Orion Veterans Memorial News

Work is proceeding on the Orion Veterans Memorial thanks to local people’s generosity. They’ve been donating their time and money. Goodwill Electric is working on the electrical for the lights. Wayne Fegertsky is working on boulder flower beds and miscellaneous walls. Ajax Paving is donating the asphalt for the parking lot. Detroit Edison is contributing […]

Free disposal day June 5

Waste Management’s Eagle Valley Recycling and Disposal Facility will hold a free disposal day for Orion Township residents on June 5. Free disposal will run from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on that Saturday. The facility, located on 600 W. Silverbell Road, will not be accepting any compost, tires, car batteries, drums or liquids. For […]

Roast beef dinner

From 4 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Goodrich United Methodist Church, 8071 S. State Road, everyone is invited to the church for a community roast beef dinner. Details: (810) 625-7573.

Talk about Parkview cost

A public hearing on the cost estimate for an special assessment district (SAD) for chloriding Parkview Boulevard will be held by the Orion Township Board of Trustees on June 7. The hearing will be at 8 p.m. The board has prepared a cost estimate of $881.21 for the first year and $504.73 estimated annual assessment […]

New hearing for SAD

The Orion Township Board will hold a new public hearing on the cost estimate for a Square Lake SAD after there was some confusion regarding the notice for the first hearing. The new hearing will be on June 7 at 8 p.m., and the SAD is for improving the quality of Square Lake by control […]

Movie night

At 7 p.m. on Dec.14 at Lakeview Community Church, corner of M-15 and corner of Kipp Road in Goodrich, the church will show the movie, ‘The Nativity Story.? Details: (810) 636-7541.

Holiday centerpiece

A chance to learn about different types of fresh greens and how to combine them with berries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 8 at Wojo’s Greenhouse, 2570 Oakwood Rd., Ortonville. Visit Santa at Wojo’s from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Dec. 8 and Dec. 15. Details: (248) 627-6498.

Speak on parks millage again

Residents will have another chance to voice their opinions on a millage for the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department being put on the 2004 ballot. An original hearing for the millage and a proposed community center held in April was deemed unclear by the board of trustees, who felt many people just thought that […]

Roohan is new coordinator

Sharon Roohan has been contracted as the Orion Senior Center activities coordinator, a part-time position. The board of trustees authorized the contracting, at the recommendation of senior center director Marylou Enneking on May 27. Effective with the hiring, the board also reduced temporarily expanded hours for the position to 20 hours per week. Roohan will […]

Kish-Kimmel

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kish of Newport, announce the marriage of their daughter, Jessica, to Phil Kimmel, son of Lynn Kimmel and the late Marty Kimmel, of Ortonville. The couple was married at the Ortonville United Methodist Church on Nov. 3. A reception was held at Boulder Pointe in Oxford. The bride graduated from the […]