Even though there’s seven games left in the regular season, it’s time to gear up for the post-season, says boys? soccer Coach Matt Paukovits. He says the team is finally starting to ‘find our rhythm, find our feet,? and the boys should perform well over the next several weeks and beyond. ‘I think that we […]
Cross country The Dragons continued showing their depth, from grade level to grade level, said Coach Stan Ford, after the team won the Old Skool Classic, Saturday, Sept. 25. This meet is scored differently then a normal meet: Lake Orion freshman Ted Ryquist, sophomore T.J. Carey, junior Ryan Singles and senior Jake Lauka were the […]
One thing’s clear, said Jillynn Keppler, assistant superintendent of administrative services: the way schools are funded doesn’t cover big purchases and major repairs. So how does Lake Orion Community Schools go about funding new buses, better technology and building repairs? Go for a bond. The idea originally started brewing in the strategic planning finance committee […]
As Kelly Weaver pointed out at the last school board meeting, she’s not the newcomer anymore. The board picked Weaver to fill Bill Walter’s vacant seat earlier this summer. But Sept. 15, Lake Orion resident Steve Drakos became the newest board member. Drakos was among four who tried for the seat left empty by Tina […]
Cross country Sept. 14, at the Oakland Activities Association first Red Jamboree, the boys’ cross country team ran to a first place finish with 43. Birmingham Seaholm came in second with 50, and Clarkston took third with 78. Individually, LO’s T.J. Carey finished with a first place time of 16:24.3, Jake Lauka came in fourth […]
‘Whiskey’s and Wagon Wheel open to serve,? ‘Ehman Center lofts full,? ‘Skateboard park expansion coming soon,? and ‘Parking problems solved.? Those were the headlines splashed across a giangantic edition of The Lake Orion Review, dated Feb. 12, 2020. Lake Orion business owners and community members spent weeks gathering goals and ideas like those, eventually assembling […]
‘What the enemies of freedom don’t understand, what they will never grasp, is that America is not weakened by their attack. We are awakened,? said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, Lake Orion and the country focused their memories nine years back and their minds on the future during the anniversary […]
Plans for downtown’s renovation are rolling forward now that bids are in and a contractor selected for the work. The new streetscape and Children’s Park facelift was expected to cost the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) $2.12 million, but lowest bidder Dan’s Excavating says it will do the work for $1.87 The amount is about 12 […]
Lake Orion police cited three people for prowling and a woman had her own vehicle towed, Thursday, Sept. 9. A 21-year-old Ortonville woman, a 22-year-old Holly man and a 17-year-old Ortonville man were involved in the incident, which occurred near M-24 and Park Island, according to the report. Lake Orion officers saw a vehicle carrying […]
Running in 70-degree weather is nicer than in 90-degree weather, decided Coach Stan Ford’s boys? cross country team. Last weekend’s cool breezes must have been at the runners? backs when the boys took fourth place at the West Bloomfield Invitational. T.J. Carey (second), Jake Lauka (17th), Brad Cross (27th) and Ryan Singles (29) were all […]