The newly combined Royal Oak High School held their gym dedication last Thursday night. Then the Dragons promptly ran the Ravens right out of it. Let’s put it this way: 23 points were scored in the first quarter, but only one team improved on the zero they had prior to tip-off. A 37-4 halftime score […]
Almost every half-hour, there is a death in the United States due to an alcohol-related car crash. With 600 chapters and two million members nationwide, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is aiming to not just reduce, but eliminate, such fatalities, through the use of school and public awareness programs. In Michigan, the Macomb, Oakland and […]
It took a while for the Dragon offense to get on the field last Thursday night at Dragon Stadium. But when they finally did, the many Lake Orion weapons made visiting Rochester pay dearly. The Dragons scored three third quarter touchdowns before most fans had finished their halftime hot dogs, blowing open a 14-0 halftime […]
Swim coach Darin Abbasse said that a loss is a loss, but given the way his team competed with perennial state title contender Bloomfield Hills Lahser, Abbasse was still impressed by his squad. Lake Orion fell 97-89 in their season opening meet at home on Aug. 29. ‘Last year, Lahser beat us by over 60 […]
The Art & Apples Festival, held each September in Rochester, is thought of as one of the state’s top art shows. With 285 vendors on hand, the 41st edition of the festival, which benefits Rochester’s Paint Creek Center for the Arts, is sure to rank right up there with the best of them. In recent […]
It might be a ‘Five O’Clock World,? but in just over one week, we’ll make exceptions at four o’clock and eight o’clock. Those two times (p.m. of course) on Sept. 16 are when Danny and the Juniors, The Vogues and Charlie Thomas and the Drifters will all hit the stage in Lake Orion for the […]
In a rare 4-3 vote, the Orion Township Board of Trustees has selected the Whall Group of Auburn Hills to oversee a forensic audit that will look into township investments. The Aug. 21 decision came after the board had already debated the issue at length, and rejected motions to go with two other groups: Yeo […]
The Rev. Richard Peacock pumped his fists and announced his pleasure, after an assault case against his wife, Pine Tree fifth-grade teacher Janis Peacock, was dismissed from court on Aug. 25. With a jury already selected and waiting to enter the 52-3rd District courtroom of Judge Lisa Asadoorian on Friday afternoon, Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor […]
Children’s Park went to the dogs on Aug. 26, as Downtown Lake Orion presented the annual Dog Days of August celebration. Around 100 dogs participated in the doggie parade, which went down Anderson to Shadbolt, to Broadway, and then back to the park. In addition, 17 dogs were in the running for this year’s doggie […]
Any way you look at it, the life lived by Stephen Fraser-Soots has certainly been an adventurous one. Fraser-Soots has been to nearly every continent, lived for quite a bit of time on both coasts of the United States, and spent 15 years working for NASA. Now he’s beginning a new journey, as pastor of […]