A five-year-old girl was run over by a van she was attempting to board in the Waldon Lakes Apartments complex on Joslyn Road on March 25. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, the accident occurred at 7:05 p.m. on Mapleview, east of Elmhurst. The girl was attempting to jump into a van just as […]
After what coach Ken Snage called a ‘brilliant? non-league season last year, the Lake Orion High School girls varsity soccer team will attempt to increase their performance level enough this season to propel them to a state championship. ‘Last year we were 7-12 overall in OAA I,? said Snage. ‘We learned how to compete in […]
If you drive Baldwin Road between Morgan and Waldon on a regular basis, you could be dealing with congestion a while longer as the Road Commission for Oakland County waits for funding to widen that stretch of Baldwin to a boulevard. The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed road commission managing director Brett Bair to […]
You might not necessarily think of a builder or an architect as being a friend of the environment, but Lake Orion’s John Wiegand and Bob Prud’homme of Ferndale are the exceptions. The two recently joined their talents to create an energy efficient 3,150 square foot home in Birmingham, which should be finished in the fall. […]
Residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the idea of going with one of four options for an Orion Township community center on April 19. The board of trustees heard a presentation on the final feasibility study report by Tom Chen from Skanska USA Building at the April 5 meeting. Chen presented […]
A truck crane at a construction site at the corner of Baldwin and Maybee Roads overturned on April 3, crushing a truck and causing downed wires and a power outage for about 1,100 residents in the area. An Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy was responding to a call of downed wires in the roadway on […]
Having graduated only one starter, Leigh Hopkins, since last season, things are looking good for the 2004 Lake Orion High School varsity softball team. Head coach Denny Davis returns pitcher Robin Roe, a junior; and sophomore catcher Eileen Frezza, who could share the spot with Milford Lakeland transfer Sarah Ziem, a junior, after Frezza returns […]
The goal for the Lake Orion High School boys varsity tennis team this season is to finish higher in their league then they did last year, when they brought up the bottom of OAA Division II. ‘I want us to challenge, but be realistic at the same time,? said head coach Jody Winkelman. The Dragons […]
Members of the Union Church Governing Board hope to have a certificate of occupancy soon for the building after they follow through with a new plan for the remainder of the restoration process. After reviewing the initial restoration plan, the governing board decided some of the steps were premature. So trustee Michael Gingell, who represents […]
Lake Orion resident Ed Roberts is on a quest. Since first hearing about Orion being the first in the country to offer marine mail delivery on Lake Orion in 1905, Roberts has been digging up research to try and prove that claim. He hopes to have a reenactment of the mail delivery on Lake Orion […]