Please research the subject of placing bat houses in Orion Township parks further before this item is approved. The most important thing to remember is once bats are encouraged to roost and mate in an area, it’s very difficult and expensive to attempt to exterminate them. Bats will not be confined to bat houses. The […]
Ten Years Ago Aug. 18, 1993 ~~~Teacher Tom Schaible is retiring after 31 years in the school district. ~~~School board members decided to go all the way and eliminate smoking in and on all of its property — schools, yards, football field, vehicles — 24 hours a day. ~~~Lt. Mike McCabe, commander of the Orion’s […]
With the hope that construction prices will be more in the township’s favor this winter, the Orion Township Board of Trustees rejected current bids for the Clarkston Road safety path project and pushing construction back until spring. The board learned on Aug. 4 that the township had received only two bids back on the project, […]
Work on updating the village’s zoning ordinance could be delayed. Lake Orion Village Council members, who are not happy with McKenna Associates’ proposed amended contract agreement and the cost of working on the update, are also threatening to go out for bids on updating the ordinance Updating the zoning ordinance is necessary because a new […]
The Lake Orion High School Varsity Football team will kick their season off at home against Southfield on Aug. 28, and head coach Chris Bell said the chances that his team will be a winning one this season are very good. “We return six starters on offense and five starters on defense,” he said. “We […]
The Lake Orion High School Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams are young this season, but coaches Debi Sherman and Stan Ford believe that young talent combined with some strong returning runners should carry them through a relatively successful season. The girls varsity team graduated only one senior last season, Ashley Wharton. Returning for the […]
Monday, Aug. 11, a wallet was found on Silver Bell Road. Someone stole a tire from a vehicle on Kimberly. Criminal sexual conduct on BlueBird Hill. Landscape lights were taken from a flower bed on Indian Ridge Road. Threats and intimidation on Marina Pointe. *** Tuesday, Aug. 12, a passport was missing on Barrington Circle. […]
Monday, Aug. 11 11:47 a.m.-A person on Hunters Lane had a breathing problem. Station #3 responded. 1:15 p.m.-Station #1 responded to a person on Beechwood Way who was having problems breathing. 3:04 p.m.-A person on South Lapeer Road had a diabetic reaction. Station #1 responded. 3:48 p.m.-A person on Buena Vista said his stomach hurt. […]
Monday, Aug. 11, a boat trailer was in the right of way on North Shore. An assault took place at Atwater/South Broadway. A couple was arguing behind a building on South Broadway. *** Tuesday, Aug. 12, a suspicious man on Flint Street was arrested on a warrant. A caller reported seeing a man at East […]
Father Mike Verschaeve may not be a familiar face yet to the congregation of St. Joseph Catholic Church, but the church itself is familiar to him since he attended it as a teenager. Verschaeve, who became the new head pastor at St. Joseph on July 26, attended the parish for 11 years when he was […]