The Real Report

Are you like me? Did your fantasy football team just lose for the second straight week? Or maybe you’re one of the tens of thousands of people that participated last year in a fantasy fishing league? Or perhaps you’ve come up with your own form of a fantasy league? I heard of one recently that’s […]

Can you toss a pig?

The old saying ‘when pigs fly? will come to fruition at this year’s Barn Daze event. After a one-year absence, the Pig Throwing Contest is back by popular demand. The fifth annual Barn Daze will take place at Friendship Park, located at Clarkston and Baldwin Roads, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Oct. 14. The event […]

Tennis team battling inexperience well

Losing a few players off of any team is tough, but losing 10 off a team that only plays 12 is about as difficult a task as any. But that’s the task facing coach Eric Bracciano and his girls tennis squad at Lake Orion High School. The Dragons will have to replace their first-ever state […]

Triple-double among early b-ball highlights

Lake Orion Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Steve Roberts said even the referees are complaining about how much running they have to do during his team’s games. The refs certainly got their daily workouts in during two Dragon victories last week. First, LO routed Ferndale, 77-35, in their home opener, and then the team used a […]

Library celebrates 80 years on Sunday

The original founders of the Orion Township Library might not recognize today’s version of their creation. Evolution, particularly recent technology, has made the library a changing place over the past 80 years. ‘Eighty years marks when we officially became a public library,? Library Director Linda Sickles said. ‘There was a woman’s literary club before that.? […]

The millionaire ‘Pie Lady? shares her baking secrets

Suzanne Conrad admits she had no idea what she was getting into when she submitted a recipe to the 2004 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest. Conrad, a former Orion resident and Rochester Hills librarian, who now resides in Findlay, Ohio, was a surprise $1 million winner. She recently returned to Orion (where she lived from 1996 to […]

OHS gets History Channel grant to move Howarth School

The History Channel has awarded the Orion Historical Society a Save Our History grant, worth nearly $10,000 to rescue and relocate the Howarth School. The school, located at Silverbell and Bald Mountain Roads, is the last remaining one-room schoolhouse in Orion Township. The $9,986 grant is pending approval by the Orion Township Board. It would […]

New ONTV outreach coordinator is a familiar face

Ever watch a program on television, and say to yourself ‘I could do that better,? or ‘that’s pretty neat, I wonder how I could get involved?? Now’s your chance–Orion Neighborhood Television is challenging you to get involved, and that’s where newly appointed ONTV Outreach Coordinator Cathy Kimmel comes in. A recent grad from Oakland University, […]

Deep Cross Country squads look to run past OAA

Depth will be the watchword for both the boys and girls cross-country squads at Lake Orion High School this fall. With nearly 80 runners on the two squads, a school record, boys coach Stan Ford and girls coach Debi Sherman have plenty of options to choose from as they look to replace some key runners […]

Football makes quick work of Adams, but loses Barnes

The Lake Orion football team trailed for the first time this season against Rochester Adams last Friday. But some five to 10 minutes later the Dragons were putting the finishing touches on their third straight scoring drive, putting them up by 14 and allowing normalcy to return to Dragon Stadium. Lake Orion went on to […]

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