They’ve never run in a marathon before, but Lake Orion couple Steven and Tracy Steffgen will be doing their first one for a good cause. The Steffgens, who attend St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church, one of 19 churches that make up the North Oakland Circle of Faith, plan to run in The Detroit Free Press Flagstar […]
Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Executive Director Katie Zimmer asks for the community’s patience, and participation, as the DDA works with the Oakland County Main Street program to revitalize downtown Lake Orion. Zimmer was the Orion Area Chamber of Commerce’s featured speaker at their Sept. 1 luncheon, held at the Sand Bar in downtown Lake Orion. […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls basketball team is proving to be a formidable force this season, as they cruised to victories over Romeo and Berkley last week. On Sept. 6, the Dragons defeated Romeo, 41-38, as Rachel LaRocca poured in 16 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for the Lake Orion team. In that game, […]
Nick Christi is hoping to have his restaurant ‘Christi’s? up and running in his family’s former Orion House location on Clarkston Road by Halloween. That’s what Christi told the Orion Township trustees on Sept. 6, when he requested their approval of a new dance and entertainment permit for his restaurant, to be held in conjunction […]
Kids at Carpenter Elementary School are ‘Change? ing Lives by Giving, while students at Lake Orion High School have already raised $1,500, on their way to a goal of $4,000, all for the cause of relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Every school in the Lake Orion district is pitching in to help, donating to […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted Sept. 19 to spend $3,000 to install an edge drain to a leaching basin along the recently resurfaced Clarkston Road safety path, to combat drainage problems. Other items of work to help drainage, included in a memo from parks and recreation director Rock Blanchard, were $23,044 to adjust […]
Candy Lytle said her husband Bob has always wanted to live on a lake, and the former Rochester couple recently fulfilled that dream when they purchased a home built in 1929, on Indianwood Lake. The Lytles, who own Lytle Pharmacy in Rochester, recently completed renovating the home, which needed new plumbing, electrical and heating. They […]
The Lake Orion varsity boys soccer team was winless last week, as they tied with Royal Oak Kimball on Sept. 13, and lost to Troy Athens at home on Sept. 15. Against Kimball, the Dragons tied 1-1. Senior Grahme Doyle scored the team’s only goal in the first two minutes of the game, on an […]
The Lake Orion girls swimming and diving team travels to West Bloomfield on Sept. 22, after losing to Stoney Creek at home on Sept. 13. The Dragons were defeated by Stoney Creek, 97-84. Winning two events for the Lake Orion team was sophomore Emily Loerch, who won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:08.26, […]
There’s more going on at the Lake Orion High School Natatorium than just high school sports. The natatorium offers a number of programs for the community, year-round, including swim lessons. Fall lessons began on Sept. 17. Swim lessons are offered for ages infant up to adult, for all different levels. Classes are taught by high […]