It might have taken them a long time to get out on the slopes, but it hasn’t taken the Lake Orion ski teams a lot of time to get going once they got up there. In a matter of just a couple of weeks, both teams have finished the regular season portion of their schedule, […]
If ‘crunch time? is where a team’s true colors are on display, then the volleyball squad at Lake Orion has plenty to be excited about as they head into the season’s final month. The Dragons won three straight tight games over visiting Stoney Creek last Thursday to finish the OAA II regular season with a […]
Jason Stross made 23 saves, and Kevin Kranker continued to have a hot hand for the Dragons, scoring yet again as the team tied state-ranked Birmingham Unified 1-1 on Sunday. Lake Orion, the visitors, held a 1-0 lead late in the third period, when Birmingham captain Alex Solomon beat Stross to send things into overtime. […]
They might have won a league title a year ago, but in first place this season, the Dragons find themselves in unfamiliar territory. ‘We’ve never been in this spot before, where one time around the league we’ve been undefeated,? Coach Jim Manzo said. His team topped Auburn Hills Avondale, 59-45, last Friday night to improve […]
Lake Orion wrestling coach Doug Kline knew that to take on the state’s toughest schedule, his team would have to remain healthy. In recent weeks, however, the team has struggled to get anywhere near 100 percent. ‘Right now we have five starters out with assorted injuries,? Kline said. ‘The young men we replace them with […]
Waldon’s Marty Green thought she was surprised when she was honored with the Lake Orion Community School’s Middle School Teacher of the Year award at a staff meeting last week. Then she realized her family had come to help her celebrate. ‘I’m shocked,? Green said. ‘That brought me to tears. To have all my family […]
Parking in downtown Lake Orion continues to be a hot-button topic since the return of the Sagebrush Cantina. As a result, the Downtown Development Authority had around 30 business owners visit their two-session open-forum discussion on parking last Thursday at their 51 N. Broadway office. ‘This is a democratic process,? DDA Director Lois Golden said, […]
General Motors will come before the Orion Township Board of Trustees next week, but what they’ll be presenting remains a bit of a mystery. Their presentation is part of an 8 p.m. public hearing set for the board’s Feb. 20 regular meeting. The board agreed to put the issue on that agenda at their Feb. […]
When his story was told in The Lake Orion Review back on Jan. 10, Karl Eberle, owner of the recently closed Karl’s Place, had no idea what the response would be. In just a couple of weeks time, he was flooded with calls. ‘A lot of people were just checking on me, and some called […]
Ted Schmidt, an entreprenuer who proposed a valet parking idea to the Village Council last summer, was the subject of an investigation that aired on WDIV Local 4 earlier this month. The ‘hidden camera investigation,? done by reporter Kevin Dietz went into Schmidt’s Hitech Metro Hearing business in Sterling Heights. The story said that Schmidt’s […]