Oakland County deputies arrived the mangled remnants of a two-car accident on M-24, just south of Scripps Road, Monday night. A 19-year-old male driver was driving southbound around 8:20 p.m. when he attempted to pass a second vehicle in the right lane. As the driver completed the pass, he clipped the front end of the […]
Leslie Clements woke up a third of a pound lighter Sept. 2, but her brother, Bill Dougherty, Jr., felt like a huge weight had been lifted from him. It was that day Clements, of Lake Orion, gave one of her kidneys to Dougherty, freeing him of dialysis, tight diet restrictions, exhaustion and future health deterioration. […]
Golf season for the lady Dragons is in full swing. The young team, made up of freshman Rose Griffin, sophomores Stacey Lecnzar, Maddy McClean and Rielly Dunn, and senior Alyssa Mason, played two tournaments this year. The girls placed fifth of six teams in the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Red tournament and 17th of 22 […]
We did it! We took the plunge ? literally and figuratively. My now-husband and I were married at my parents? cabin September 5 next to a glassy Lake Superior at sunset ? no wind, no bugs, and possibly the warmest day the Upper Peninsula has seen all summer. Later, we took a dip in our […]
Village residents voted in four council members at the Sept. 15 election: John Ranville and Michael Toth will return as incumbents, with Douglas Hobbs and Lawrence Stumkat serving for the first time. The three highest vote-getters ? Hobbs, 128, Ranville, 120, and Stumkat, 112 ? will serve four-year terms. Toth, with 109 votes, will serve […]
Residents may have already noticed different mail carriers and fewer collection boxes around town. The changes are part of money-saving strategies by the Lake Orion Post Office to streamline expenses while maintaining services, according to Postmaster Ted Banks. He noted the changes are due to ‘the economic downtown and the reduction in mail volume.? ‘The […]
The boy’s tennis team came out swinging this season. Dragons swept everyone in their first matches during the Clarkston Invitational and Romeo Apple Open. Last year, the team only won once. ‘The whole team right now is on cloud nine,? said new Head Coach Eric Bracciano. Bracciano returned to Lake Orion High School as coach […]
All day, every day kindergarten has gone off without a hitch. Lake Orion Board of Education voted for the switch from all day, alternating day to all day, every day kindergarten (ADED K) January 14. The school year is nearly four weeks in and, according to teachers and Assistant Superintendet Heidi Kast, ADED K is […]
When Bridget Llewellyn first started writing her children’s book in October 2007, there weren’t any others quite like it ? a fact that she says was her inspiration for One Child, One Planet. ?[The goal is] to get children to appreciate the beauty in nature and preserve it, to get more kids playing outside instead […]
‘Take the T out of can’t,? is Mike Watt’s motto. ‘Can? is the three-letter word the Lake Orion resident says will take you places. Watts and his grandson, Matthew, a Lake Orion High School senior, volunteered nearly a month of their time renovating a house owned by the Baldwin Center. The Baldwin Center is a […]