Gym memberships and ‘boot camp? fitness programs for township employees’subsidized by taxpayer dollars’are good for the whole township. That’s the word from Orion Township Supervisor Matthew Gibb, who on Monday asked for and received approval to draw from the township’s fund balance in order to help pay for a ‘wellness? plan. ‘This is a direct […]
They’re kidding, right? That’s what Orion Township wants to use its 100 percent fund balance for? Employee gym memberships? They’re kidding, right? Late last year the township laid off 20 percent of its workforce just a week or so before Supervisor Matt Gibb asked the board for a $42,000-plus-benefits ‘supervisor’s assistant? (now called ‘operations manager?). […]
Lights lifted A woman living in the 300 block of Indianwood reported two copper-like landscape lights apparently stolen from her yard March 29. The woman said the lights were in the usual spot when she took the kids to the bus stop, but gone when she returned. And he’s buying booze? An Orion Township man […]
The good, the bad and the ugly; it was all on the table in one version or another as officials from across the Orion area came together Thursday to discuss the potential for collaboration between entities. Deputy Oakland County Executive Bob Daddow gave officials from the Village of Lake Orion, Orion Township, Lake Orion Community […]
Lt. Bruce Naile and his roughly two dozen deputies may still be policing Orion in the future, and they may not. Depends who you ask. Whatever the case, Naile — Orion Township’s substation commander since 1992 — wasn’t told the township’s elected and appointed officials would discuss the matter, among other issues, at a meeting […]
Broke while he smoked A man having a smoke outside his home on Big Bend March 23 called police after hearing the sound of smashing glass and seeing a large bald male break nearby. The man told police he then saw a female in a dark colored GM SUV pull up to pick up the […]
Orion Township has money in the bank, and no plans to spend it. With a 100 percent-plus fund balance tucked safely under its belt, the Board of Trustees met recently to begin work on long-term budget planning. The meeting ended with the establishment of three goals. Goal one: Make sure revenue projections’from property taxes, revenue […]
When you go to the butcher, point out a cut of meat and say ‘trim the fat? you don’t expect to see him grab the cleaver and start carving the white flecks of fat’the marbling’from within your steak. The more marbling, after all, the higher the USDA grade; the well-marbled ‘prime? grade is the good […]
I’ve heard about the vision three or four times now. You know’the one about the Lake Orion High School grad who, while sitting in some California coffee shop sipping a latte, opens a magazine and finds a feature from back home. ‘Orion Township, one of the coolest places on earth to live, to work, to […]
Enough for smoke and stogies An employee at a gas station in the 700 block of Lapeer reported a 4-door Chevy Cobalt with an Ohio license plate pumped $25.99 in gas March 15 and drove off without paying. The employee also said the passenger purchased a pack of cigarettes and two Swisher Sweet cigars with […]