Stiff, serious and lacking a sense of humor might be the picture some Lake Orion High School students had of a typical judge before meeting 52nd-3rd District Court Judge Lisa Asadoorian. Asadoorian spoke to the LOHS junior class on April 22, using her humor and down-to-earth style to connect with the kids about the dangers […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls soccer team lost to Troy Athens, but came back to win against Bloomfield Hills Lahser later in the week. Against Athens, Lake Orion lost, 5-2, on April 26. Dragon scorers were Rachel Bemman and Elyse Kiefer. On April 28, Lake Orion shut down Lahser, 2-0, with Margaret Verespie in the […]
The location of the Wooden Eagle restaurant on Lapeer Road will soon be under new ownership. Orion Township trustees adopted a resolution at their April 18 board meeting, to tell the Liquor Control Commission (LCC) that the township does not have a problem with the transferring of ownership of a 2004 Class C licensed business […]
Lake Orion resident Reggie Harrison said she has always wanted to release a CD of her own, and now she has one that will benefit the Orion Art Center as well. Harrison’s ‘Fearless? CD is available for $15, and proceeds will benefit the art center on Anderson Street in downtown Lake Orion. Harrison has been […]
The full cost of chloriding all public local and subdivision dirt and gravel roads in the township for 2005 will be paid for by Orion Township. The cost for the township-wide program will be 24 cents per lineal foot, with that rate including four applications of chloride, as well as a fifth application or double […]
Being a Hall of Famer could soon become old hat for Oxford resident Wallace Liley. On April 16, the former Lake Orion teacher and coach was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. In 2001, Liley became a member of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. He said […]
Residents living in the Squirrel, Silverbell and Dutton Road area might have thought a jet plane was attempting to land in their back yard, after a Consumers Energy gas main exploded Sunday night. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department was inundated with 911 calls from residents in the area of the explosion at about 10:15 p.m. […]
The Orion Township Board needs more time to consider possible approval of an Industrial Development District (IDD) on Silverbell Road. Ashley Capital has asked to have its Orion Commerce Center, located on property on the .south side of West Silverbell, across from Eagle Valley, designated by Orion Township as an IDD. The board discussed the […]
It’s official, former Bald Mountain State Recreation Area property at Scripps and Lapeer Roads now belongs to developer Mike Weger. The state completed a land exchange with Weger last week, trading 90.9 acres of state land in Orion Township for Weger’s property, 82.7 acres located in Oakland and Addison Townships along Indian Lake. Weger has […]
Growing up as the oldest of 10 children in a small tobacco farming community in Kentucky, former Lake Orion teacher Edna Cucksey Stephens says her love of reading made her who she is today. That love has also led her on her career path, resulting in her recently being named The Michigan Reading Association’s 2005 […]