Orion Township trustees have some questions about the closure of the landfill at Eagle Valley, with some answers due in 90 days. The board directed the Eagle Valley Closure Committee on June 2 to compile a status report for the board within three months. The report was requested in light of a recent 14-acre expansion […]
Orion Township will soon have an updated master plan, which will serve as a “long range road map” for the future. Don Wortman of the township’s planning firm Carlisle/Wortman presented the plan to the Orion Township Board of Trustees on June 2, after the plan was adopted by the planning commission on May 7. The […]
Morris Cucksey, an Orion Township resident, has been reappointed to the cable commission, with his present term expiring on June 30, 2003. Cucksey expressed interest in being reappointed.His new term will be for two years, expiring June 30, 2005.
Members of the Orion Township Board of Trustees will attend the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Summer Legislative Forum on Mackinac Island this summer. The event is scheduled for Aug. 6-8, and the registration cost is $175 per person if registered by July 8. The cost is $190 after, and the hotel cost is $235 per […]
The Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department will join the Lake Orion School’s Dragon GAP (Guided Activities Program) in a joint effort at Friendship Park this summer. A summer teen band concert series will be held at the park at the corner of Clarkston and Baldwin Roads. Concerts will be June 13, 7-9 p.m.; July […]
With new telephone exchanges for the Lake Orion area seeming to pop up everyday, some might be wondering what numbers are local and which numbers are not. Ameritech SBC has provided a list of the local exchanges, available on their website at www.sbc.com. Those listed currently on the site are 287, 690, 693, 783, 814, […]
Be on the inside track this summer at the much-talked-about Art, Autos & Architecture at the Scripps Mansion. Learn the inside scoop on William E. Scripps, his family and his estate, which includes one of the most architecturally signifant homes in Michigan — right here in Lake Orion. By volunteering to be a tour guide […]
When Holly Najjar and Jeff Hudson first met at the Barn Daze event at Friendship Park last fall, they never dreamed that less than a year later they would be planning their wedding in that very same spot. But that’s exactly what the happy couple is doing, with hopes that a gazebo they have agreed […]
Read in another paper last week that a new product is soon to come in to the market place — movies the consumer can buy for only $6.99. The catch here is it self destructs in 48 hours. Now it wasn’t clear to me whether the movies would be on VHS or DVD. The writer […]
Lake Orion High School graduates Katie Scarth, Christina Cooper, Katherine Fox, Harmony Rowley and Lauren Masson were the 2003 recipients of the Jordan Snage Memorial Scholarships. Scarth, Cooper and Masson will continue their education at Michigan State University. Rowley will be attending Northwood, while Fox pursues her education at Oakland University.