He’s ready to say goodbye to the Road Commission for Oakland County, but district 3 manager Loren Yaros has no plans to leave his home in Orion Township anytime soon. Yaros started his career with the RCOC 31 years ago as a permit inspector, which took him all over Oakland County. He then worked as […]
The Dragons have their second district varsity boys soccer title in Division I in three years, and played in the opening round of the regional competition on Nov. 1 in Grand Blanc. On Oct. 25, Lake Orion began their post-season playing against Pontiac Northern in the first round of district competition. The Dragons took that […]
BY LISA VALENTINE Review Staff Writer The Lake Orion varsity girls basketball team increased their winning record on Oct. 25, with a victory over Birmingham Groves, before falling to Troy later in the week. Against Groves, the Dragons took a 45-41 victory, as senior Chelsea Richards scored 12 points and was 8-for-8 from the free […]
The Lake Orion boys cross country team are proving hard to beat, as they claimed the Division I regional on Oct. 29. The Dragons scored 57 points to win, with Rob Shinouskis finishing in first place overall with a time of 15:51. Teammate Drew Collette finished third (15:58), and Max Hock was 12th (16:30). For […]
Every parent wants to see their son or daughter enjoying themselves on the athletic field, but it’s hard watching your child get defeated game after game. That’s the message some parents have been sending to the Lake Orion Youth Baseball League (LOYBL), causing the board of directors to reevaluate how it run its blind draft. […]
A Lake Orion 17-year-old has been charged with criminal sexual conduct (CSC) after Oakland County Sheriff’s Department investigators said he sexually assaulted a co-worker. The incident occurred on Oct. 15 at Alexander’s Car Wash on Lapeer Road. According to the OCSD, the boy assaulted a 17-year-old female co-worker, who reported the assault to deputies the […]
Watching on her TV the devastation left along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Betty McDowell began to wonder what would happen if Orion Township were hit with such a disaster. It won’t be a hurricane, but it could be a tornado, terrorist attack or even another wide-scale blackout like the one […]
Until she was nearly two years old, Marissa Maver was developing like any normal baby would. But after a series of vaccines between the ages of 18-20 months, her parents said she began to show signs that something was not right. ‘At three and a half months she was sitting up, and she walked at […]
In keeping up with increased strain on parking at Civic Center Park that a new skate park and future amphitheater could bring, the township plans to construct a 100-space parking lot. The Orion Township Board approved $266,000 for the project that will take place in 2006. Funds originally budgeted for ballfield lighting will be used […]
The area of Grafton and Peters is going to be kept in the dark for now, after residents? request to have a street light installed was denied. Ten residents from Grafton submitted a petition to the Orion Township Board asking that a street light be installed at the intersection. No one from Peters signed the […]