The pews of historic Union Church may soon be filled again, once the Orion Historical Society finishes an interior renovation of the 1854-erected structure. Listed on the National Registry of Historic Buildings, the church is located at Broadway and Church Street in the Village of Lake Orion, but is owned by Orion Township. The Orion […]
Lake Orion High School 2005 graduate Calli Long could soon be shaking hands with President Bush, after she was recently crowned ‘America’s Homecoming Queen.? Long, who was Homecoming Queen for LOHS in 2004, entered the national contest after winning the Michigan Homecoming Queen competition, held in Muskegon this past April. America’s Homecoming Queen is a […]
Local piper, William Fordyce of the Celtic Pipers and Drums USA is going to Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s joining 10,000 pipers, drummers, members of the brass and reed bands and clan societies to take part in the biggest ever Pipefest on Aug. 21. They’ll be aiming to break the world record for the world’s largest pipe […]
My policy on writing letters to the editor won’t allow me to print the following letter on the letters page. The writer didn’t give me his name and a phone number. As a reminder, I’ll print letters using name withheld if requested to do so, but I still have to have a name for possible […]
I was surprised to see 16 newly installed traffic lights at the corner of Joslyn/Clarkston Roads. This corner has a county park with no entrances nearby, a soccer field, a day care center and a vacant lot. Something BIG must be coming. But usually we don’t make such improvements until after an area is developed. […]
Ten Years Ago Aug. 2, 1995 ~~Bob Gustaffson will be displaying his Jaquar car at the Concours d’Elegance automobile show at Meadowbrook Hall in Rochester. ~~An attempted murder charge against Vicki Seiber was dropped by a Rochester judge last week. She was a suspect in the shooting of her husband James at the Rustic Cabins. […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County recently installed four new left turn signals at Joslyn and Clarkston Roads, after completing a traffic study in the area. According to RCOC Public Information Officer Craig Bryson, the signals should help prevent unnecessary delays that were caused by traffic backing up while waiting to turn left. ‘It was […]
Dale Ziegler doesn’t think it’s fair the Orion Township Board of Review has decided to assess taxes for the second floor of his Clarkston Road home, being that there’s nothing there. Ziegler asked the board of trustees to pass a resolution July 18 that would allow residents to appeal by letter to the board of […]
The Vardar U13 girls team, representing the state of Michigan, won the US Youth Soccer Midwest Region II tournament, held June 24-29 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The U13 girls are the first girl’s team in the Vardar club history to win a regional title. The Vardar U13 girls team faced the Carmel United Soccer […]
Justin Pavliscak, 9, was the recipient of the Donte Curry Attitude Award at the Detroit Lions Youth Football Camp, held at Lake Orion High School on July 25-28. Pavliscak, a student at Carpenter Elementary School and a player with the Lake Orion Dragons Youth Football program, earned the award for having a positive attitude the […]