Volleyball team still winning

The Lake Orion High School varsity volleyball team is in a tie with Rochester for first place in OAA I after several wins, both at home and on the road. The team won two games against Waterford Mott, 15-8 and 15-9, on Feb. 5 at LOHS. According to head coach Mike Hatch, the Dragons were […]

RCOC plans improvements at Baldwin/Brown intersection

Motorists who find the intersection of Baldwin and Brown Roads to be a pain could soon find some relief. Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk said a recent meeting with the Road Commission for Oakland County resulted in a promise for improvements in the near future. ‘The intersection of Brown and Baldwin is one of the […]

Change in trash hauler’s policy angers resident

At least one Orion Township resident was surprised to see their trash still sitting on the curb recently after Waste Management stopped accepting trash from 45 gallon containers. A resident wrote to The Lake Orion Review to complain about the change in policy and ask why Waste Management had stopped picking up the containers when […]

Preparing for life in the pros

Ryan Goleski’s dream has always been to be a professional baseball player, and after many years of hard work his dream is coming true. Goleski, a 2000 graduate of Lake Orion High School, was drafted in 2003 by the Cleveland Indians Baseball Organization. He played last June through September for a minor league team, the […]

Young artist has own show at CCS

Not many Lake Orion High School seniors can boast that they have had their own art showing, but Brandon Scott can. Scott, who will be showing off his work at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit through Feb. 27, was a winner this year of the Scholastic Merit Award for art. The CCS show […]

Orion Postmaster looks back on 34 years

Gary Richardson has a father-in-law to thank for his career with the United States Postal Service. Richardson, who retires Feb. 20 from his position as Postmaster for the Lake Orion Post Office, said his father-in-law was a rural postal carrier in Rockford, Michigan, and told Richardson he’d need a job if he planned on marrying […]

Internet predator sentenced to prison

He was arrested on Nov. 2, 2003 and now Ontario, Canada resident Steven John Waterman has finally been sentenced to prison for arranging to engage in sexual acts with a 14-year-old Orion Township boy he propositioned over the Internet. Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Detective Jeff Hamm of the Computer Crimes Unit said the case began […]

Man injures eyes with chlorine

The Orion Township Fire Department and Rescue, along with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, responded to a call of a man with liquid chlorine on his face on Bluebird Hill Feb. 16. According to an OCSD report, a 32-year-old Mockingbird Drive man, who works as a maintenance man at the Orion Estates Mobile Home Park […]

Students want community to tune in to ‘Teen Talk?

Lake Orion High School sophomore Jenny Smith hopes a student-produced cable program called ‘Teen Talk? will help her and her classmates garner the respect they deserve in the community. ‘The idea came from us kids a long time ago…we wanted a community center,? said Kristina Smith, another LOHS sophomore working on the project. ‘A lot […]

Local gymnasts keep bringing home the medals

Some of the gymnasts at the Gymnastics Training Center in Rochester have their eye on the Olympics, and if the recent performances of some Lake Orion gymnasts are any indication, they could well be headed there. Lake Orion residents Charlie Maurer, 10; Brandon Noore, 8; Alec Krystek, 8; and Dominic Isham, 10; compete for the […]

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