The Village Council has approved the purchase and donation of two buoys to the Lake Orion Lake Association. Every year, LOLA puts out sixteen buoys in Lake Orion to promote boating safety, swimming safety and reduce shoreline erosion, said Lake Orion Lake Association President Jerry Richards. According to Richards, nine of these buoys are placed […]
Students in Jon Gray’s eighth grade science class at Waldon Middle School recently took a canoeing field trip, thanks in part to a grant from Target. Eighty-two students, along with eight teacher/chaperones went on the May 24 trip to the Proud Lake Recreation Area in Milford. Gray said his students are quite familiar with studying […]
By now, I’ve grown accustomed to the four-hour Orion Township board meeting. But, as much as I’d rather be in bed when the marathon sessions are completed, I do appreciate the thoroughness which the board is attempting to allow to each issue. Whether you agree with their recent actions or not, voters should at least […]
By Colin Baumgartner Review Editor Patience proved positive for the Dragons on Saturday as Lake Orion used comeback efforts against two of the state’s most highly regarded aces to win the Region 5 championship at Fraser High School. The Dragons topped Utica Ford 9-2 in the semifinal and used a sixth inning two-run double off […]
Before the spring sports? seasons began, I joked with baseball coach Andy Schramek that his team would have to go undefeated in OAA I play to keep up with the pace set by the football and basketball teams at Lake Orion. While Schram’s team couldn’t get through league play unscathed, they are still one of […]
The seventh annual Alumni, Fans and Friends Dragon Football Golf Outing will be held at Copper Hills Golf Club on Friday, June 22 at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event directly benefit the Dragon football organization throughout the district. With budget cuts this year, the PEPP Club (Parents Encouraging Players Positively) will be helping to […]
By Cathy Kimmel Review Staff Writer The new Lake Orion Sleep Center can help put your sleeping problems to bed. According to Dr. Daniel Maxwell, this new location, opened since April, is part of a five-office practice and is dedicated to sleep disorders. ‘There’s a whole slew of disorders running around out there. We treat […]
For a year now, little monsters can be found in downtown Lake Orion. Well not actual little monsters, but Little Monsters, a specialty toy store, opened their doors a year ago. Located at the corner of Flint and Broadway Streets, owners Chris McKenna and Leila Freijy are excited to see how their business has grown […]
Students from one of Oakview Middle School seventh grade teams participated in a walk-a-thon to benefit Heifer International last week. According to teacher April Dobbs, each class in the team came up with some ideas for ways they could help others, and after some voting, the group decided to do the walk-a-thon. With 95 students […]
When it comes to community service, Amanda Teller knows her stuff. That’s probably why she was named the winner of an essay contest called ‘Giving Back,? which was started by T&C Federal Credit Union and the Detroit Shock. The 16-year-old Oxford High School student wrote her essay on why giving back to the community is […]