It’s a new season with a lot of new names on the varsity roster for Lake Orion High School Girls Basketball. Head coach Steve Roberts will return five of his Dragons this season: seniors Katie Campbell, Lindsey Randazzo, Lauren Larocca and Jessica McLean; and junior Amanda Noll. Quad-captains for the 2003 season are Campbell, Randazzo, […]
Lake Orion High School girls swim coach Darin Abbassee’s expectations were high for his team this year, but he said so far the kids are meeting them. “They’re looking very good, and they’re a very balanced team,” he said about two weeks into the team’s practice schedule. “We graduated Lauren LeBrun and Katherine Roesch, but […]
Despite residents’ protests, a proposed establishment offering topless entertainment on Lapeer Road will have the same chance as any other business to prove itself to the Orion Township Board of Trustees, provided the club can meet the requirements of local ordinances. The facility, dubbed The Golden Door Gentleman’s Club, would offer upscale dining and topless […]
Over two months after the resignation of Eric Wilson from the Orion Township Board of Trustees, the board has yet to be able to find a replacement for him on the zoning board of appeals. The board had postponed a decision on naming a replacement until the Sept. 2 meeting, but had to postpone the […]
Geraldine Smokoski would like to see her valuables go to her family after she dies, not to the state to help pay back Medicaid expenses. Smokoski, a Lake Orion resident, is circulating a petition to help stop a vote on the state death tax, or so-called Grave Robbers Bill, Law Obra #93. Michigan lawmakers are […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees will spend up to $20,000 for engineering and planning expenses to complete a Brown Road Market Analysis Study. The study, entering phase two, is a market analysis of proposed uses for an overlay district proposed along Brown Road between Joslyn and Baldwin. The second phase of the study is […]
To those unfamiliar with it, Tai Chi might resemble some bizarre synchronized dance or swimming through air, but for senior citizens at the Orion Senior Center, it’s an exercise that makes it easy to stay active. “It’s gentle on your joints and you can do it from the beginner to the experienced level,” said instructor […]
A 25-year-old Oxford woman was transported to POH Medical Center by ambulance after she passed out at the wheel and struck three other vehicles while traveling on M-24 on Sept. 8. According to an OCSD accident report, the woman was traveling northbound on Lapeer Road near Clarkston Road, when she passed out and ran her […]
After starting the district program for Autistic children in Lake Orion, Julie Stucky hopes to do even more for children in special education as the district’s new special education supervisor. Stucky grew up in Lake Orion and had an experience as a student at Pine Tree Elementary School that convinced her to make a career […]
The Orion Community Cable Communications Commission, with the help of the village and the township, hopes to be able to have Comcast bring a service office back to Orion Township in the near future. The commission requested that the Orion Township Board of Trustees pass a joint resolution on Sept. 15, with the village and […]