Orion Township has accepted a donation of landscape materials and nine trees from Environmental Artists, LTD. The donation was valued at $12,150. The donated items have already been moved to the park and the trees have been planted. Environmental Artists formerly operated a nursery on the corner of Baldwin and Maybee Roads, but that property […]
The township’s revised sign ordinance is now ready for a second reading and possible adoption at the Feb. 21 township board meeting. The subcommittee of trustees Matthew Gibb and Michael Gingell,along with clerk Jill Bastian, have recommended the revised version in response to comments and concerns raised at the Jan. 17 meeting. The board unanimously […]
Little design experience and knowledge of wild turkeys, or even turkey hunting, didn’t stop Waldon Middle School student Lauren Prainito from creating a first class drawing. Prainito’s drawing was recently awarded first place in the state’s third annual wild turkey patch contest. Her design will be the basis of the 2007 Turkey Management Cooperator patch […]
Oakland County Commissioner Eric Wilson and Michigan State University Extension Services will present a Lakefront Workshop at Orion Township Hall on Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m. Lakefront property owners have a special responsibility to understand how activities that take place on or around their property can affect water quality. Participants will learn the principles of lakescaping […]
I thought I had literally seen everything on the Internet, but every once in a while I run across something new. My boyfriend picked up a desk calendar at the after-Christmas sales that featured a crazy website for every day of the week. So far the calendar has proved to be pretty entertaining. One of […]
Over $7,000 was raised for Lake Orion Special Education programs and the Guided Activities Program at the 4th annual Lake Orion Fundraiser Volleyball Tournament on Feb. 11. The tournament held at Lake Orion High School featured 132 players on 22 teams, including six teams of Lake Orion school district staff. Lake Orion Rio Wraps, Jet’s […]
The Orion Firefighters and the Orion Firefighters Ladies Auxiliary wish to thank McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza for their generous food contributions during the warehouse fire on M-24 on Jan. 6, 2006. Firefighters worked around the clock to completely extinguish the blaze, and really appreciated your donations. Orion Firefighters & Ladies Auxiliary
The Orion community came out in great support for the January ‘Friends? used book sale. The sale was very successful. Thanks to all who donated books, all who shopped our sale, and especially all of the ‘Friends of the Orion Township Library? who gave of their time and muscle to set up and run the […]
State Representative Jim Marleau just introduced legislation that will cut $160 million from the ‘school-aid fund,? and through the magic of the empty shell game, he proposes to replace it with dollars from an already over-spent, empty General Fund (where the education lottery dollars already are). Every ‘think-tank? study in Michigan recommends that we invest […]
At Gettysburg, our revered President Abraham Lincoln expressed the hope that ?…government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and for the PEOPLE shall not perish from the earth.? Mr. President, I regret to inform you that it has indeed perished in the United States of America, and been replaced by ?…government of the ethically questionable […]