A ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 15 marked the long-awaited opening of Orion Township’s first roundabout at Baldwin, Indianwood and Coats Roads. The $1.2 million project is the largest modern roundabout yet for the Road Commission for Oakland County. RCOC Managing Director Brent Bair said $737, 000 of the project’s cost was supplied by federal […]
When Sandy Mabery saw his name and the name of the now defunct Orion/Oxford Community Coalition listed on a 2002-03 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Act (SDFSCA) grant application, he became suspicious. The application was submitted by Lake Orion Schools and he said the group was never invited to meet with the school administration […]
One hundred years and three buildings later, members of First Baptist Church of Lake Orion will celebrate their centennial on Nov. 20-21, with a homecoming and event open to the whole community. The church, which has been located in the building on Scripps Road since 1972, and added a school for grades K-12 three years […]
Friends during their days at Lake Orion High School, Lakeville resident Dave Spearing and Shelby Township resident Jeffery Mason never dreamed that 20 years later they would both be sixth-level black belts in the Japanese system of Koei-Kan Karate-Do. Spearing, who graduated from LOHS in 1974, started studying martial arts when he was 14 years […]
Kathi Stiff of Always Christmas has always known her mom, Michigan artist Peggy Abrams, has talent, and now the rest of the state will have the chance to see for themselves. Abrams? designs are featured in the holiday decorations Always Christmas recently provided for Governor Jennifer Granholm’s public office in the State Capitol building in […]
For the past seven years Carl and Joan Slomczenski, owners of CJ’s Village Cafe in Downtown Lake Orion, have opened their doors and served a traditional Thanksgiving meal to anyone in the community without a place to go on the holiday. This year will be no exception. ‘We’ve owned this place for seven years, but […]
Orion Township Clerk Jill Bastian said this area hasn’t seen a voter turnout as high as this past election day’s since the 1992 presidential election, but the number of people heading to the polls didn’t surprise her. ‘We prepared our staff for 100 percent turnout,? said Bastian. ‘They did very well. We’ve been planning for […]
Students at Carpenter Elementary School were able to travel to Africa without even leaving their classrooms during the school’s intersession on Oct. 11-15. Carpenter, a year-round school, used the intersession theme ‘Adventures on African Safari,? to teach the children about the animals and cultures of Africa. Students saw an exhibit of live animals of Africa […]
It was cold, rainy and a Saturday, but you wouldn’t know it from the enthusiasm shown by eighth-graders at Waldon Middle School who recently spent the day building a pond at the school. Students from Jon Gray and Tom Mundy’s science classes gathered in front of the school on Oct. 23 to spend the day […]
Improving from a ninth place finish to sixth place is a big step for any competitive team, and the Lake Orion High School Marching Band is no different. The Dragon Marching Band finished sixth in the Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA) competition, held Oct. 30. LOHS finished in ninth place last year, and director Michael […]