Lake Orion Community Schools welcomed its new Executive Director of Human Resources at the school board’s August 12 meeting. Margaret Hazlett will take former-Director Patricia Murray’s place in the position. Murray served less than a year before resigning. ‘I’m really excited to have this opportunity,? Hazlett said. ‘I have a whole lot of people to […]
The Orion Senior Center celebrated the end of its Seasoned Reader Summer Reading Club with a high tea. Seniors joined fellow readers at the center for a full tea spread and music from Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel. The center partnered with the Orion Township Public Library to host the club and tea. ‘It’s just a […]
Art and wine lovers gathered at John and Geriann Reimann’s home on Indianwood Lake on Saturday for a benefit wine tasting. Money donated went to the Orion Art Center (OAC). ‘This is an opportunity for the community to come together to learn about the Orion Art Center and taste fabulous wines at the same time,? […]
Orion Township Public Library is fighting back against an executive order from Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm having to do with libraries. The order abolishes the Department of History, Arts and Libraries (HAL), scattering its sub-departments to various other state departments and eliminating the State Librarian position. ‘The Orion Township Public Library Board of Trustees acting […]
Of the nine Lake Orion establishments licensed to sell alcohol, seven passed the Lake Orion Police Department’s (LOPD) alcohol decoy operation, August 28. Under the direction of Lieutenant Harold Rossman and with supervision by an under-cover police officer from another department, a 20-year old ‘youthful-looking? man with a valid Michigan driver’s license acted as a […]
The Lake Orion Board of Education approved two interim principals at their August 26 regular meeting. Mike Fenchel and Tom Tobe were unanimously voted in for a 10-week stay at the high school. The two will split the principalship, one occupying the position three days and week, and the other two. ‘We’re in search of […]
The girls? cross-country team at Lake Orion High School is hoping to cross the finish line in third or fourth place in the league this year. According to Head Coach Debi McDonald, many area teams? top runners have graduated, so league standings are up in the air. ‘I think we have a talented group,? said […]
By Megan (Hess) Collier Review Staff Writer Lake Orion Board of Education put a stop to the district’s middle school overhaul. Administrators were rushing to restructure all three middle schools and the high school through late spring and early summer in an effort to save the district money. But school board members voted for the […]
Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Director Lois Golden has been ‘removed? from her position, effectively immediately. Seven DDA boardmembers made the unanimous decision at their Sept. 8 regular meeting. The board’s vote came at the expiration of Golden’s three-month opportunity to improve on her performance evaluation, according to president Gene Carlson. ?[The board] really felt there […]
With ‘a community and a nation divided,? Lake Orion Community Schools? Superintendent Ken Gutman decided the choice over whether students should watch President Barack Obama’s address Sept. 8 ‘or not’wasn’t his to make. Gutman announced the district’s decision in an email to parents. ‘Ultimately we left it in the hands of parents to determine whether […]