Although they were sympathetic when it came to the possibility of the historic Arnold Auditorium being destroyed during a practice burn by the fire department, Addison Township official’s hands are tied. Township attorney Robert Davis reminded the board last Monday night that it all comes down to a legality issue with the owners of the […]
One duck, two duck, three duck, four. It’s time for the 2nd Annual Duck Race through the Village of Lake Orion. Yellow plastic toy ducks will be racing down the river in Children’s Park on Saturday, Aug. 11 to win you great prizes and to benefit the Oxford/Addison Youth Assistance and the Orion Area Youth […]
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, Lake Orion village residents will get a chance to visit the polls and elect four individuals to the Village Council. Council President William Siver, President Pro Tem Kenneth Van Portfliet and council members Robert Hollenbeck and Douglas Dendel all have terms that are expiring, leaving four vacated seats. Van Portfliet has […]
A Clarkston man was convicted on two felony charges for severely injuring a road construction worker last April in Orion Township. When the story first appeared in The Review last year, Bryan Bette (aka Bryan Brette) was charged with driving the vehicle. After a police investigation, Bette’s boss at Munro Custom Building in Berkley was […]
Jim Weidman is no stranger to the Lake Orion school district, and after years of volunteering and serving on the school board, Weidman has accepted a new role as school board president. Weidman, a former teacher, is in his seventh year on the school board and has formerly served as a trustee. ‘With Leeann’s departure […]
In a day described as ‘absolutely phenomenal? by Glitz Salon owner Cherie Barnett, Glitz Salon’s annual Cut-A-Thon raised over $22,500 to benefit the Children’s Leukemia Foundation (CLF). The salon cut over 600 heads of hair, with haircuts being offered at $15 a piece, plus over 100 ‘princesses? had their hair styled into princess up-dos. The […]
The Bryson family spent this past weekend and parts of this week moving to a town ‘where living is a vacation? as dad Tony Bryson accepts his new position as administrator for Lake Orion Baptist School. Bryson, along with his wife, Leigh Ann, and three children, Abigail (seventh grade), Micah (fifth grade) and Joshua (third […]
For at least the past five years, Orion Township has charged 10 cents for one-sided copies and 15 cents for two-sided copies of documents, with some even coming at no charge, to the public. Clerk Jill Bastian wanted to keep those costs minimal, in spite of being inundated recently with a number of Freedom of […]
Residents across Orion Township and the Village of Lake Orion might have spotted a drinking water notice in some public places, or perhaps in The Review’s legal notices, in the past few weeks. That notice, however, is nothing to be concerned about, according to Village Department of Public Works Superintendent Mike Olson. Olson said the […]
At Monday’s meeting, the Village Council adopted Ordinance 7.11, a parking amendment that would allow the council to develop short-term parking in downtown Lake Orion. Ordinance 7.11 comes as an amendment to Ordinance 7.08, which allows for two-hour parking in downtown. ‘All this does is allow you, by a separate resolution at a later time, […]