Roger Smith was once a student in the television production workshop at Lake Orion High School, and worked on the school’s daily newscasts. Today, he teaches the class. The broadcasting class is in its 20th year, and is offered along with the video projects class, which is oriented towards individual production projects. In April, the […]
Some answers should soon be on the way in the Orion Township investments debate, as an independent auditor will be examining township investment practices. The Forensic Audit Committee, formed by the Orion Township Board of Trustees at their April 3 meeting, gave the board an update of their progress and asked for feedback at the […]
There’s a bar in Boston where everybody knows your name. Fortunately, Bob Higgins of Clarkston made sure the same thing is available here in Michigan. Some would say Higgins is a man in the restaurant business. Higgins, however, says he is and always has been in the people business. ‘They’re like family,? Higgins says about […]
From money-making scams and stolen identities to dangerous predators, the internet has become a pretty dangerous place — especially for those who are uneducated about it. That’s why the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department was on hand recently at the Orion Township Library, sharing information with the public. OCSD Detective Jerry DeRosia, from the Computer Crimes […]
The Dragon softball team swept their fifth straight league doubleheader to capture the OAA I title on May 22. The 6-1 and 12-1 victories over North Farmington improved Lake Orion’s record to 26-5 on the season, with all of those wins coming with pitcher Danielle Dunn at the mound. Her 26 wins is a school […]
The good news is that the Lake Orion four-game league losing streak has ended. The bad news is that the winning streak was stopped at one. The Dragons fell, 7-5, at home against Clarkston in eight innings on May 22, to drop to 5-5 in league action, officially ending their hopes of repeating as OAA […]
The Lake Orion girls track team scored 85 points, and the boys team posted 62 points, as both took second place at the May 19 regional at Holly. Individual athletes and relay teams finishing in the top two automatically qualified for the state meet, June 3 at East Kentwood. Other finishers who reach a qualifying […]
The Lake Orion girls golf team narrowly missed out on a trip to the state finals, placing fourth at their regional at Riverwood Resort outside of Mt. Pleasant. Grand Blanc ran away with the title shooting a 343. The Dragons 388 total was 12 strokes behind third place Clarkston. Juniors Darby Peters and Britney Hamilton […]
The scoreboard wasn’t the only place where the Dragons were hurting after a 5-1 loss at Rochester on May 16. Things seemed to be in order when Lake Orion’s Jenna Hill scored to tie the game at one at the half. But the injury bug doomed the Dragons. Goalkeeper Ashley Shugar was injured in the […]
Thirty-five teams from across the area gathered at Waldon Middle School for the American Cancer Society’s Annual 24-hour Relay for Life event, on May 20 and 21. This year’s relay honored nearly 100 cancer survivors in the touching Survivor’s Victory Lap, and included a speech by 11-year-old Alexa Adkins. Adkins, an Oakview sixth-grader, has undergone […]