The Lake Orion High School bands? percussion ensemble, brass quintet and chamber percussion ensemble are three of seven ensembles chosen in the state to perform at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. The festival takes place May 12-14 at Western Michigan University. LOHS band director Michael Steele said having two ensembles chosen was unusual, and an […]
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 […]
Residents living in the Squirrel, Silverbell and Dutton Road area might have thought a jet plane was attempting to land in their back yard, after a Consumers Energy gas main exploded Sunday night. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department was inundated with 911 calls from residents in the area of the explosion at about 10:15 p.m. […]
Sometimes things get a ‘little hairy? around the Bryan/Witherspoon household, according to mom Lauri Bryan. That’s because Lauri and her husband Howard Bryan, an electrician, have four children: Ian Witherspoon, age 17 and a student at Lake Orion High School; Kara Witherspoon, age 12 and a student at Oakview Middle School; Erin Witherspoon, age 10 […]
Stiff, serious and lacking a sense of humor might be the picture some Lake Orion High School students had of a typical judge before meeting 52nd-3rd District Court Judge Lisa Asadoorian. Asadoorian spoke to the LOHS junior class on April 22, using her humor and down-to-earth style to connect with the kids about the dangers […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls soccer team lost to Troy Athens, but came back to win against Bloomfield Hills Lahser later in the week. Against Athens, Lake Orion lost, 5-2, on April 26. Dragon scorers were Rachel Bemman and Elyse Kiefer. On April 28, Lake Orion shut down Lahser, 2-0, with Margaret Verespie in the […]
The location of the Wooden Eagle restaurant on Lapeer Road will soon be under new ownership. Orion Township trustees adopted a resolution at their April 18 board meeting, to tell the Liquor Control Commission (LCC) that the township does not have a problem with the transferring of ownership of a 2004 Class C licensed business […]
Lake Orion resident Reggie Harrison said she has always wanted to release a CD of her own, and now she has one that will benefit the Orion Art Center as well. Harrison’s ‘Fearless? CD is available for $15, and proceeds will benefit the art center on Anderson Street in downtown Lake Orion. Harrison has been […]
The full cost of chloriding all public local and subdivision dirt and gravel roads in the township for 2005 will be paid for by Orion Township. The cost for the township-wide program will be 24 cents per lineal foot, with that rate including four applications of chloride, as well as a fifth application or double […]
Being a Hall of Famer could soon become old hat for Oxford resident Wallace Liley. On April 16, the former Lake Orion teacher and coach was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. In 2001, Liley became a member of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. He said […]