Most people probably don’t think much about the Goodfellows until they hold their annual newspaper sales drive at Christmas time, but the group at Orion Township Fire Station #3 is busy serving the Gingellville area year-round. The Goodfellows from Station #3 will sell the Dec. 1st Goodfellows edition of The Lake Orion Review in Ginglleville […]
Lake Orion varsity basketball head coach Jim Manzo said the fact that his team is moving from OAA II to Division III this year doesn’t come with guaranteed victories, but he hopes using a ‘we before me? approach to the season will help his team on the court. ‘There’s been lots of movement (in the […]
It’s a new year, and the start of a new era for the Lake Orion High School varsity wrestling team. Head coach Doug Kline said that largely due to the efforts of a more involved parents group, the team is feeling a new energy going into this season, despite being very young. ‘This year is […]
The kids at St. Joseph School found an unusual place to hold class recently: An authentic Plains Indian tee pee. The tee pee, belonging to Jerry Lerche of Lennon, was set up behind the school on Nov. 19 so the kids could learn about Native Americans prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. Lerche is the grandfather […]
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 15 marked the long-awaited opening of Orion Township’s first roundabout at Baldwin, Indianwood and Coats Roads. The $1.2 million project is the largest modern roundabout yet for the Road Commission for Oakland County. RCOC Managing Director Brent Bair said $737, 000 of the project’s cost was supplied by federal […]
When Sandy Mabery saw his name and the name of the now defunct Orion/Oxford Community Coalition listed on a 2002-03 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Act (SDFSCA) grant application, he became suspicious. The application was submitted by Lake Orion Schools and he said the group was never invited to meet with the school administration […]
One hundred years and three buildings later, members of First Baptist Church of Lake Orion will celebrate their centennial on Nov. 20-21, with a homecoming and event open to the whole community. The church, which has been located in the building on Scripps Road since 1972, and added a school for grades K-12 three years […]
Friends during their days at Lake Orion High School, Lakeville resident Dave Spearing and Shelby Township resident Jeffery Mason never dreamed that 20 years later they would both be sixth-level black belts in the Japanese system of Koei-Kan Karate-Do. Spearing, who graduated from LOHS in 1974, started studying martial arts when he was 14 years […]
Kathi Stiff of Always Christmas has always known her mom, Michigan artist Peggy Abrams, has talent, and now the rest of the state will have the chance to see for themselves. Abrams? designs are featured in the holiday decorations Always Christmas recently provided for Governor Jennifer Granholm’s public office in the State Capitol building in […]
For the past seven years Carl and Joan Slomczenski, owners of CJ’s Village Cafe in Downtown Lake Orion, have opened their doors and served a traditional Thanksgiving meal to anyone in the community without a place to go on the holiday. This year will be no exception. ‘We’ve owned this place for seven years, but […]