honored with an award ceremony for their achievements in both placing well out of the national range for the […]
Although they have long been known to clog boat motors and cut people’s feet, zebra mussels pose a much more dangerous threat to area lakes then people might previously have realized. Orlando ‘Ace? Sarnelle, an associate professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University, studied Oakland County lakes in 2002, including […]
After holding a public meeting on June 24, the Regional Clearinghouse Review Committee of the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) has recommended the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) purchase, rather than swap M-24 property for, land on Indian Lake. The MDNR is currently considering swapping 90.9 acres of state-owned Bald Mountain land along […]
In the interest of attracting industrial business to Orion Township, the board of trustees voted June 21 to grant COBASYS, an industrial facility being installed in a building on property on Lapeer Road, a tax exemption. COBASYS is leasing property from BKGE, Orion, LLC, and was granted a tax abatement by the township board on […]