Orion Township Clerk Jill Bastian said this area hasn’t seen a voter turnout as high as this past election day’s since the 1992 presidential election, but the number of people heading to the polls didn’t surprise her. ‘We prepared our staff for 100 percent turnout,? said Bastian. ‘They did very well. We’ve been planning for […]
Students at Carpenter Elementary School were able to travel to Africa without even leaving their classrooms during the school’s intersession on Oct. 11-15. Carpenter, a year-round school, used the intersession theme ‘Adventures on African Safari,? to teach the children about the animals and cultures of Africa. Students saw an exhibit of live animals of Africa […]
It was cold, rainy and a Saturday, but you wouldn’t know it from the enthusiasm shown by eighth-graders at Waldon Middle School who recently spent the day building a pond at the school. Students from Jon Gray and Tom Mundy’s science classes gathered in front of the school on Oct. 23 to spend the day […]
Improving from a ninth place finish to sixth place is a big step for any competitive team, and the Lake Orion High School Marching Band is no different. The Dragon Marching Band finished sixth in the Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA) competition, held Oct. 30. LOHS finished in ninth place last year, and director Michael […]
He first joined the Cub Scouts when he was eight years old, and recently Larry Elzerman was honored for 50 years working with the organization. Elzerman, father of local woodcarver Gary Elzerman, received the Cub Scout’s 50-year Veteran’s Award on Oct. 20 from Lake Orion Pack 37 at the LO Knights of Columbus Hall. ‘I […]
The Lake Orion High School boys cross country team finished first in the Division I regional competition, held Oct. 30 at Clintonwood Park. The Dragons finished with 77 points. Individual state qualifiers for the team were Billy Peterson, who finished in second place overall with a time of 16:16, and Drew Collette, who finished 11th […]
US District Court Judge Paul Gadola has ruled that the 1999 conviction of Clarkston businessman Joseph E. Puertas for drug delivery will stand, despite Puertas? attorney Robin Frankel’s claims that her client did not receive a fair trial in Oakland County Circuit Court. On Oct. 20, Gadola released his ruling in Detroit, saying that Puertas […]
Construction is set to begin in the next few weeks on a new fire station on Baldwin Road. The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted Oct. 18 to award the construction bid for the station to Degenhardt & Sons in the amount of $1,336,000, subject to compliance with township insurance requirements. The expected completion date […]
Orion Township voters will get their chance to say whether or not they want a dedicated millage for the parks and recreation department when they go to the polls and vote on Proposal P on Nov. 2. Parks and recreation director Rock Blanchard, who has been on the job for eight years in Orion Township, […]
On a recent sunny morning, a group of students from Oakview Middle School weren’t sitting in class, they were splashing around in Paint Creek. No, the kids weren’t cutting class, they were preparing for World Water Monitoring Day with other schools across the state, and helping out the Clinton River Watershed Council. The students gathered […]