Students in Orion Oaks Upper El got a chance to get up close and personal with the automobile industry last Friday. The school hosted an Automotive Career Day. Parents and community members were invited to come in and share information with the kids about their careers. The special day was to kick off a social […]
Karen Pecheniuk is the newest member of Orion Township’s Zoning Board of Appeals. The planning commission had recommended her as a PC representative. Pecheniuk’s term expires on De
Walkers and runners filled the Clarkston Junior High School track for Relay For Life, May 21, including CJH Leadership team members, from left, Paige Devitt, Kelley Fitzpatrick, Lyndsey Pike, Mackenzie Hannon, Ryan Zittel, Natasha Oldford, Maddie DeClercq, Jack Witzke, Sarah Chandler, Rachel Andes, Camron Razdar, Kaiden Kamp, MacKenzie Gibson, Hailey Bondy, Hannah Cartier, and Kara […]
The City of Detroit is going to hear from Orion Township trustees. They’re asking for a moratorium on any increases in Detroit water and sewer charges for 2004-05. Their request is in response to a plea by John McClulloch, Oakland County’s Drain Commissioner, to all communities who have Detroit water. The Detroit City Council is […]
Three youth soccer organizations have donated two 6-feet by 12-feet soccer goals to Orion Township. The donation is valued at $4,574. The donation came from the Orion Oxford Soccer League, Lake Orion Brandon Oxford Select Soccer Club and the Oakland Football Club. The goals will be assembled and placed on a practice area that was […]
American Legion Post 63 leads a Memorial Day Parade through downtown Clarkston, 10 a.m., Monday, May 30, starting at Church Street and Buffalo. For more information, call 248-625-9912.
Clarkston-area residents open their homes for Clarkston SCAMP’s annual home tour, June 4-5. Homes include David and Pam Johnson’s Stonewood Farms, a 200-plus acre sprawling wooded estate near downtown Clarkston, two homes in the Parks of Stonewood community, a 1928 home in Clarkston, plus a chance to preview in its pre-designed state SCAMP’s 2011 Designer […]
A special meeting to give trustees a chance to review Orion Township budgets has been scheduled for April 5, 5:30 p.m., prior to the regular township board meeting. Items to be discussed include the 2004 budgets, in light of the State Revenue Sharing funding cuts; to set the parameters for development of the 2005 departmental […]
A three year process came to an end Jan. 20. Orion Township trustees agreed to all the paperwork necessary to accept property in the Baldwin/Indianwood area that will be the site of the fourth fire station in the township. Westbury Properties, developer of Hills of Indianwood, is donating the property. Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk […]
All veterans are invited to Independence Township Fourth of July Festival of Fun and Fireworks. The festival includes a tribute to veterans and the military, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, July 4, at Clintonwood Park, 6000 Clarkston Road. Festivities include a ceremony honoring veterans, meet-and-greet with World War II veterans, military displays in the Carriage House […]