Three individual state title winners and a slew of other fine performances capped the 2006 sports year in Lake Orion. Being how it’s difficult to rank athletes that play different sports, here is The Review’s list, in alphabetical order, of the top 15 (or so) athletes this past year… Josh Allison: The talented defensive lineman […]
With their highlight reel dunks, basketball players often serve as subjects on posters. Now the Lake Orion basketball program has been ‘posterized,? thanks to Johnston Photography in Oxford. An 11? X 17? poster captures all 11 team members, with the high school as the backdrop and the team’s schedule on the side. Dorothy Johnston said […]
Three workers at the General Motors Corp. Orion Assembly Plant were taken to Crittenton Hospital after a mysterious substance caused them to have difficulty breathing early Monday morning. ‘From the way it was explained to me, there was a build-up of dust or paint flakes in the duct work and they turned the fans up […]
With his move to county commissioner set to take place in January, Orion Township Trustee Mike Gingell submitted a letter of resignation to the board, effective Dec. 29. ‘I have very much enjoyed the past six years I have served the community as a trustee and am proud of the accomplishments the board has obtained […]
Lake Orion Coach Jim Manzo said he remembers quite well the last time the Dragons beat Clarkston on the varsity basketball hardwood. That’s because Manzo played on that team, back in 1988. Last Friday, Lake Orion ended that long drought, topping the visiting Wolves 51-43 in a rematch of last season’s district final (which Clarkston […]
Clarkston won its sixth straight Oakland County Wrestling Championship on Saturday, using a come-from-behind effort to top Lake Orion and relegate the Dragons to second place once again. The Wolves 291 points were just 21.5 better than Lake Orion’s total over the two days of competition. Oxford finished third with 217 points. ‘It’s disappointing because […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously (6-0) on Monday night to adopt a resolution to support local control of speed limits on gravel roads. The decision comes while Gov. Jennifer Granholm is mulling over Senate Bill 248, which would restore the 25 mph speed limits on gravel roads and give locals the ability […]
Repaving projects on Flintridge and Pine Tree roads, agreed upon this past May by the Orion Township Board, could begin as early as this spring. The projects are likely to cost slightly less than the early estimates indicated, but it appears the township will be responsible for a little more than previously anticipated. Total cost […]
Competition and the holiday spirit don’t always go hand-in-hand. But last week, at the Orion Township offices, everyone was a winner in ‘Operation Guardian Angel.? Each department in the building gathered as many items as they could to send to troops overseas. The Water & Sewer Department collected over 400 items to take the friendly […]
This year, Orion Township paid the Village of Lake Orion nearly $70,000 for fire department dispatch services. That amount represents a consistent three-percent increase over each of the past five years. But Fire Chief Jeff Key said he was surprised by the new contract, which calls for an immediate 30-percent increase and an additional five […]