Tornado season is upon us once again and, as such, next week marks Severe Weather Awareness Week across the state. The goal is to educate the public about proper safety precautions, but according to SKYWARN member Ed Peters, they aren’t the only ones needing the education. ‘To me, this is a safety need for the […]
Daniel Mark Chase, 18, of Lake Orion, was sentenced to 8-15 years in prison last Friday in Circuit Court. Chase pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence causing death earlier this year, in a late 2006 accident on Lapeer Road that killed a 24-year-old Oxford woman. Members of Sherry Burke’s family […]
The Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan’s signature fundraiser, Bocce for Bucks, recently received an infusion of support for its April 6 fundraiser from the 2007 Detroit Lions Tony Filippis Memorial Bocce Tournament. Palazzo di Bocce owner Anthony Battaglia will present VNA with a $6,000 check toward the organization’s bocce fundraiser, soon to be hosted […]
The Orion Township Board granted a request they rarely approve last week, allowing Grant Fodor to obtain a solicitor’s license to go door-to-door. Fodor, a 2003 Lake Orion High School graduate, has accepted a position with Edward Jones as a financial advisor and is hoping to open an office in Lake Orion. Per Edward Jones […]
Penny Shults has announced her candidacy for Orion Township Clerk in the upcoming election. Shults is a longtime township employee and currently holds the Appraiser III position in the Assessing Department. She began working for the Township in 1989 and said she has truly enjoyed serving the people for the past 20 years. ‘I work […]
Editor’s note: Today’s game against Rochester has been cancelled due to poor field conditions… Tune in on Monday, April 14 for our first webcast. *** Sing with me now? ‘Take me out to the ballgame, ‘Take me out with the crowd? Ok, so not even the allure of peanuts and crackerjacks can get you to […]
Most parents would tell you that keeping up with a high school student is a full-time job. But there’s one student roaming the halls of Lake Orion High School that everyone has a hard time keeping up with. Literally. Race car driver Rusty Ferguson hopes to add to his trophy case and racing resume this […]
A year after a boys? lacrosse team made its debut at Lake Orion High School, a girls? team will do the same this week. The team had a big enough turnout at March tryouts (42 players), to field both a varsity and JV team this spring. Bill Booth, along with his wife, Debbie, and Greg […]
At its current rate of growth, everyone in Lake Orion might own a lacrosse stick by the year 2015. After a successful first season last spring, the LOHS boys? team has 92 members this year, including 34 varsity players and 58 on the JV team. The varsity team, which went 11-4 as a club-level squad […]
A new district draw and a new offensive approach highlight the changes on the Lake Orion softball diamond this spring. One thing that remains constant is pitcher Danielle Dunn, who returns for her junior year. ‘She’s got 43 wins in her first two years,? Coach Denny Davis noted. ‘She’s a finesse pitcher. Not overpowering, but […]