The Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Promotions Committee recently presented the ‘Ultimate Gift Basket? to Lake Orion resident Marthe Uzelac. Participating businesses partnered with the DDA to offer entries to win the ‘Ultimate Gift Basket Give-Away.? With a $10 or more purchase customers could enter to win the basket, valued at over $500 and […]
Orion Art Center board member, Lisa Cummins and her husband Jim welcomed 60 wine and beer enthusiasts to their home on Jan. 5, as a benefit for the OAC. Eric Adams of Bommarito’s Bakery and Wine of St. Clair Shores was on hand with wines ranging in price from $3.50 to $80 per bottle. The […]
Last year, Lake Orion boys swim Coach Paul Fairman sent two athletes on to the collegiate level (Dave Brown at Miami (OH) and Garrett Ruhland at Michigan State). The trend will continue in 2007, as senior captain Ricky Forrest is headed to State as well. Forrest, who Fairman said is one of the most dedicated […]
Devin Hamilton scored a game-high 22 points and Drew Maynard added 11 for Lake Orion in a 59-49 win over visitng Birmingham Groves on Tuesday night. The game was the first of seven in a row that the Dragons will play at home, including six league contests. Lake Orion is 7-3 overall and 4-0 in […]
Lake Orion might not have won its showdown with state powerhouse Pontiac Northern on Tuesday night, but they certainly didn’t walk off the court looking like losers. For the Dragons, it marked the third time in four tries against quality Oakland County opponents (Country Day, Southfield-Lathrup and Clarkston, the lone win) they fell just short. […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees selected Neal Porter on Monday night to take the seat created by the resignation of Mike Gingell (who was elected to the County Commission). Porter beat out six other candidates for the position, including Larry R. Mullins, who narrowly missed the four votes required for the appointment just before […]
A plot on Baldwin Road, just east of Brown Road, won’t have a Del Taco after all, but a neighboring plot still could. The Orion Township board granted a request by Carl Chandler to rezone nearly two acres on the east side of Baldwin, between Brown and Jordan Roads, from restricted business and single family […]
A Dutton Partners project, which received approval from the Orion Township board in 2005, will go forward, but with a slight twist. The board approved a request from Dutton Partners LLC on Jan 16 to substitute a Revised Site Plan, which converts Stonegate Villas duplex units to detached single-family lots. Building on the Stonegate Villas […]
The Lake Orion High School DECA club set a new record by qualifying 22 students for the State Conference earlier this month. The District 6 Conference, featuring teams from across Oakland County, was held on Jan. 6 at Waterford Kettering High School. A total of 29 students will be attending the State Conference March 16-18 […]
Fifty-nine cheer teams competed in seven different categories ranging from middle school through varsity levels at Lake Orion High School last Saturday. The annual Dragon Invitational was again the biggest high school cheerleading competition in metro-Detroit, with Grandville taking first and Rochester edging Lake Orion for second in Division I varsity action. ‘It was one […]