Although they return only one state qualifier from last season, the 2003 Lake Orion High School Varsity Wrestling Team is ready to work for success this season, according to head coach Doug Kline. “We’re very excited. We came in with a whole new attitude this year,” he said. “We’re going more old school…harder, tougher. It’s […]
Lake Orion is a far cry from Chicago, but new Orion Youth Assistance social worker Debbie Barsamian said she is settling in well at her new position. Barsamian moved back to Michigan after working in Chicago, where her husband was transferred. A Southfield native, she began working for Youth Assistance in January. ‘I worked with […]
Loyal customers of Karl’s Place Cafe on Baldwin Road will have to suffer through the winter without their favorite dining spot, but the wait will have been worth it when the expanded restaurant reopens in the spring. Owners Karl and Joan Eberle, who have owned the restaurant for nearly 20 years, closed their doors in […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department called on the Aviation Unit and Canine Unit to help capture a man that fled into the swamp at Bald Mountain Recreation Area on April 12, after officers were called about him trying to break into a car. The OCSD was called to an address on Ferguson on April 12, […]
BY LISA VALENTINE Lake Orion Review Staff Writer Lake Orion High School has had its share of standout athletes, but not many of them have come from the school’s varsity golf program, until now. Senior Ashley Hamilton has raised the program to a new level, earning a full-ride scholarship to study at the University of […]
Orion Township resident and former township trustee Burke Cueny said a recent meeting with township building official Tom Berger and township buildings and grounds director Reenae Tulip convinced him it was time to hand in his resignation as chairman of the Union Church Governing Board. “Tom Berger, in one hour, settled all the concerns we […]
The new Paint Creek Trailways Recreation Master Plan will bring improvements to every community along the trail, including Orion Township, through 2008. Paint Creek Trailways Coordinator Kristen Myers said the trailway has already been developed, so features in the new master plan will focus primarily on “cultural improvements” along the trail, such as art projects […]
Kim (Sebesta) McCool of Scripps Middle School was surprised to learn she had recently been named “Physical Education Teacher of the Year” by the Michigan Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD). “Because I’m so young,” she explained. “It was an honor.” McCool, 31, lives in Oxford with her husband Steve and has […]