Christine Deppen (left), a freshman at Lake Orion High School, and friend Danielle Duffiney, also an LOHS freshman, got their first taste of LOHS Varsity Football for the new school year on Aug. 28 as the Dragons took on the Southfield Blue Jays at home. Lake Orion won the game 36-8.
A group consisting of two committee members and three village council members will hammer out specific guidelines for the recently reinstated Lake Orion Parks and Recreation Committee. Council members also agreed on Aug. 25 that it wouldn’t be a good idea for the committee to have a meeting until these new guidelines are in place. […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of assault at the Lake Orion Boat launch on Indianwood Road on Aug. 25. According to an OCSD report, a 20-year-old Arkansas man was on a friend’s boat on Lake Orion earlier when it struck a little girl, causing her to have to go to the […]
Two current members of Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority Board will be on the board for four more years. Village council president Bill Siver reappointed Jack Kobliska and Jerry Dywasuk, Orion Township Supervisor.
Bridge still not done Anlaan Corporation asked and received a one week extension from village officials to complete work on the new North Shore Bridge. Originally, the project was supposed to be done by Labor Day. A time extension was needed because Consumers Energy took a week to relocate a gas line. Work on the […]
Beginning with the class of 2005, all qualified Lake Orion students will have to take the MEAP High School Test as a graduation requirement. According to Lake Orion Assistant Superintendent Dave Beiter, this will help the high school and the district meet its participation rate of 95 percent for the “No Child Left Behind” law. […]
The Paint Creek Trailways Commission recently announced the winners of the Trailways Photo Contest that took place in conjunction with the National Trails Day event on June 7. Photo entries were to be color photos that depicted any screnery or event along the trail or of Paint Creek, in each of the four seasons. Contest […]
Bill Van Wagoner keeps a piece of his past on Lake Orion. The Oxford resident has a 1957 model (made in 1956), 17-foot sportsman utility wooden boat that his father bought when Van Wagoner was a child living in Lake Orion. “It’s a third generation boat, now owned by my son Bruce,” Van Wagoner said. […]
Residents in Orion Township weren’t very happy to see Comcast Cable move its customer service office from Orion to Independence Township, and neither were the Orion Cable Commission and Orion Township Board of Trustees. “In the contract they were to maintain an office in Orion and it’s in Independence (now),” said Orion Township Supervisor Jerry […]
Ten Years Ago Sept. 1, 1993 ~~~Lake Orion councilmen are looking into restricting the number of truck axles allowed in the village to five. The only exception would be local delivery trucks. ~~~Organizers of the first annual 24-Hour Relay Challenger are putting the finishing touches on plans for the Sept. 18-19 event. ~~~Jack Colvert came […]