A public hearing on the cost estimate for an special assessment district (SAD) for chloriding Parkview Boulevard will be held by the Orion Township Board of Trustees on June 7. The hearing will be at 8 p.m. The board has prepared a cost estimate of $881.21 for the first year and $504.73 estimated annual assessment […]
The Orion Township Board will hold a new public hearing on the cost estimate for a Square Lake SAD after there was some confusion regarding the notice for the first hearing. The new hearing will be on June 7 at 8 p.m., and the SAD is for improving the quality of Square Lake by control […]
Residents will have another chance to voice their opinions on a millage for the Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department being put on the 2004 ballot. An original hearing for the millage and a proposed community center held in April was deemed unclear by the board of trustees, who felt many people just thought that […]
Sharon Roohan has been contracted as the Orion Senior Center activities coordinator, a part-time position. The board of trustees authorized the contracting, at the recommendation of senior center director Marylou Enneking on May 27. Effective with the hiring, the board also reduced temporarily expanded hours for the position to 20 hours per week. Roohan will […]
The Orion Township Planning Commission and Board of Trustees will hold a joint public hearing on June 16 for the purpose of gathering public comment on a proposed Orion Cliffs planned unit development and rezoning. The project is located behind Kmart on East Clarkston Road and Lapeer Road. The hearing takes place at 7:15 p.m.
Clarkston school board candidates were in general agreement on questions posed during a Wednesday, May 26 forum, but tried to make their qualifications the point of distinction. In anticipation of the Monday, June 14 school election, the League of Women Voters-Oakland Area hosted the event in cooperation with the Clarkston PTA Council at Clarkston High […]
Ask any member of the Lake Orion High School Forensics Team what they have learned from the program, and they will tell you self-confidence, better public speaking skills and better verbal communication. These skills will help the kids throughout their lives, but future forensics team members could miss out if the program is unable to […]
Ken Price of AAA Michigan in Orion Township gathered safety patrol kids from elementary schools in Lake Orion for a pizza party at Friendship Park recently, to reward them for their service. AAA sponsors the safety program for schools, and local agents do a recognition event at the end of each school year. Coldstone Creamery […]
I’m sharing something with you that I read recently. All throughout history men have appeared to have the upper hand in dictating how the world has been run. But in actual fact, it seems it’s been more about compromise with the fairer sex. Women let men think they are the boss and it seems to […]
This letter is in response to the recent letter to the editor regarding the fundraisng carnival held at Old World Canterbury Village. Stand Aldridge, owner of Olde World Canterbury Village, donated the area used for the carnival. It was done as a good will gesture to help Lake Orion High School raise funds. The event […]