She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for her portrayal of mentally-unstable nurse Annie Dutton, and now she’s the latest passenger of Oceanic Flight 815 to find herself ‘Lost.? Actress Cynthia Watros, who played Dutton on the daytime soap opera ‘The Guiding Light,? has come a long way from her days as a student […]
The Lake Orion girls varsity basketball team recovered from their first season loss to Stoney Creek the week prior by defeating Royal Oak Kimball on Oct. 11. The Dragons won, 69-37, with Trisha Dalrymple and Chelsea Richards leading the team with 11 points each. Brittany Daenzer and Cortney Kimmel each put in nine points for […]
The Lake Orion boys cross country team celebrated victories over Troy and Rochester in a tri-meet on Oct. 11. The Dragon boys defeated Troy, 17-44; and Rochester, 18-41. Rob Shinouskis finished first overall for Lake Orion with a time of 16:10, while Drew Collette was second (16:29). Max Hock of Lake Orion finished in third, […]
A Lake Orion 17-year-old has been charged with criminal sexual conduct (CSC) after Oakland County Sheriff’s Department investigators said he sexually assaulted a co-worker. The incident occurred on Oct. 15 at Alexander’s Car Wash on Lapeer Road. According to the OCSD, the boy assaulted a 17-year-old female co-worker, who reported the assault to deputies the […]
Watching on her TV the devastation left along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Betty McDowell began to wonder what would happen if Orion Township were hit with such a disaster. It won’t be a hurricane, but it could be a tornado, terrorist attack or even another wide-scale blackout like the one […]
Until she was nearly two years old, Marissa Maver was developing like any normal baby would. But after a series of vaccines between the ages of 18-20 months, her parents said she began to show signs that something was not right. ‘At three and a half months she was sitting up, and she walked at […]
In keeping up with increased strain on parking at Civic Center Park that a new skate park and future amphitheater could bring, the township plans to construct a 100-space parking lot. The Orion Township Board approved $266,000 for the project that will take place in 2006. Funds originally budgeted for ballfield lighting will be used […]
The area of Grafton and Peters is going to be kept in the dark for now, after residents? request to have a street light installed was denied. Ten residents from Grafton submitted a petition to the Orion Township Board asking that a street light be installed at the intersection. No one from Peters signed the […]
Hot Dog might sound like a strange name for a turtle, but it makes perfect sense to Waldon Middle School teacher Nick Shaksos and his sixth-grade students. That’s because Hot Dog, Shaksos? 14-pound North American snapping turtle, had his first bite of food 17 years ago, when he was just the size of a quarter, […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputies tasered a suspect after a foot chase following a vehicle crash on Joslyn Road on Oct. 27. The incident happened about 11 p.m., after the suspect was stopped in his vehicle by a deputy for a traffic violation at Joslyn and Brown. As the deputy approached, the suspect drove away. […]