For the Hamilton family, paying it forward could mean saving more than one life. In this spirit, Clarkston native Karrie Hamilton Jolly is on a mission. The Lake Orion High School graduate helped organize a Bone Marrow Registry Drive in honor of her mother, long time Lake Orion resident Linda Hamilton, in an effort to […]
One night, while Powers Distributing delivered around 24,000 cases of beer, drivers saved about 7.4 million tons of carbon emissions from being released into the atmosphere. Just one of their hybrid delivery tractor saves the world from 53 million tons of carbon emissions over seven years. They have 20. Powers Distributing is the first beverage […]
For the past seven years Oxford Township couple Dawn and Bob Neely have operated their business Seniors Helping Seniors from their cozy home in Woodbriar Village off Drahner Rd. But, to give it a little more face, the couple decided to open a new set of doors at 1180 S. Lapeer Rd. in Dragon territory, […]
A special mother daughter-duo from Metamora wants their customers to feel good on the outside and even better on the inside. To accomplish this, Studio One Hair Designs owners and stylists Rene and her daughter Kelsey Gertz decided to donate 10 percent of their total sales through November 28 to Love In the Name of […]
Representatives from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) visited Scripps Middle School in Orion Township recently to inform local residents about the uncoming ‘improvements? to Lapeer Rd. (M-24). The $29 million project, which is completely funded by MDOT, eliminates all direct left turns onto or off M-24 in Orion Township. Construction mayhem will start next […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The difference between the $25.5 million Lake Orion Schools bond proposed two years ago and the two proposals on the $33.2 million bond for the August 6 special election is the magnitude in renovations. The previous bond covered ‘the immediate need, band-aid fixes, not the renovations this bond proposes,? […]
Opponents and proponents of the Lake Orion Schools 2013 Bond Election August 6 are running around the community in last minute preparations. All regular precincts will be open. Assigned precincts are identified on voter’s registration cards or by a quick call to the Township clerk, with two special changes made and instated for this election. […]
Since about 1983 a throw of a switch will call Oxford’s fire dispatch as backup for a Lake Orion emergency situation. Starting January 1, 2014, this button will be obsolete. The Lake Orion Village council voted last Monday, July 22, to move forward in collaborative efforts with Oxford administration to negotiate an agreement for Oxford […]
When landing in the desert, LOHS 2003 graduate Victoria Neuville Zajko will scan for bumps, rocks, or anything that could make it too eventful. With one other French female pilot, Zajko will spend 50 hours flying a four-seat, 50-gallon Cessna 172 airplane on a famous airmail route from France to Senegal, Africa, to deliver 500 […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The Village of Lake Orion denied request of the township to wave permit and demolition fees totaling $1200 for three houses the township purchased on Atwater St. for a new fire hall. Since around 2005 the Village of Lake Orion has requested the moving of Fire Station #1 from […]