An Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy was treated after he was bitten by a labrador retriever at a residence on Indian Trail Road on Dec. 26. According to an OCSD report, the deputy was responding to a barking dog complaint. He arrived at the home and saw the dog standing in the driveway, barking. The […]
Clarkston’s Relay For Life will be this weekend, 10 a.m., Saturday, June 21, until 10 a.m., Sunday, June 22, at Clarkston Junior High School. The school track will be lit throughout the night with luminaria, candlelit bags decorated with names of people who have faced cancer. The Luminaria Ceremony is set for after sundown, Saturday. […]
Kristine Clubine has been hired as the new zoning and planning recording secretary for Orion Township. The board of trustees approved Clubine’s hiring at the Jan. 3 meeting. She will be a level four employee, full-time at 40 hours a week, at $11.58 per hour ($24,076 annually), plus benefits. Clubine has been working with the […]
The Orion Township board voted Jan. 3 to amend the township investment policy, to allow treasurer Alice Young to be able to invest funds when there are favorable rates and surplus funds available. At the previous meeting, the board approved contracting with the Diane Young of the Athena Group for investment consulting. The board amended […]
Poverty exemption income guidelines for 2005 have been approved by the Orion Township board. The guidelines are used by the board of review to establish poverty exemptions. The existing guidelines were amended to reflect the 2005 income thresholds required by Public Act 390. 2005 guidelines are: for a size of family of one unit, $9,310; […]
Cub Scout Pack 499, Pine Knob Elementary, fished with the pros at their sixth annual Fishing Derby, May 31, on Crooked Lake, Independence Oaks. Pro anglers John Gillman of Freeland and Jason Kerr of Holly provided the expertise. ‘It’s really amazing how much the scouts learn from the professional fishermen and how they are able […]
Cheryl Reichert (Republican) will be the permanent replacement for new Orion Township trustee John Garlicki (R) on the local board of canvassers. Reichert served as temporary replacement for Garlicki at the August primary and November general elections. Her term will expire on Dec. 31, 2007. The local board of canvassers, made up of two Republicans […]
Three township citizens have been appointed to local boards and committees. Brad W. Lare has been appointed to the planning commission, Joseph M. Geraci to the zoning board of appeals, and deputy treasurer Edward M. Peters as an alternate to the Paint Creek Trail Commission.
This year’s winner of the Downtown Lake Orion annual Lighted Holiday Window Dressing Contest was Lake Orion Window Treatments, 47 South Broadway. Eighteen downtown businesses entered the contest. Oxford’s Main Street Promotion Commission was called in to serve as the judging panel. ‘Business owner, Jan Cole, has decorated her window for many years and her […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The recession and declining property taxes have hurt the library, but a better future is being planned for the facility. The library board met Sept. 10 and approved a 2013 budget for the library with matching revenues and expenditures of $928,562. That amount includes the additional approximately $90,000 […]