‘The minute we start becoming satisfied with what we’ve done, we’re in trouble,? said Chris Bell With that in mind, the head coach and his Dragon football team are on well on their way to finishing a perfect season, after Friday’s homecoming 45-0 victory over Troy. The team’s 6-0 this season and they’ve clinched a […]
Putting the cart before the horse. The phrase was uttered by more than a few community members after school officials held a bond proposal informational meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 6. There, associates from Barton Malow and French Associates, construction management and architect firms, schooled the audience on how to hold a successful bond campaign. That was, […]
Getting her own TV show wasn’t something LOHS grad Nicole Curtis set out to do. The opportunity ‘fell into my lap? said Curtis, now the host of the DIY (Do it yourself) Network’s ‘Rehab Addict.? After graduating high school in 1994, Curtis traveled and lived all over the US rebuilding houses and doing interior design. […]
Michael McLeod is a romantic kind of guy. Since his wife Brenda Wilson was very young, she’s wanted to open her own book store. ‘I don’t know of very many people who can say they made the dreams of their spouse come true. That’s big for me,? McLeod said, owner of downtown Lake Orion’s newest […]
This Saturday, the Dragons will face their toughest competition yet, says Head Coach Chris Bell. And though he says the game’s mostly about bragging rights, it will be good preparation for Clarkston the following week in the league championship, as well as playoffs. For the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) White crossover game, Lake Orion will […]
Orion resident David M. Munro, 41, was taken into Lake Orion police custody after officers found a baggie of cocaine in his pickup truck and an illegal level of alcohol in his system, Sunday, Oct. 10. ‘Crack cocaine is not something to play with, especially while driving,? said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narh, who […]
Will Superintendent Ken Gutman stay or go? It’s not a question anymore now that word has come in from Walled Lake Consolidated Schools officials and Gutman himself: he’s leaving. Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Walled Lake Board of Education voted to appoint Gutman as their new superintendent, pending negotiating a contract with him in the next […]
A traveling hoard of over 50 bikers hit Lake Orion streets, Saturday, Oct. 16, but they weren’t rabble-rousers. In fact, they were pretty well behaved, considering the bulk of riders were area Sheriff’s deputies and police officers. The group of brown and blue law enforcement were on a mission to make some green for one […]
Houses and business will stay put, but the plots underneath them will change if the Lake Orion Village Council moves forward with a zoning ordinance rewrite. The rewrite was passed along by the village’s Planning Commission after the group finished a multi-year process checking to see how it could alleviate major issues, like the number […]
The books are good; the financial outlook is bad. That was essentially the message from Lake Orion Schools? Plante Moran audit, presented by Donna Hanson. For 2010, district expenditures exceeded revenues by just under $5 million, said Hanson, so the district used fund balance to make up the difference. That left the fund at $13.6 […]