Dear Editor, Thanks to everyone for making our Veterans Celebration during the Festival of Fun on July 4th a success. Our very generous sponsors this year made our event extra special. Our Platinum Level Sponsor was the Friends of the Independence Township Senior Adult Activity Center, Gold Level Sponsor was Committee to Elect Pat Kittle, […]
The Republican candidates for Oakland County Prosecutor will debate on Tuesday, June 3 at the Orion Township Library at 7 p.m. This debate is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend, to ask questions of the candidates and hear their responses. The debate is sponsored by the Orion Township Republican Club. However, […]
Students at Orion Oaks Elementary School used a portion of the proceeds raised by their annual Fun Run, held earlier this year, to help out Lighthouse of Oakland County. The school presented a check for $600 to Lighthouse CEO Noreen Keating in a special assembly on Nov. 19. Keating said the money will go towards […]
Dear Editor, On July 13, we visited the Concert in the Park. The local talent was T.J. Craven, a 16-year-old entertainer. He was so talented and everyone in the audience was amazed by his dancing, singing and interacting with the crowd. We hope he will be back next year. It’s nice to see a young […]
The village council has appointed Thomas Traurig and Richard Solomon to the parks & recreation advisory committee. Both will fill one-year terms, with Solomon serving as a non-voting member.
The regular meeting of the Lake Orion planning commission, scheduled for June 2, has been cancelled due to a lack of agenda items. The next regular meeting is slated for Monday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Our second graders at Blanche Sims visited the downtown Lake Orion businesses recently to learn about the goods and services provided in our community. We were even able to purchase our own ‘goods? during the field trip. Thank you so much to all the businesses who participated. They went above and beyond to accommodate more […]
15 years ago – 1997 ‘Parke Lake yields a piece of local history? Clarkston history stories include tales of winter horse and buggy races when Parke Lake was frozen. Richard Niehammer, a White Lake diver, discovered an old buggy in the lake. ‘New museum proposed for NBD building? The Clarkston Community Museum Foundation approached bank […]
This is in response to the letter from the OMS 8th grade students. It is not so much people feeding the ducks at the Children’s Park when they are visiting but the fact that one of the businesses that borders the park has a feeder in the back yard and the ducks wander there to […]
Each member of Team RUSH surrounded one of the eight cardboard boats on Deer Lake Beach as they made last minute changes on Saturday. By noon the boats were ready for the annual RUSH Regatta. A few boats sunk just past the start line while others stayed afloat. The winner for 2012 race on the […]