Educated citizens important to democracy

In response to a letter written by James Delavan, I would strongly disagree that this country was structured to not be run by attorneys. As a college student at Michigan State, I keep up with what is going on in Lake Orion. At the time our Constitution was passed and after the Federalist Papers were […]

Comcast increase is price gouging

Recently, I received a bill for cable services by Comcast. To my surprise the amount was $6 more than the previous month. When I checked the items, it showed an increase of almost $6 for “cable plus”-from $16.90 to $22.69-which, according to my arithmetic, constitutes an increase of about 34 percent!! I was sure there […]

Looking Back

Ten Years Ago Sept 22, 1993 ~~~After 40 years, Lake Orion Furniture and Appliance in the village is closing up shop. Bill Sweeney and Dwayne Decker are retiring and having a massive close-out sale. ~~~Residents and officials are still upset that about 24 trees were cut down on Kern Road early last week. Paint Creek […]

New Oakview administrator transitions from Southfield Schools

Jennifer Goethals, the new assistant to the principal at Oakview Middle School, is still working to get to know all of her students, but said the process is easier here than at her former school where there were about 1,000 kids. Goethals came to the Lake Orion School District from Birney Middle School in Southfield, […]

Fire Call

Monday, Sept. 15 6:38 a.m.-Station #1 responded to burning wires on West Clarkston Road. 1:08 p.m.-Station #2 checked out a possible gas leak on Canary Hill. Tuesday, Sept. 16 7:16 a.m.-A car was on fire at Lapeer/Silverbell. Station #2 responded. 9:42 a.m.-A person on North Andrews had a breathing problem. Station #1 responded. 8:54 p.m-A […]

Deputy Reports

Monday, Sept. 15, retail fraud at Kroger on Baldwin Road. Family trouble on Grafton. A CD player and CD were taken from a back pack at Waldon Middle School. *** Tuesday, Sept. 16, identity theft and fraud on S. Newman Road. Cordless drills were stolen and a window broken on a vehicle at Wavelength Communication […]

LO Police Log

Monday, Sept. 15, an abandoned vehicle was spotted on Orion Road. A vehicle on South Broadway was damaged. *** Tuesday, Sept. 16, an abandoned vehicle was found at Heights/Recreation. Fiber cable was damaged at Florence/Jackson. *** Wednesday, Sept. 17, a bike was found on South Broadway. Fraud/bad check on West Flint. An accident took place […]

Kickers proving tough to beat

The Lake Orion High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team now has a new winning record to go along with their new coach. Since head coach Erick Pfeifer took over the team in early August, the Dragons have improved their play to pull towards the head of the pack in competitive OAA Division II soccer. On […]

Orion Varsity Cagers split wins

The Lake Orion High girls team opened up the varsity basketball season at home on Sept. 18 against North Farmington, after losing a game to Farmington Hills Harrison earlier in the week. On Sept. 16, Lake Orion traveled to Farmington Hills, where the varsity team lost to undefeated Harrison 46-22. Jessica Condine led Harrison with […]

Dragons devour Red Hawks on football field

If you look up the definition of “dominate” in the dictionary, odds are you will find the description of Lake Orion’s win over OAA-I opponent Troy Athens on Sept. 19. The Dragons seemed to move the ball, score and stop the Red Hawks at will, on their way to a 42-0 romp. Orion travels to […]