I don’t really have a problem with the growing trend of hyphenated last names. But I do wonder what people will think of them a few generations from now. A few weeks ago, for example, I met a woman with a 10-letter last name who had married a man with a 12-letter last name and […]
The Dragons fell 10-6 to Troy last Thursday to fall out of the top spot in the OAA I standings for the first time this season. The top-ranked Lake Orion squad fell behind 7-1 after four innings, before their offense woke up. The visiting Dragons hit through their line-up in the fifth inning, cutting the […]
It’s been a bizarre season for Coach Ken Snage’s girls? soccer squad. The team has missed anywhere from six to nine regulars in their line-up the whole year. But the Dragons might have turned the corner with their toughest week to date, recording a pair of ties against some stiff competition, which included #2 Rochester. […]
A sweep by the Lake Orion boys in the two-mile run highlighted a busy day on the Dragon Stadium track last Friday. The Dragons hosted the OAA I league meet, with the boys finishing fourth and the girls taking seventh. The only LO victory on either side came in the 3200 run, where Ryan Ziolko […]
Orion Township voters rejected a bond proposal for the library and both millage and bond proposals for the safety path system on Tuesday. The library proposal failed by 264 votes (2,378 to 2,114 or 52.94% to 47.06%), while the safety path bond was voted down by over 900 votes (2,653 to 1,746, just more than […]
A unique contraption drove through downtown Lake Orion last Friday to honor Harley enthusiast Robert Erfourth. After a funeral service at the Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Erfourth was transported via a motorcycle hearse to the Eastlawn Cemetary. Located in Flatrock, the Michigan Memorial Funeral Home owns one of only eight biker-style hearses offered by the Tombstone […]
Longtime Review Editor Elaine Stieb occasionally passed on interesting and humorous items she received from our neighbor Kathy at State Farm. In light of this weekend’s holiday, I found this e-mail from Kathy particularly relevant. See if you remember any of these: My mother taught me to appreciate a job well done: ‘If you’re going […]
For the first time since opening day, the Dragons found themselves on the losing end, falling 14-2 to visiting Farmington on Monday in a game that was a bit closer than the final score indicated. Against Falcon ace Burny Mitchem, Lake Orion snuck across a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Farmington responded […]
Solid team defense paved the way for the Lake Orion softball team on Monday, and the end result was a sweep of Andover. The Dragons took the first game 6-2, and went to extra innings to get the second win 2-1. ‘This was a very good experience playing extra innings,? Dragon Coach Denny Davis said. […]
An unusually long May election ballot will greet voters that head to the polls next Tuesday in Orion Township. In addition to the usual school board election, voters will also decide the fates of a millage proposal for the Orion Township Library and both bond and millage proposals for the safety paths. Two seats are […]