Bat houses: Weapons for combatting West Nile Virus?

Orion Township might soon take advantage of help from some winged friends in preventing West Nile Virus. The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted on July 21 to forward a request to allocate $1,000 of the West Nile Virus prevention funds for bat houses to the West Nile Virus Committee. The committee is to consider […]

School officials claim Detroit Edison delaying network project

Lake Orion’s School District has filed an emergency order with the Michigan Public Service Commission. It wants to prevent the Detroit Edison Company from stopping its efforts to install the next phase of its Educational Telecommuications Network. The network is a critical component of both instructional and administrative services the district supplies to the students, […]

Man finds pornography near Home Depot parking lot

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of found property at the Home Depot store on Lapeer Road on July 25. According to an OCSD report, a 21-year-old man who works at the store was walking along the edge of the parking lot when he noticed several CDs scattered in the edge of […]

Man taken to hospital after own dog bites him

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a medical assist with the Orion Township Fire Department after a man was bitten by a dog on July 25. According to an OCSD report, a Clarkston Road man was attacked by his dog after attempting to prevent it from attacking another dog. His dog, the “aggressor,” bit […]

Contract soon up with OCSD

Orion Township’s contract with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department for police protection services expires on Dec. 31, 2003, and the board of trustees have begun the process of renewing that contract. At the July 7 meeting, the board voted to authorize the supervisor to send a letter of intent to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard […]

Handing out money

HAVEN Inc. in Pontiac will again be receiving $2,200 in Community Development Block Grant funds from the Village of Lake Orion. The agreement calls for the village to compensate HAVEN for services provided by it to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Contract terms are essentially the same as the past few […]

SADs move along for Conklin Road, Elkhorn Lake

Public hearings were held on July 21 for special assessment districts (SADs) for the cost estimate for chloriding Conklin Road, and for the cost estimate for water quality control by chemical weed eradication on Elkhorn Lake. The Orion Township Board of Trustees authorized the preparation of the special assessment roll for chloriding Conklin from Golfview […]

Township plans to attend MTA fall meeting

Representatives from the Orion Township Board of Trustees will attend the Michigan Townships Association Fall District Meeting on Sept. 17. The meeting takes place in Port Huron, and costs $70 each for the first two registrants, and $60 each for additional registrants if the MTA receives payment before Aug. 27. After, the cost goes up […]

Friendship Park gazebo nearly complete

Lake Orion residents Holly Najjar and Jeff Hudson were able to hold their July 12 wedding as planned in the new gazebo at Friendship Park, as the project is 95 percent complete. The couple approached the township with an offer to donate labor for the gazebo at the corner of Clarkston and Baldwin Roads, so […]

LO Nursing Center helping to give life with Aug. 8 blood drive

The Lake Orion Nursing Center will hold its first blood drive on Aug. 8, and human resources manager Tiffany Wilson hopes enough people will show up to help stem a national blood shortage. “(The American Red Cross) is on a national blood emergency,” she said. “I would like this to be a success…Our goal is […]