By Lance Farrell Review Staff Writer Looks like a Great Harvest for Orion Township this fall and beyond. At 7 a.m. on Friday, Jim and Louise Westcott of Lake Orion will open a Great Harvest Bread Company store, the first bakery the township has seen for many years. Situated across from Friendship Park at the […]
Orion Township Clerk. Penny Shults, wants to remind you about the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 6. Lake Orion polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at the regular polling stations. This is the general election, which means that Orion voters can vote for national candidates like the President as well as congressional representatives. […]
By Mary Keck and Lance Farrell Most of the time, my husband ? a reporter for The Lake Orion Review ? and I can cheer for the same team. During basketball season, we’re both rooting for the Hoosiers, but now we’re writing about and for neighboring communities and newspapers. Things have changed. Just take our […]
Ask the Lake Orion High School dance team if they believe in magic. Thanks to an approval from the Lake Orion School board, the team will travel to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, FL from Jan. 31- Feb 4. The fifteen-member troop will compete against teams from all over the nation in Jazz and Pom-Pon […]
Concerned citizens assembled on Monday to hear if the Orion Township Board would authorize construction of a 145-foot tall new cell phone tower on the corner of Baldwin and Waldon roads in southwest Orion Township. The Board voted to table the proposal until the Oct. 29 meeting, citing the need for further study of safety […]
Christmas came a bit early for teachers in Orion this year. Santa must have had a full list this September, because teachers from across the Lake Orion district found funding for classroom tools in their stockings. Funded by the Lake Orion Education Foundation (LOEF), over $9,300 in grant money was awarded at the September 26 […]
Lake Orion schools conducted a head count of all students on Oct. 9. Total students attending Lake Orion Schools is 7,602. 3,211 attend Orion elementaries, 1,832 attend middle school, and 2,534 attend LOHS. Adult Education consists of 25 students. Superintendent Ginopolis expects a 40-student reduction to have approximately a $100,000 impact on the adopted 2013 […]
The Orion Township Board approved an application for 2013 Community Development Block Grant funds. The allocation for Orion Twp. is $61,620, of which $15,986 is designated for public transportation, $2,500 for Emergency Food Assistance programs, and $43,134 for Home Improvement Loan Program.
The Lake Orion Marching Dragons competed in a Bands of America tournament on Saturday, Oct. 6. At the Pontiac Silverdome, the Dragons faced bands from seven different states, finishing first in Music, second in Marching, and second overall of the 18 bands competing. Michael Steele, Director of Bands at LOHS, offered a ‘thank you to […]
The Orion Township Board approved an application for 2013 Community Development Block Grant funds. The allocation for Orion Twp. is $61,620, of which $15,986 is designated for public transportation, $2,500 for Emergency Food Assistance programs, and $43,134 for Home Improvement Loan Program.