After 14-year-old Steven Crowder was killed last June when a car struck the bicycle he was riding on Heights Road, one of his teachers at Scripps Middle School turned to music to work through his grief. The result was “The Comet,” a song former Scripps teacher Carl Zoolkoski wrote in memory of Crowder. Zoolkoski taught […]
Orion Township will provide up to $1,000 to purchase materials to construct bat houses for township properties, although not everyone on the board of trustees thinks the idea will ‘fly’ with residents. The board voted on Aug. 4 to approve the recommendations of the West Nile Virus Committee, who recommended that the township provide funds […]
After voting down two other candidates, the Orion Township trustees was finally able to agree on William Wilsher at their Aug. 4 meeting as the new trustee to fill the vacancy left by Eric Wilson. Wilson resigned from the board to take over as Oakland County Commissioner for Orion and Oakland Townships. He replaced Larry […]
After assisting in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center on 9/11, New York City bridge painter and high-angle specialist Patrick O’Kane called upon his friend Randy Goodman to help him find a solution for helping people to escape from tall building fires. The result was LifeCender, a multi-story escape harness device that allows […]
When the Griffin family took over the former Allen Funeral Home on Flint Street in 1973, there was a barn behind the house, no parking lot and the casket selection room was located down the street in the Allen Furniture Store. Tom Griffin of Sparks-Griffin said that set-up was not unusual for the times, when […]
There’s a good chance you might catch Lake Orion runner Clint Verran in the next Olympic games. Verran, 28, is preparing to run his second marathon of the year in Paris, France, Aug. 22-30. The marathon is one of the events at the World Championship Track and Field contest. “It’s the world’s biggest track and […]
Buckhorn resident William Wilsher said he was pleasantly surprised when he was chosen as the newest member of the Orion Township Board of Trustees on Aug. 4. Wilsher was sworn in immediately following the meeting to fill the vacancy left by Eric Wilson, who resigned from the board in June to become Oakland County Commissioner […]
Although a final inspection has been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued for the business, the Orion Township trustees said they have yet to receive the $1,000 fee from Star Enterprises, Inc. for the transfer of two liquor licenses. Frank Haddad, President of Star Enterprises and new owner of the business at 3890 Joslyn […]
The sea-faring life may not be for everyone, but Mick and Mary Steiner of Oakland Township seem to have taken to it quite nicely. So nicely in fact, that the couple is planning to extend their winter stay on their 41-foot long, 14-foot wide boat the “Escargot” by a month this coming winter. Mick, retired, […]
The 2002 season will long be remembered by the Lake Orion High School Varsity Boys Golf Team, but coach Monty Gallaher hopes that it will not overshadow this year’s team. “I’m not saying we’ll be as good this year,” Gallaher said at the varsity team’s first practice on Aug. 7 at Oxford Hills. “Last year’s […]