Hello and good-bye: LOHS bids farewell to ‘beloved? trainer, welcomes new addition to high school athletic staff

There’s something about Mary. That was the sentiment from Lake Orion Community Schools’ Athletic Director Bill Reiss at a recent football game when he escorted Mary Lengemann to the center of the field at halftime. Lengemann, he told the crowd, was leaving her position as Lake Orion High School athletic training and returning to school […]

Book sends anti-bullying message

What does it truly mean to be a hero? Is a hero the player who wins the game, or the person who stands up for what he believes is right? Just in time for back to school reading, local author Andrea Prostko hopes young people will ask themselves just such questions after they read her […]

Senior center stalled

To some it will come as good news, to others bad. Plans for a new senior citizen complex near Clarkston and Lapeer Road – complete with housing and a three-story, environmentally-friendly multi-purpose senior/community center, are largely in the can. But Orion Township Supervisor Matthew Gibb told the board of trustees Monday he was determined to […]

Lions up to their ears in corn

With a pile of corn some 75 dozen ears high, the Lake Orion Lions Club treated market-goers to a special treat last week. ‘The Farmers Market is a great community event and we were so happy they asked us to be part of it again this year,? said Lions Club member Jim Leach Jr., noting […]

‘It’s easy to have these conversations?

The community response is overwhelmingly positive. That’s the word from Karen Hudson, who said she was ‘very pleasantly surprised? by the reaction from those who stopped by the 1,000 Conversations About Mental Health in Lake Orion tent at last weekend’s Dragon on the Lake event. After she and her husband Hugh lost their son, Michael, […]

Medical marijuana debate reaches into Orion community

Marijuana plants large and small were on display at the Oakland County Sheriff’s office last week, along with shotguns, handguns, hash oil, electronic scales and boxes, bags and jars of pot ? dried-and-ready-to-smoke in varieties like Blueberry, Papaya, Super Skunk, Dirt Weed and Grand Daddy Purp. Candy, too ? bright-colored marijuana lollipops in watermelon, peach, […]

Pizzariffic wins township’s last liquor license

The crowd hesitated, then broke into a round of applause. Some cheered. The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted 4-2 Monday to recommend approval of Pizzariffic owner Michael Becker’s Class C Liquor License. But it didn’t come without a few tense moments as two other applicants who were also seeking the township’s last available license […]

Take that, Wildcat!

The Dragons engage in their traditional victory celebration with fans after Friday’s 45-6 blowout victory over Oxford. See this week’s print edition, or check out our Facebook page for more photos from the game. Photo by Laura Colvin

Take that, Wildcat!

The Dragons engage in their traditional victory celebration with fans after Friday’s 45-6 blowout victory over Oxford. See this week’s print edition, or check out our Facebook page for more photos from the game. Photo by Laura Colvin

Orion ponders renewable energy proposal

If one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, is one man’s garbage another man’s gas? The folks at Waste Management of Michigan and Eagle Valley Landfill say yes ? methane gas, anyway ? and they’re hoping to break ground soon on a renewable energy facility in Orion Township. The proposal, recently presented to the township’s […]

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