Improvement starts when you do

About a year ago, I started sharing my thoughts with you, Orion, here in this column and I have to say it’s been a blast. The responses I get are often insightful and usually flattering (which contrary to popular belief does get you places.) But I wanted to take a moment and go back to […]

Emergency personnel get new radios

By Gabriel Ouzounian Review Co-Editor Orion Township just got a little safer. Thanks to the introduction of a new type of radio system, named 800 Opensky, fire, medical and police officials will now have a greater degree of control over who they communicate with inside and outside the township. Previously, if Orion Township interacted with […]

Orion falls in state semifinal

Two great teams took to the field at Troy Athens High School last Saturday to play their hearts out, but only one would leave with a ticket to the state finals. Orion would not be that team, falling in the state semifinals, 34-27 to Detroit Cass Tech. The game saw Orion’s characteristically strong running game […]

Orion has solid, young team

The NHL player lockout is keeping Detroit Red Wing fans from their favorite sport, but Orion fans will soon have an outlet for their hockey cravings. The Dragons are ready to take to the ice and will begin with an invitational tournament on Friday in Novi. Preceding that, the team played the Canton Chiefs in […]

Playoff run increase basketball interest

It turns out that when a team does well, everyone wants in. That’s the case for the Dragons varsity basketball team, which had 26 kids try out for the 2012 team. In the 2010 season the team had just three wins. Last season, with 17 kids on the team, the squad went further into the […]

Village elections move to Nov.

Did you know elections for Lake Orion Village Council members and other village officials are held in September? The September vote often leads to low voter turnout, of 10 percent or less. The fall election comes at an time when there are no other elections being held and so voters do not turn out in […]

Village to reacquire Church Street church

A trip to Europe can be like stepping back in time, when walking past the town pub is also walking past a building that has stood for hundreds of years. Being the frontier-founded country it is, the United States does not have the same degree of longevity and old buildings are often torn down to […]

Swimmers face graduation blues

The swim team is back in action for the 2012/3 season and ready for the challenge ahead. But they’ll have to work past a loss of 12 seniors. ‘We lost quite a few, but I still have some guys for the bigger meets so we’ll be ok,? said Head Coach Paul Fairman. ‘We have three […]