LO Softball grabs title

The Lake Orion High School varsity softball team continued their hot streak as they prepared to put a cap on their winning 2004 season, taking the Division I District Championship over Romeo. The Dragons began district play on June 1, defeating Oxford, 13-8. Kristen Larsen had three hits for the winning team, while Nichole Woityra […]

Is a regional senior center possible?

In response to requests from their constituents, Oakland County Commissioners Eric Wilson and William Patterson have asked the board of commissioners to discuss the possibility of having a combined senior center serving Addison Township, the Village of Leonard, Orion Township, the Village of Lake Orion, Oxford Township and the Village of Oxford. ‘People have expressed […]

LO Forensics has state champion, one going to national tournament

Ask any member of the Lake Orion High School Forensics Team what they have learned from the program, and they will tell you self-confidence, better public speaking skills and better verbal communication. These skills will help the kids throughout their lives, but future forensics team members could miss out if the program is unable to […]

Brown Overlay District feasible

Completing the second phase of a market and economic analysis of a Brown Road Overlay District, Allen & Associates Appraisal Group and Real Estate Development Research have told the Orion trustees that there is a market feasible for technological and research facilities on Brown Road. Phase I of the study, determining if a market did […]

Eagle Valley wants better communication

Mike Stallard of Waste Management was not pleased when he recently received a letter from Orion Township implying that the Eagle Valley Recycling and Disposal Facility on Silverbell Road was not complying with methods set forward in the settlement agreement with the township over 10 years ago. ‘I was really pretty surprised,? he told board […]

6th grader wants to be a country music star

By day she is a sixth-grade student at Scripps Middle School, but by night Crystal Jenkins is working tirelessly to become the next big country music star. Jenkins has a demo of five cover songs out now, and is putting finishing touches on a CD of original songs to be released in September. She hopes […]

Postal clerk works to make a difference for soldiers

For Clarkston native Charles ‘Bud? Murray, and those like him in the Air Force and other branches of military service, knowing that those back home are thinking of them while they are serving overseas can make all the difference. Murray, step-son of Lake Orion Postal worker Hank Turzanski and wife Norma ‘Jeanie? of Clarkston, presented […]

No community center, for now

The future doesn’t look bright for a new community center in Orion Township. Trustees decided not to take any action on any proposed construction. The board voted nearly two years ago to have a feasibility study done on possibly building a township community center, after a group of 950 citizens signed a petition asking the […]

Fox 2’s Deena Centofanti calls Lake Orion her home

If you’re wondering if you might have spied Fox 2 News reporter Deena Centofanti standing in line next to you at the grocery store, your eyes probably aren’t playing tricks on you. Centofanti has called Orion Township her home since she and her husband Keith moved here in 1997, so they could be close to […]

Boys track undefeated

The Lake Orion High School boys track team polished off another winning regular season, going undefeated in OAA I. On May 11, the Dragons defeated West Bloomfield 70-58, and Farmington Hills Harrison, the two-time defending state champion, 95-33. The Lake Orion girls fell to Harrison 68-60, and defeated West Bloomfield, 69-59. For the Lake Orion […]

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