Hometown Heroes

Lake Orion firefighters Roger Lesniak, Mitch Terrance and Chris LaGerald were honored Monday night at Orion Township for their efforts to save a woman who suffered cardiac arrest in December at Kroger’s. The three, along with a bystander and two other firefighters, administered CPR and used a portable defibrillator to resuscitate the woman. She is […]

Cats? defense saves the day

A great defense can often be the best thing for an inconsistent offense. Oxford football coach Bud Rowley told his team they resembled a rollercoaster at times Friday in a 14-0 victory over Kearsley. ‘We can’t put the ball on the ground so much,? Rowley said referring to several offensive miscues. ‘We’ve got to get […]

Blessings for Lake Orion

An effort to meet the nutritional needs of all children in the Lake Orion community is underway. A program called ‘Blessings in a Backpack? is a national organization working in 42 states, including Michigan, that provides free food to meet at-risk children’s nutritional needs on weekends. A new group called Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion […]

New rector at St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills

The Rev. Laurel Dahill was welcomed as the new Rector of St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church with a special evening Service of Renewal of Ministry on Wednesday. The church is on Joslyn, next to Canterbury Village. The Rt. Rev. Wendell Gibbs, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, presided at the service which included a celebration […]

Police thwart church thieves

Cooperative police work led to the arrests of three family members believed responsible for thefts from the Church of Christ in January and other crimes in Oakland County. According to a report from Lt. Dan Toth of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Orion Substation, two females entered the Church of Christ located on Hemingway Road […]

OAA showdown was no let-down for Dragons

The expected basketball showdown last week between OAA Blue Division pre-season favorite Lahser and Lake Orion was more of a dress-down by the Dragons as they crushed the Knights, 74-54. The win improved Lake Orion’s record in the OAA Blue to 3-0 and this week they meet Harrison, also 3-0, in what is looming as […]

NOTA forms committee to explore merging with Independence Twp.

Some exploratory discussions will be held between the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) and representatives from Independence Township about a possible merger. The bus service’s board of directors voted to establish an Ad-Hoc committee to discuss a possible merger, but officials seemed to question whether a merger would be in the best interests of NOTA’s […]

NOTA eyes Independence

Some exploratory discussions will be held between the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA) and representatives from Independence Township about a possible merger. The bus service’s board of directors voted to establish an Ad-Hoc committee to discuss a possible merger but officials seemed to question whether a merger would be in the best interests of NOTA’s […]

Dragons are giving OAA Blue foes the blues

Sometimes you can learn more from losses than wins. The Lake Orion boys? basketball team suffered from late 2012 blues as they played three of the better teams in the region, losing to Clarkston, Detroit Country Day and Rochester Adams by wide margins. But those losses have made the team stronger and now that they […]

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