Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond Plouhar, killed while on duty in Iraq last week, will be honored during a funeral service at Lake Orion High School on July 7. Sergeant Plouhar will lie in-state at the school at 10 a.m., with a service scheduled for 11 a.m. He was a 1996 graduate of Lake Orion High […]
There are many reasons why the Lake Orion High School baseball program has become one of the best in Southeast Michigan. But perhaps no reason is bigger than the varsity team’s feeder program, which produces ready-made high school ballplayers by the time players reach their freshman year. This week marks the second of two week-long […]
Lake Orion resident Linda Pepper (formerly Whelpley) was just 18 when her brother Raymond Whelpley was killed in combat during the Vietnam War in 1968. Pepper has only fond memories of her older brother, but one item she and her family remember her brother by has gone missing. Pepper and her father, George Whelpley, 82, […]
Over 200 vintage cars from the first half of the 20th Century were in Orion Township last week, for the 41st Annual Packard Club Meet. The meet was a private event, held on the grounds of the Scripps Mansion at Joslyn and Scripps Roads, owned by Guest House. Members of the Orion Historical Society were […]
A delay of between 15 and 20 minutes put a damper on this year’s fireworks show, but a strong grand finale made up for it, according to Carl Cyrowski of the Lake Orion Fireworks Association. ‘After about 10 or 15 minutes, (the fireworks) just stopped,? he said, adding that the delay was due to a […]
The Orion Township Board was the first of the three communities involved in a proposal for a combined senior center to approve language to place bond and millage proposals on the November general election ballot. Along with Orion, Addison and Oxford townships must also approve the two resolutions and vote to take the issue to […]
Flags lined the pavement outside of Lake Orion High School last Friday, as friends, family, and even some strangers, who just felt moved to show their support, reflected on the life of Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond Plouhar. Plouhar died from wounds received during an apparent roadside bombing while on active duty in Iraq on June […]
With a turnout of 57 future soccer stars, the first ever Oakland FC Dragons summer camp was a rousing success. And, on top of that, the soccer club will have a record nine teams competing this fall. The 125 players will be on five different boys teams ranging from U9 to U14 and four girls […]
Earning a Cadette Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest honor of Cadette Girl Scouts, and the second highest award given for all scouts. Making the award even more special for a local group of 7th- and 8th-graders was being the first from their school to make it that far. Troop #175, advised by Mary […]
Over six weeks after a heated Michigan Department of Environmental Quality public hearing, some residents that live near Pine Island on Lake Orion are wondering when they will see some action taken on a proposed marina by former state senator Mat Dunaskiss. ‘Something has to be done,? said lake association president Ed Roberts, about the […]