The Goodrich girls soccer team earned several postseason honors this season. They are as follows: nLeague Honors: First Team All-League ? Natalie McCormick, senior, Amanda Bishop, sophomore, Amber Beard, sophomore; Second Team All-League ? Monty Richvalsky, senior, Amy Kovas, sophomore, Meredith Mayberry, freshman; Honorable Mention ? Betsy Schumacher, senior, Jessica Engler, freshman. nDistrict Honors: First […]
The following Brandon High School students were selected by the All Sports Brandon Booster organization to receive the ‘Michael Mannor Scholarship Award.? They are: (l-r) Nick Emery, Nicole Polasik, Mitch Brady, Tommy Mahaffy, David Vollbach and Andrew Foyt. Also honored, but not pictured, was Alexandra Hughes. Jane Mannor (middle), wife of the late Mike Mannor, […]
On June 30, the Brandon Hawks summer hockey team dropped an exciting 8-5 decision to M-15 rival Clarkston at Lakeland Arena in Waterford. Zack Doyen and Steve Tallman contributed a goal and two assists each for Brandon, while Mike Cybulski added two goals. Brian Quarrella threaded a shot into the top shelf for Brandon’s fifth […]
No, they weren’t doing impersonations of Superman, but Jacob Elder, 6; Joshua Elder, 4, both of Oxford; and Joel Siemen, 6, of Brighton were flying high during the Lake Orion Lions Jubilee carnival in downtown Lake Orion. The trio took a spin on this helicopter ride, one of many at the event. For more carnival […]
With songs like “Call Any Vegetable” and “Who Needs the Peace Corps,” the average Frank Zappa fan knows you’re not talking about Top 40 music. So do the members of Uncle Meat, a Frank Zappa tribute band that will celebrate their one-year birthday at Bonzai Bob’s in Lake Orion on July 18. Lake Orion resident […]
This Fourth of July holiday was a busy one for the Orion Township Fire Department, who responded to two calls of fireworks-related injuries resulting in partial-finger amputations on Friday. The fire department and Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call at 6:15 p.m. on Pine Tree Road for a fireworks-related injury involving two men. […]
This July 4th will be one long-remembered for some Orion Township residents as they struggled to continue their celebrations without the aid of electricity. A severe thunderstorm carrying winds up to 61 miles per hour blew through the area on Friday afternoon, knocking out power for 4,000 households in Orion Township. According to Detroit Edison […]
A township trustee to replace now county commissioner Eric Wilson will be named on July 21 by the Orion Township Board of Trustees. The board interviewed everyone who applied for the opening, a total of 16 candidates, prior to the regular board meeting on July 7. One candidate was unable to attend the interview session […]
These three-day, holiday weekends . . . yikes. Hard to get back in the saddle and write a column when you’re still thinking about sun, barbeque, family, friends, fireworks, et al. But, I’ll get something out on deadline, thanks to dear wife Jen. Jen is always e-mailing me something . . . and something is […]
When daughter Luan and husband Bob Offer started planning the Open House for their son Dan’s graduation, the goal was to get as many cousins together as possible. Other than funerals and weddings they may never see each other, and never can they all make those occasions. Luan, being a self-designated gynecologist, I mean genealogist, […]