Orion Area Youth Assistance caseworker Tom Swieboda is new to Lake Orion, but he’s no stranger to the Youth Assistance program. Swieboda, who started work in the CERC on April 11, spent nearly eight years working for Youth Assistance in Ferndale, where his office was in the high school. Before that, he worked for Oakland […]
Joanie Curtis grew up in Lake Orion, and she’s proud of the work she’s done for the Lake Orion School District for the past 18 years. Curtis was honored for her service as head custodian at the Community Education Resource Center (CERC) on May 12, with the Distinguished Service Award from Oakland County Community and […]
They lost to Grand Blanc in the final game of the Division I Regional competition, but the Lake Orion High School varsity girls soccer team can still be proud of their 16-8-2 season this year. The team defeated Traverse City Central on June 7, 3-1, in regional semifinal play. Jessica Boyle had two goals for […]
They began with just one team, the Orion Lancers, in 1988, but they became Lake Orion, Brandon, Oxford Select Soccer Club (LOBOS) in 1989, and have since grown to 20 teams. The club offers teams ranging in age 9-18, and is a community-based, non-profit organization. LOBOS former director of communications Patti Carpenter said they are […]
Orion Township trustees still haven’t made up their mind on a request to establish an Industrial Development District for Ashley Capital on Silverbell Road. After a motion to deny Ashley’s request, made by clerk Jill Bastian, was withdrawn, the board voted to postpone for the third time a decision until the June 20 meeting. Several […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls soccer team started out the week with a victory over Waterford Kettering on May 31, before defeating Adams to advance to regional competition over the weekend. Against Kettering in the Division I district opening game, the Dragons won 8-0, with Rachael Isreal and Alex Horton earning two goals each. Jessica […]
Farmington Hills-based Phoenix Land Development plans to grant Orion Township the historic Gingell Family home when the company develops condominiums, a restaurant and a bank on the site where the house currently sits. Phoenix’s $40 million planned unit development (PUD) project will be the topic of a special meeting between the Orion Township Board of […]
John Arsen is known to most of the patients at his Lake Orion practice as doctor, but the Orion resident is also a world class athlete, having recently finished running the Boston Marathon. Arsen, who is podiatrist, ran his first marathon in Chicago last year, because he said most of his patients know he is […]
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm called the grand opening of Cobasys in Orion Township ‘symbolic of the future of our state,? while Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said the facility offered ‘exactly the kind of jobs the governor and I hope to bring to Michigan.? Cobasys welcomed Granholm, Patterson and Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk […]
In order to provide the Orion Township Board with all the information they’ve requested, Ashley Capital asked that consideration of its Industrial Development District (IDD) request be delayed. The board originally considered the request in April, but decided they did not have enough information to make a decision at that time. Ashley Capital has asked […]