The combined commercial and residential planned unit development (PUD) project at Maybee and Baldwin Roads, known as Orion Village Crossing, will be done in phases with road work, paving and utilities to come first. Attorney Suzanne Reynolds, representing developer Anthony Ferlito, told the Orion Township Board of Trustees on July 7 that the phasing plan […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a complaint of stalking and violation of a personal protection order on Cardinal Hill on July 9. According to an OCSD report, a 34-year-old woman said her ex-husband, a 38-year-old Waterford man, had left her numerous message on her answering machine and dropped off letters at her home, […]
The first concert in the Summer Teen Concert Series, sponsored by the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department and Lake Orion Community Schools, will be held on July 17 at Friendship Park. The concert will be from 7-9 p.m. at the park, located at the corner of Clarkston and Baldwin Roads. Featured performers at the […]
Entertainment in the gazebo The summer Chautauqua is coming back to Lake Orion. Downtown Lake Orion is hosting six weeks of entertainment on Wednesdays beginning at 7 p.m. in the gazebo in Children’s Park on South Broadway. A Chautagqua is an institution that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . It provided […]
At the Lake Orion School Board organizational meeting on July 9, members returned the same board officers as they voted for last year. Leeann Bartley continues to be president, Bob Gritzinger, vice president, Tina Peterson, secretary, and Mary Jo Burchart, treasurer
JUST DUCKY – The Oxford-Lake Orion Optimist Club held their annual Duck Race and Family Picnic Saturday in downtown Lake Orion’s Children’s Park. Selling 1,179 pink, blue and yellow plastic toy ducks for $5 each along with 50/50 raffle tickets and T-shirts, the Optimists raised more than $6,000, according to Past Club President Pam Andrews. […]
A van will be purchased for the Orion Township Buildings and Grounds Department, with the old van being offered for sale to the public by bid. The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved purchasing a 2004 Chevrolet 3/4 Ton Express Van, by the Oakland County bid package, at a cost not to exceed $16,300. The […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees has voted to use the allocation received from SMART for the 2004 Municipal Credit Program to help fund the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA). The allocation would help reduce the amount used by the township from the general fund for the program. The amount received by the township from […]
Community Development Block Grant contracts for funds in 2003-04 were authorized by the Orion Township Board of Trustees on July 7 for four groups. The board authorized the supervisor to sign contracts with Orion Area Youth Assistance, Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency (OLHSA), Lighthouse and HAVEN. Youth Assistance will receive $5,000 for swimming lessons; OLHSA […]
For the first time in 47 years, Scripps Mansion will be open to the public on July 26-27 for the Art, Autos and Architecture event. The home was built in 1926 as a country home for William E. Scripps, whose family founded WWJ talk radio and Detroit Newspapers. The 67-room mansion is currently owned and […]