The LO varsity hoops squad raced in to the new year, dominating from start to finish in a 75-48 win at Hazel Park on Jan 3. The Dragons outscored Hazel Park 22-7 in the first quarter of the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) crossover matchup. Sophomore Drew Maynard led the Dragons with 18 points and senior […]
Any future establishments wishing to serve alcohol in Orion Township will have to bring their own liquor license, as the township recently dispensed their last one. The board voted Jan. 3 to award the township’s final liquor license to Oscar’s of Gingellville, a restaurant and bar to be open by summer. Oscar’s will be located […]
The Orion Township Fire Department, assisted by two other townships, spent the better part of the weekend battling a huge fire in a commercial building on Lapeer Road. Flames were reported at Ama International, located at 4700 S. Lapeer Road, at about 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 6. The building served as off-site storage for Olde […]
Cheryl Hess was recently honored, and surprised, with the title of Lake Orion Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year at Carpenter Elementary School. The announcement was made at an assembly at the school on Jan 3. Hess, a second-grade teacher, was shocked to learn that she had received the title, during a ceremony attended by […]
The Baldwin Road widening project that has been on the radar in Orion Township since 1988, and is now taking the most important step to date. The project will widen Baldwin from near Northbound I-75 to Waldon Road in Orion. Thanks to $700,000 in federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds, the project now has enough […]
Nick Schillace has never had a chance before to play his music in the community where he also works. That changes on Jan. 21, when Schillace performs his American finger style guitar at the S.L.U.M. City Coffee House at Seymour Lake United Methodist Church in Oxford. Also scheduled to perform is WDET-FM program host Matt […]
Cruising down Lapeer or Baldwin, George Schutte might run across a friend, and sometimes he might even find someone from out of the county. Schutte’s not out for a stroll. He’s an amateur radio operator with the OSCART group from the Orion Senior Center. ‘This is K8GEO,? Schutte will interject every few minutes. The Federal […]
Any future establishments wishing to serve alcohol in Orion Township will have to bring their own liquor license, as the township recently dispensed their last one. The board voted Jan. 3 to award the township’s final liquor license to Oscar’s of Gingellville, a restaurant and bar to be open by summer. Oscar’s will be located […]
The Orion Township Fire Department, assisted by two other townships, spent the better part of the weekend battling a huge fire in a commercial building on Lapeer Road. Flames were reported at Ama International, located at 4700 S. Lapeer Road, at about 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 6. The building served as off-site storage for Olde […]
Cheryl Hess was recently honored, and surprised, with the title of Lake Orion Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year at Carpenter Elementary School. The announcement was made at an assembly at the school on Jan 3. Hess, a second-grade teacher, was shocked to learn that she had received the title, during a ceremony attended by […]