It’s not too often that the mission statement of a company is to put themselves out of business. But that’s exactly what Flushing resident Brad Tankersley, director of operations for Independent Life Supportive Services (ILSS), Inc., hopes to do. Tankersley started ILSS for high-functioning, traumatic brain injury clients at Indian Lake Village Apartments in Lake […]
In response to a security breach that happened over a year ago, security cameras will be installed in Orion Township hall. The breach was a file that was discovered missing from the township assessor’s office. As a result, the board has been looking for ways to improve security at the hall on Joslyn Road. At […]
If you attend the Carlos Santana show at Detroit Energy Music Theatre on June 25, you might spot a familiar face in the opening act. Matt Heulitt, who was born in New Jersey but moved to Lake Orion at age 9, has landed a gig as a guitarist in Carlos? son’s band, The Salvador Santana […]
The Lake Orion varsity softball team recorded victories over Troy Athens and North Farmington, as well as a doubleheader over Utica Eisenhower, last week. The Dragons crushed Athens on May 10, 10-0 in five innings. Bristel Brummit went 2-for-2 for Lake Orion, with a homerun, double and four RBI. Kelsey Stout and Nichole Woityra each […]
Students from Waldon Middle School participated for the first time in the Stream Leaders program through the Clinton River Watershed Council. About 100 eighth-grade students visited Yates Park in Rochester on May 4 with Waldon science teacher Jon Gray, four students from Lake Orion High School, volunteers and representatives of the Vanguard Chapter of Trout […]
A Clarkston man died during surgery on May 7, after he was the passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a six-car pile-up at Lapeer and Clarkston Roads on Saturday afternoon. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Donald Allen Moore, 77, of Clarkston, died at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital, where he was taken […]
In a bid to possibly add another 4.6 miles of gravel trail to Orion Township, trustees OK’d a budget adjustment of $140,000 to get work started on a utility corridor pathway. The pathway will be gravel six inches in depth, and 10-feet wide, provided by Consumers Energy who is putting in a 36-inch gas pipeline […]
With four children under the age of 10, turning off the television for a week might sound like a feat as insurmountable as scaling Mount Everest. The Brennecke Family of Lake Orion recently completed the challenge, turning off the four television sets in their home for the week of April 25-May 1, National TV-Turnoff Week. […]
The Lake Orion varsity softball team started out the week on May 2 with a 6-0 victory over Waterford Kettering, before ending the week on May 8 with a loss to Harper Woods Regina in the finals of the Fred Pieper Tournament. Against Kettering, Nichole Woityra went 2-for-3 for the Dragons with two doubles, while […]
The Lake Orion varsity baseball team defeated West Bloomfield, Clarkston, Royal Oak Kimball and Port Huron Northern, in a doubleheader, last week. Against the Lakers on May 2, the Dragons won, 7-1, with Steve Garver going 2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI. Kip Drewry was 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI. Lee Dickinson […]