By Dan Shriner Review Editor There will be a passel of mighty Goodfellows and a few good women from the Orion community out during the next few days working hard to make this Christmas holidays delightful for the area’s needy. This season marks the 47th year the Lake Orion Firefighters Goodfellows will be selling special […]
By Dan Shriner Review Editor Orion Township residents packed the board room Monday night to overwhelmingly tell township officials that they like their trash haulers and are not interested in having one company responsible for all trash collection. However, the board voted, 4-3, to accept the first reading of a new ordinance that could lead […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Bruce Gertz, the 60-year-old man often seen at the Clarkston and Lapeer intersection on a bicycle, has another angel on his shoulders. In conjunction with the upcoming winter weather and in light of the holiday spirit, Transformation Christ Church of Lake Orion is sponsoring a Charity Christmas Concert to […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer For the first time since 2011, Orion Township has a balanced budget. After several budget workshops and two public hearings, the township board of trustees adopted the resolution to establish the 2015 fiscal year budget, levy and millage rates which included a two percent pay raise for all township […]
The early on-set of freezing temperatures has already created unsafe ice conditions in Oakland County. Now is the time for a reminder on ice safety and for parents to make the time to talk about ice safety with family members and especially young people who may encounter ponds and lakes on the way home from […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Carl Slomczenski doesn’t worry about cooking Thanksgiving for twenty people. He has to feed 600. CJ’s Lakeside Grille on Broadway may have seen one of the biggest turnouts in their nearly 30-year history of offering free Thanksgiving dinners to the community, easily topping last year, owner Slomczenski said. After […]
The Lake Orion girls swim team had the best showing in school history in the 2014 state championships. Coach Darin Abbasse’s lady Dragons, competing recently in the Division 1 State Swimming and Diving Championships at Eastern Michigan University, finished seventh. The 10-member group had 128 points for the best finish since the team was established […]
Jon Gray’s eighth grade science students at Waldon Middle School have a special guest this year whose origins date back 36 million years.? His classes are raising a baby sturgeon whose looks have not changed much since prehistoric times, according to biologists.? The threatened fish specimen was delivered to the school in October by the […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer On November 25, a woman was mistaken for a deer. The 34-year-old Oakland Township hiker was walking with a friend and her beagle in the North Unit of the Bald Mountain Recreation Area when two hunters heard a noise. The hunters had just seen a deer near Harmon and […]
The Lake Orion High School Choirs and The Lake Orion High School Bands are pleased to announce their first annual Winter Wonderland Concert honoring all Veterans and Seniors within the community. This free concert will be held at the Lake Orion High School Auditorium on Wednesday, December 10th at 11:00 a.m. and will feature a […]