Trails master plan schedules improvements

The new Paint Creek Trailways Recreation Master Plan will bring improvements to every community along the trail, including Orion Township, through 2008. Paint Creek Trailways Coordinator Kristen Myers said the trailway has already been developed, so features in the new master plan will focus primarily on “cultural improvements” along the trail, such as art projects […]

Man uses knife in attempted robbery of woman

An Orion Township woman told the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department that a man attempted to rob her at knifepoint outside of her apartment building on Dec. 11. According to an OCSD report, the 36-year-old woman said she had just returned home to her Elmhurst Circle apartment building with her daughter when she saw a black […]

Passerby alerts family to multi-vehicle fire

Stacey Pass will always be grateful to Jason Fogerty. The results of a Wednesday, April 21 fire could have been much worse for the Pass family had Fogerty not stopped while driving on Parview Drive. Fogerty is credited with pounding on the door to wake the Pass family while others called the Independence Township Fire […]

CHS set to remove pop from cafeteria

Students will have to make new choices when it comes to selecting a beverage with lunch at Clarkston High School next year. The school will be removing all carbonated beverages from the cafeteria’s vending machines and soda fountains starting July 1 for the 2004-2005 school year and replacing them with more water, juice and sports […]

Big Boy statue missing

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of larceny at the Big Boy Restaurant on Baldwin Road on Dec. 8. According to an OCSD report, a 29-year-old man, identified as the restaurant’s afternoon manager, said that the previous day’s night manager, a female, had reported to him that the Big Boy statue was […]

Early closings

In order for employees to spend more time with their families during the holidays, The Lake Orion Review will close at noon on Dec. 24 and Jan. 30. The office will reopen at 9 a.m. on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Due to early printing deadlines, photos, happenings, letters to the editor, etc. must be […]

DPW clerk resigns saying it was ‘horrible experience?

The Independence Township Department of Public Works has once again filled the clerk position after recently-hired Denise King offered her resignation. King said her time at the DPW was not enjoyable. ‘It was a horrible experience,? King said. ‘I have never been treated as badly as I was there. It was totally unprofessional. I still […]

Kohut to run for Independence Trustee

Michael Kohut announced he is running for Independence Township trustee on the Republican ticket in the Aug. 3 primary. ‘I am running to help our township do a better job of coordinating with developers and the county in the building of drains and roads so we stop the flooding of land and clogged roads,? Kohut […]

Holiday hours

Oxford Bank will have special holiday hours at its six retailing centers (Lake Orion, Oakland, Oxford, Clarkston, Ortonville and Dryden), along with its financial loan center in downtown Oxford and its commercial loan center in Orion Township. The dates and times are: Dec. 24 — 9 a.m.-noon — lobby and drive-up Dec. 25 — Closed […]

More appointments

Several more appointments were approved for township boards and committees by the Orion Township Board of Trustees at its Dec. 1 meeting. The board reappointed treasurer James Marleau to a term expiring Nov. 20, 2004 as the board representative on the planning commission. Nancy Archer was appointed to fill a vacancy on the safety path […]