Residents in the Birdland neighborhood are asking for help from township officials — help in the form of money to help fix streets. “Our street’s falling apart,” Kingfisher Lane resident Greg Batchik said at the Tuesday, Nov. 4 Independence Township Board meeting. Batchik said he and his neighbors have gone through the petition process with […]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 AT 8:00 P.M. IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE ORION TOWNSHIP HALL, 2525 JOSLYN ROAD, LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN 48360, ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER: PC-2003-50, TEXT AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 78, ACCESSORY USES AND […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted last week to place a ballot proposal on the Aug. 5 state primary election that would renew the current operating millage for the township’s fire department. The wording will first be reviewed by the township’s legal counsel, something Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk said is also being done with the […]
Students in Mrs. Binggeser’s STAR class donated 47 pairs of jeans to Aeropostale’s Teens for Jeans campaign. At the beginning of February, students brought in gently worn jeans that were donated to homeless teens through the Teens for Jeans national promotion. The donated jeans were delivered to the Great Lakes Crossing Aeropostale store on Feb. […]
The Independence Township Board of Trustees approved the 2004 budget after a short public hearing. In a report to the board, Susan Hendricks presented a budget with expenditures totaling $5,681,866 and a fund balance of $726,321. “There were no big changes compared with last year’s budget,” Hendricks said. *** In other news coming from the […]
NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 78-174 PC-2003-44, CITIZENS BANK REZONING REQUEST The Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees, at the regular meeting of Monday, November 17, 2003, held at 7:00 p.m., at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, adopted a map amendment to Ord. 78, Zoning […]
Volunteers 55 years of age and over can stay active and healthy through the Foster Grandparent Program. Through the national volunteer program, foster grandparents serve special need youth in various settings such as public schools, day care and Head Start centers, juvenile detention facilities, developmental centers, and teen shelters. Foster Grandparent volunteers receive a non-taxable […]
Following is a reprint of a Jottings I wrote a long time ago. If you remember it, you too, are old. But it’s July, and the heat has slowed my mind. – – – 0 – – – ?. . . The accepted image of mothers to song writers and many of us ordinary folk […]
Brandon Varsity Sports 12-3 Hockey vs. Fenton (A) 8 p.m. Wrestling vs. Groves (A) 5:30 p.m. 12-5 Hockey vs. Lapeer East (H) 8 p.m. Wrestling ? Quad Meet (Montrose, Mt. Morris, Oxford) (H) 5:30 p.m. 12-6 Hockey vs. Goodrich (H) 5:15 p.m. Goodrich Varsity Sports 12-4 Wrestling vs. Algonac/ Frakenmuth/ Mayville (H) 6 p.m. 12-5 […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION FOR SALE SURPLUS VEHICLES Sealed bids being accepted by the Charter Township of Orion for the following vehicles: 1989 Chevrolet G20 Van, blue, 6 cylinder, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, heavy duty rear springs, AM/FM radio, 47,000 miles, tires fair, body rough and runs rough. 1995 Chevrolet Lumina, silver, 4 […]