Three workers have been hired for the Orion Township Department of Public Works, one to fill a vacancy and two for new positions. The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved the hiring of William Basigkow, Jason English and Michael Kruzel as DPW workers at the Sept. 2 meeting. One will fill a vacancy left by […]
Theresa Sheridan is the new recreation programmer for the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department. Sheridan will work 40 hours per week, at $12.08 per hour ($25,118 annually), plus benefits. Sheridan was selected for the position out of a field of 21 applicants. She passed the new hire physical, drug screening and background check.
Saturn Drive will be temporarily closed in the Keatington Subdivision on Sept. 13 for a block party. The street will be closed from 3-11 p.m. The request for closure was reviewed by the fire chief, DPW director and Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, and approved by the Orion Township Board on Sept. 2.
Members of the Orion Township Board of Trustees, planning commission, zoning board of appeals and other appropriate staff have been approved to be able to attend the Michigan Society of Planning 2003 Annual Conference on Oct. 15-18. The conference will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort. The cost is $310 per person, plus housing […]
Township employees who were available for work on Aug. 15, when the Orion Township Hall was without water and power due to a national power outage, will be paid for the day according to the township board. The board decided to pay employees who were not already scheduled for vacation or personal days for Aug. […]
The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first annual Women’s Expo on Oct. 2 at the Salvation Echo Grove Camp. October is National Women’s Month. The chamber is asking a letter be sent describing a special woman you feel deserves recognition for her accomplishments and thanks from the community. Winners will be selected […]
Geraldine Smokoski would like to see her valuables go to her family after she dies, not to the state to help pay back Medicaid expenses. Smokoski, a Lake Orion resident, is circulating a petition to help stop a vote on the state death tax, or so-called Grave Robbers Bill, Law Obra #93. Michigan lawmakers are […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees will spend up to $20,000 for engineering and planning expenses to complete a Brown Road Market Analysis Study. The study, entering phase two, is a market analysis of proposed uses for an overlay district proposed along Brown Road between Joslyn and Baldwin. The second phase of the study is […]
“People need to understand they need to ‘respect thy neighbor and their property,’” LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh says. And if that doesn’t happen, members of the police department have a new village trespassing law that will make prosecution easier at the local level. It will allow village police officers to investigate and ticket, if […]
Will the awkward moments never stop… A few weeks ago I left work about 3:30 on a Friday to do some birthday shopping for granddaughter Jillian who’s celebrating her first year of life. I headed to Meijer in Oxford. While zipping up and down the isles in the grocery section, I noticed my old boss […]