There’s a chance that residents could enjoy Green’s Park on Lake Orion in the village year-round rather than just during the summer months. The Lake Orion Village Council was asked to establish hours and fees for the park, which the village parks and recreation committee recommended having open from the Friday before Memorial Day (May […]
Parking at Civic Center Park should about double once an improvement project underway there is complete. The Orion Township Board of Trustees on May 19 authorized parks and recreation director Rock Blanchard to accept a bid from Oakland Excavating to begin phases I and II of a larger project at the park, located on Joslyn […]
Orion Township hopes to finish picking up ice storm debris from curbsides by this Saturday, according to Orion Township Buildings and Grounds Director Reenae Tulip. Tulip presented a report on the status of the clean-up to the Orion Township trustees on May 19, saying that if the two companies hired by the township worked through […]
There’s a new bug in town, and this one means business. Michigan State University Extension Program Coordinator for Oakland County Martha Ferguson said it is “entirely possible” that Emerald Ash Borers could wipe out the entire population of ash trees in the county within the next three years. The Michigan State University Extension Program is […]
A 6-2 loss to Farmington Hills Harrison on May 16 made the week bittersweet for the Lake Orion High School Varsity Baseball Team as they went 2-1 in play from May 12-16. On May 13 the Dragons blew by Rochester Adams 11-2, with Jim Couretas as the winning pitcher for Lake Orion. Couretas pitched five […]
After a tough start to the week with a loss to Troy High School on May 13, the Lake Orion High School Varsity Girls Soccer Team was able to bounce back with a shutout over Rochester Adams on May 15. Playing at Lake Orion High School against Troy, the Dragons lost 5-0. Lindsay Luch guarded […]
A proposal before the Lake Orion Village Council on May 12 to plat a section of East Lawn Cemetery turned into a request from the council to seek proposals for a “master plan” of sorts for the property. The original request stemmed from a request from DPW director John Ranville, who at the April 28 […]
Despite troubling times for King of Kings Lutheran Church, with their pastor Luther Wright battling liver cancer, the church is moving forward with a planned expansion. Property trustee Jim Foss said the church has been planning to expand its 1715 S. Lapeer location for years, but put it off after Wright became ill. “Our original […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Division handed out 90 violations to motorists not wearing their seatbelt during a scheduled check in Orion Township on May 28. Deputies manned the check at the corner of M-24 and Clarkston Roads from 3-7 p.m., handing out a total of 113 violations, 90 of them for people not […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department investigated a report of stalking on Schorn Drive on May 27. According to an OCSD report, deputies were contacted by a Schorn Drive woman, who said a man she had not spoken to in over a year had called her home. She met the man while living in Burton and […]