Hess: Carpenter’s Teacher of the Year

Cheryl Hess was recently honored, and surprised, with the title of Lake Orion Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year at Carpenter Elementary School. The announcement was made at an assembly at the school on Jan 3. Hess, a second-grade teacher, was shocked to learn that she had received the title, during a ceremony attended by […]

Baldwin widening has funds to start engineering

The Baldwin Road widening project that has been on the radar in Orion Township since 1988, and is now taking the most important step to date. The project will widen Baldwin from near Northbound I-75 to Waldon Road in Orion. Thanks to $700,000 in federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds, the project now has enough […]

Guitarist plans show with WDET host

Nick Schillace has never had a chance before to play his music in the community where he also works. That changes on Jan. 21, when Schillace performs his American finger style guitar at the S.L.U.M. City Coffee House at Seymour Lake United Methodist Church in Oxford. Also scheduled to perform is WDET-FM program host Matt […]

Baldwin widening has funds to start engineering

The Baldwin Road widening project that has been on the radar in Orion Township since 1988, and is now taking the most important step to date. The project will widen Baldwin from near Northbound I-75 to Waldon Road in Orion. Thanks to $700,000 in federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds, the project now has enough […]

Guitarist plans show with WDET host

Nick Schillace has never had a chance before to play his music in the community where he also works. That changes on Jan. 21, when Schillace performs his American finger style guitar at the S.L.U.M. City Coffee House at Seymour Lake United Methodist Church in Oxford. Also scheduled to perform is WDET-FM program host Matt […]

Student’s work on display at the auto show

Suzanne Butler has always thought of her artwork as just a hobby. However, she now has a reason to start looking at it a bit more seriously. Butler, a junior at Lake Orion High School, recently won first prize in the 11th- grade category of the 18th North American International Auto (NAIA) Show Poster Contest. […]

Dreams come true for speedy Dragon swimmer

Lake Orion High School senior Garrett Ruhland has been swimming since he was just six years old. ‘Swimming is a lifelong thing,? Ruhland said. And along Ruhland’s road of life, swimming will help him secure a college education. He recently became just the second Dragon swimmer in team history to sign a national letter of […]

Dragons fall to Seaholm

Rarely can a team classify itself as being ‘developing? and still be one of the state’s best. But that’s the case at Lake Orion High School, where winning and losing during the dual meet portion of the season seems of little concern to coach Paul Fairman’s boys swim team. Fairman concurred with senior Garrett Ruhland’s […]

B-ball drops a heartbreaker, falls to .500 in league

The LO men’s basketball team led almost the entire game at Stoney Creek on Jan. 13. But a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds left in the game by Creek’s Ben Taormina capped an improbable comeback, and sent the Dragons home with their first OAA III loss 58-57. Sophomore Drew Maynard scored 16 for the […]

Volleyball hosts tough invite

Lake Orion High School played host to some top notch volleyball at the Dragon Invite on Jan. 14. Walled Lake Northern won the tournament, with Brighton and Oxford finishing close behind. The Dragons went 6-8 in their games, but the tough opposition they faced will can only help them as the season progresses. ‘We weren’t […]