Celebrate the end of summer…

The Orion Art Center will host their last concert next Monday at 7 p.m., featuring Albert Young & the Straight 8 Band. This week, Carl Zoolkoski, Phyllis Bengry and Reggie Harrison drew a large crowd Monday evening as they played some originals and favorite covers. Zoolkoski and Bengry also played a song off their new […]

Committee considers Sokol’s status

The township board’s personnel committee will review and provide a recommendation for the board of trustees regarding the propsoal to hire Orion Senior Center consultant Lisa Sokol as a temporary employee of the township. Sokol came on as a consultant when the center’s director, Marylou Enneking, was unable to return to work. Because it was […]

Holiday hours

Clarkston News offices will be closed for Christmas on Dec. 24-25, and New Year’s on Dec. 30-31. Deadlines for classifieds are 5 p.m., Dec. 20 for the Dec. 26 edition and 5 p.m. on Dec. 27 for the Jan. 2 edition. Happy Holidays!

Library public hearing

On Dec. 19 at 6 p.m., the Clarkston Independence District Library board will hold a public hearing on the property tax millage rate proposed for the 2013 budget. A millage rate of .691 mills is levied for library service. The public hearing will be held at the District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road.’View the library’s 2013 […]

From half a world away

By Kyle Goodall Special to The Review Parting with my Beijing family was a sweet sorrow. Yu and Mei have been my parents for the past three weeks, and Dou Dou a ‘brother from another mother.? Aside from trying to pack all of my souvenirs, my final days were jam-packed with exciting exhibitions and many […]

Seventh Day Adventists knocking on doors

The Michigan Conference of Seventh Day Adventists will be soliciting in Orion Township during June, July and early August. The township board received and filed the notice at their March 7 meeting. Activities of the door-to-door missionary work include: Seeking to place Christian literature in each home that will accept it, and enabling residents to […]

Safety tower hearing planned

The township board and planning commission will hold a joint public hearing on April 6, directly following a hearing already scheduled at 7:15 p.m., for the purpose of receiving comment on the Civic Center Tripole special land use request. The request is to construct a 240-foot tripole tower in Civic Center Park to support emergency […]

Supervisor promise

Supervisor Pat Kittle promised to step down from office if he is not able to achieve his responsibilities as an elected official. Kittle presented a signed memorandum to Independence Township Board on Dec. 4, ‘I shall also tender my resignation immediately if I am unable to perform the duties of the supervisor.?

Boys & Girls Club celebrates National Night Out

The Orion/Oxford Boys & Girls Clubs celebrated National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Members of the Village of Lake Orion Police Department and Orion Township Fire Department were on hand to talk to the members about safety. The ‘National Night Out? campaign involves citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, and local officials strengthening neighborhood […]

Catch!

The 2008 version of the Lake Orion Dragons football squad was unveiled to the public last Friday during the annual Green and White Night. To see pictures from the event, pick up a hard copy edition or click on the “blue button” on the right side of this page. Photo by Colin Baumgartner.