The wait is over. Rivals, neighbors and first-place teams will finally get together on Friday night when 8-0 and top-ranked Lake Orion travels to 8-0 and third-ranked Clarkston. The showdown will be for the OAA I title in addition to hosting three games in the MHSAA playoffs, which begin the following week (the loser will […]
Home victories over both Troy schools last week got the Dragons back to the .500 mark in league play, with district play underway this week. ‘We finished exactly where I thought we would in the league,? said coach Erick Pfeiffer, who tabbed this a ‘rebuilding? year prior to the start of the season. ‘Basically it […]
In an entertaining game that had everything one would want in a first-place showdown, Lake Orion came away from North Farmington High School on Oct. 12 missing just one thing: a victory. The Raiders erased a four-point deficit in the final two minutes of regulation to send the game into overtime. That set the stage […]
The Township Board will go forward with the Whall Group as their forensic auditor, after narrowly rejecting a proposal to scrap the idea of an audit and then passing a motion to put a retainer agreement with the auditor in place. Treasurer Alice Young presented a three-part motion that would rescind the previous approval of […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees agreed to a budget and millage levy for 2007 at their Oct. 16 meeting, almost a month after failing to approve the budget. Following an Oct. 11 special meeting, a few changes were made to the budget, turning a 3-4 vote on Sept. 18 into a 6-1 vote this […]
An over 14,000 square-foot surgical center is eyeing a December completion and February opening in the Bald Mountain Regional Medical Complex. The facility, currently under construction, will be overseen by Crittenton Hospital Medical Center. ‘It will be three operating rooms and all the support area for that,? said Crittenton President and CEO Lynn Orfgen. Dr. […]
An Access Management Study and a Master Plan Update are among recent projects that have examined Orion Township’s main drag, M-24. But Baldwin Road, once thought of as a possible solution to increasing traffic on M-24, has somehow missed out. Craig Bryson, Public Information Officer for the Road Commission for Oakland County, claims a lack […]
The Dragons will be marching all over Detroit’s Ford Field on Saturday. No, the football team won’t be on hand, just the band, as they participate in the Michigan Competing Band Association’s State Championships. Lake Orion qualified in third place among the ten qualifying bands in Flight I (schools with 1,782 students or more), thanks, […]
After a lengthy debate, the Township board narrowly approved a request by Verizon Wireless to accept a ‘removal bond,? allowing the company to install a new monopole tower in the township. By a 4-3 vote on Oct. 16, the board decided that the bond was in line with the township ordinance and qualified as a […]
On Monday, Nov. 6, area residents have an opportunity to give the biggest gift of them all: Life. St. Joseph Church, located at 715 N. Lapeer Rd., will hold a bone marrow drive from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. It will be the first drive held at the church since November of 2003. That drive […]