A plot on Baldwin Road, just east of Brown Road, won’t have a Del Taco after all, but a neighboring plot still could. The Orion Township board granted a request by Carl Chandler to rezone nearly two acres on the east side of Baldwin, between Brown and Jordan Roads, from restricted business and single family […]
A Dutton Partners project, which received approval from the Orion Township board in 2005, will go forward, but with a slight twist. The board approved a request from Dutton Partners LLC on Jan 16 to substitute a Revised Site Plan, which converts Stonegate Villas duplex units to detached single-family lots. Building on the Stonegate Villas […]
The Lake Orion High School DECA club set a new record by qualifying 22 students for the State Conference earlier this month. The District 6 Conference, featuring teams from across Oakland County, was held on Jan. 6 at Waterford Kettering High School. A total of 29 students will be attending the State Conference March 16-18 […]
Fifty-nine cheer teams competed in seven different categories ranging from middle school through varsity levels at Lake Orion High School last Saturday. The annual Dragon Invitational was again the biggest high school cheerleading competition in metro-Detroit, with Grandville taking first and Rochester edging Lake Orion for second in Division I varsity action. ‘It was one […]
A 5-0 league start, with their next four OAA contests in the friendly confines of the Lake Orion High School Fieldhouse, has the Dragons on the inside track to a title. Four players scored in double figures on Friday night, led by Cole Moore’s double-double as the Dragons took down Troy Athens 50-35. Lake Orion […]
The Lake Orion Baptist School Lions fell twice in conference play last week to drop to 6-8 overall and 2-7 in the FBAC. Their week began with a visit from the Faith Christian Patriots of Clinton Township on Jan. 23. The Patriots prevailed 49-42. The Lions grabbed a 13-12 lead after the first quarter, but […]
In the first three weeks of 2007, it was the power play and penalty kill that fueled the Lake Orion hockey squad to a perfect record. But last Thursday at the Detroit Skating Club, it was Waterford Kettering stealing the Dragon recipe, getting three second period goals from Greg (Taylor) Crawford, all on special teams, […]
After skating to a 6-all tie before the holiday break and with just a one point differential in the standings, there wasn’t much separating the hockey teams from Lake Orion and Troy as they heading into their second meeting of the year Wednesday night at the Troy Sports Center. But that changed in a hurry. […]
Voters will have not one, but two bond proposals to consider when they head to the polls this May. It was long thought that the Orion Township Library was targeting the May 8 election for their proposal. But, in addition to placing the library bond proposal on the ballot, the township board also decided to […]
An extension project geared for 2008 on the Polly Ann Trail could cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $600,000. But thanks to a pair of grants and a donation, the township will likely be responsible for less than 12 percent of that cost. The Parks & Recreation Department has secured a grant worth over $330,000 […]