Regular patrons of the Indianwood Junction party store at Baldwin and Indianwood will probably know her face, even if they don’t know her name. Employee Thelma Mead, who first started at the store when it opened 25 years ago, is retiring on April 24 and moving to Attica. She celebrated her retirement from the store […]
Lake Orion Review Staff Writer Kids at Paint Creek Elementary School had a visit from Sparky the Fire Safety Dog and his friends at the Oakland Community College Oakland Fire Training Institute recently for some lessons in fire safety. Students from the academy, along with firefighters like John Ewing of Lake Orion, a firefighter for […]
To say Margaret Cobane lives for Christmas might be an understatement. The Clarkston artist is a self-proclaimed “Christmas nut” who celebrates a bit of the season year-round by using her talents to create unique Christmas tree ornaments. This Christmas she is the artist behind the official Downtown Lake Orion santacicle ornament. “This is my eighth […]
Orion Township resident Todd McCoy said he often fears for his life when entering and exiting his vehicle at his home along Heights Road. “To get my kids out of the car and grab a bag of groceries, I have maybe three feet and I’m standing in the street,” he told the board of trustees […]
Residents in the area of Indianwood and Fernhurst Roads were at the Orion Township Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 17, pleading with the board to work with developer James Faycurry and avoid a possible annexation of Dutton Road property to Auburn Hills. Faycurry has been working for the past four years to develop condos […]
“Diamond Dave” Schurman has been in the jewelry business since he was 12 years old, and his Lake Orion store of the same name will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Schurman opened the first Diamond Dave’s location in the former Keatington Village, now Canterbury Village, on Joslyn Road in 1978 when he was just […]
To show how serious they are about getting Baldwin Road widened to five lanes, Orion Township trustees recently agreed to restrict $3.2 million in township funds to go towards the project. The board also adopted a resolution of support for widening Baldwin. At a recent Orion Area Chamber of Commerce meeting, Brett Bair, managing director […]
Oakland County Drain Commissioner John McCulloch told the Orion Township Board of Trustees on April 19 that a new master plan initiative in place by Oakland County could help communities prioritize their water and waste water management needs. ‘We want to see if we can provide communities options as they deal with the challenge of […]
Rick Ludeman has watched both his daughters leave their home in Oxford to serve their country, one currently stationed with the Army in Iraq and the other preparing for a career in the Navy. Ludeman, a 1968 Lake Orion High School graduate, is a Vietnam veteran who followed in his father Russell’s footsteps when he […]
The Lake Orion High School boys track and field team kicked off their first regular home meet of the season in grand fashion April 20, defeating Rochester 74-54, and Pontiac Northern, 76-52. Trent Varva in the shot and discus, Ryan Allison in both hurdle races and Adam Martin in two sprint races, were all double […]