Letter to the Editor

Dear Ms. Stieb: I want to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with teaching staff as part of their externship experience. The time they were able to spend with you was quite valuable in that it allows them to better design lessons based on existing expectations of the work […]

LO Police Log

Monday, Oct. 29, a resident on Detroit reported kerosene poured over vehicles and driveway. *** Tuesday, Oct. 30, grab-n-run reported at Tobacco Gallery on North Park Boulevard. Four cartons of cigarettes were taken, and subject fled in a red vehicle south on M-24. *** Wednesday, Oct. 31, a 911 caller reported a person sleeping in […]

Fire Calls

Monday, Oct. 29, 3:41 p.m.-down wires reported on Highland. Station #1 responded. *** Wednesday, Oct. 31, 6:52 a.m.-personal injury accident reported on Clarkston and Pine Tree. Station #1 responded. *** Friday, Nov. 2, 8:19 p.m.-fire alarm reported at Lake Orion High School on Scripps Road. Station #1 responded and it to be a false alarm. […]

Letter to the Editor

My name is Vicki Vanderheyden and my special needs daughter Katie Vanderheyden desperately needs your help. We received a letter from the director of special education of Lake Orion Schools a month ago stating that they were eliminating the current performing arts program for special needs kids at Stadium Elementary. The children are being moved […]

Bringing home a trophy

Lake Orion’s Track Team took the second place trophy during the Oakland County Freshmen Meet that took place at Pontiac Northern on May 6.

VFW post considering start of ladies auxiliary

North Oakland VFW Post 334 is considering starting a Ladies Auxiliary and is now assessing how much interest there would be for women to join. There are currently 581,245 members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States who are supporting our troops, and that has been the role […]

St. Joseph hosts middle school open house

St. Joseph Middle School will hold an open house on Thursday (Nov. 8) from 6:30-8 p.m. See their state-of-the-art technology lab and learn about their after school clubs and activities, among other things. For more information, contact the school at (248)693-6215. The school is located at 703 N. Lapeer Road.

Baseball team keeps winning

The Lake Orion High School varsity baseball team picked up two more victories to add to their record against Rochester and Farmington Hills Harrison last week. Against Rochester on May 3, the Dragons won 5-4, with Josh Hughes the winning pitcher for Lake Orion. Hughes added two RBI in that game, as teammate Mike Ripari […]

Boys track continues hot streak

The Lake Orion High School boys track team continued to win last week, defeating Rochester Adams 108.5-19.5 on May 4. The Dragons took the 3200 relay (5:26), and Kojo Asiedu won the 110 hurdles (15.53). Ryan Allison took the 100 dash (11:75), and the 300 hurdles (40.0). Lake Orion’s 800 relay team won (1:36.1), as […]

Citizen of the Year finalists are revealed

Well, Orion, we asked for your help in finding the Citizen of the Year and you came through. Our office accepted nominations for over a month and all were extremely worthy candidates. Candidates could not be elected government officials and duties of their paid employment were not considered, only volunteer work, and candidates had to […]