Having graduated only one starter, Leigh Hopkins, since last season, things are looking good for the 2004 Lake Orion High School varsity softball team. Head coach Denny Davis returns pitcher Robin Roe, a junior; and sophomore catcher Eileen Frezza, who could share the spot with Milford Lakeland transfer Sarah Ziem, a junior, after Frezza returns […]
The goal for the Lake Orion High School boys varsity tennis team this season is to finish higher in their league then they did last year, when they brought up the bottom of OAA Division II. ‘I want us to challenge, but be realistic at the same time,? said head coach Jody Winkelman. The Dragons […]
Members of the Union Church Governing Board hope to have a certificate of occupancy soon for the building after they follow through with a new plan for the remainder of the restoration process. After reviewing the initial restoration plan, the governing board decided some of the steps were premature. So trustee Michael Gingell, who represents […]
Lake Orion resident Ed Roberts is on a quest. Since first hearing about Orion being the first in the country to offer marine mail delivery on Lake Orion in 1905, Roberts has been digging up research to try and prove that claim. He hopes to have a reenactment of the mail delivery on Lake Orion […]
After there recent disbandment, members of the Orion/Oxford Community Coalition knew they wouldn’t be needing funds allocated to them for 2004 by Orion Township for community services; so they have asked the board of trustees to give their money to Orion Area Youth Assistance. The board had voted to allocate $3,600 to the coalition under […]
The Lake Orion High School varsity baseball team returns eight seasoned starters this year, along with one who played a few varsity games last season. Head coach Andy Schramek said his team is returning strong and ready to play. ‘We have Nate Recknagle back for his fourth year on varsity, he’s been given competition clearance […]
With a strong core of returning competitors, the Lake Orion High School varsity boys track and field team hope to take home the OAA Division I championship again this year. Returning for the Dragons are senior captain Erik Wallace in the hurdles, senior captain Keith Magic in the 800, and senior captain Matt Englebrecht in […]
Lake Orion area residents now have an option instead of traveling to remote, hospital-like settings to have their mammography, ultrasounds, CAT scans and other imaging procedures done. The Bald Mountain Diagnostic Imaging Center in the Bald Mountain Regional Medical Complex on Lapeer Road is already open to patients of HealthFirst, also in the complex, and […]
Sagebrush Cantina owner Dia Zaraga and the Lake Orion Village Council are closer to allowing Zaraga to have an enclosed double-Dumpster placed on village property. However, the agreement won’t be approved until a survey of the property is complete. The board reviewed a draft license agreement prepared by Village Attorney Gary Dovre at the Sept. […]
Although the Lake Orion Village Council says its hands are tied, residents on Park Island would like to see more road services for their tax money. Park Island residents Howard Daenzer and William Raymor, along with several neighbors, approached the council on Sept. 25 to discuss resurfacing Park Island and converting it to a public […]