Lake Orion has long been considered a close-knit, connected community.? Now imagine one of Michigan’s largest high schools being cell phone free for an entire day, prompting the town’s students to interact like teenagers of the past, via real face-to-face communication ? and all for a great cause! On’Friday, January 16, Lake Orion High School’s […]
By Dan Shriner Review Editor There was a lot of iron moving Saturday at Lake Orion High School. A total of 370 powerlifters from schools throughout Michigan came to the Dragon den to participate in a powerlifting competition. The high schoolers competed in three events – bench press, squat and dead lift ? in various […]
Lake Orion Basketball Coach Tom Risi knew his young Dragons would likely have a rough start to the season but he is convinced they will learn from playing a tough schedule early and will rebound later. The young Dragons certainly had a tough time last week against Clarkston as the undefeated Wolves improved their record […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Just like humans who more than often crave warm and filling foods in the colder months, so too do their winged predecessors: the birds. Especially now during the wintertime, local birds may rely solely on area residents? continued supply of birdfeed and fresh water for survival. In many cases, […]
Lake Orion grapplers returned with a trophy from a weekend tournament held at Clinton High School. Dragon wrestlers finished second in the tournament, out of more than 15 teams, which included many state-ranked wrestlers. Logan Shadaia, at 215 pounds, and Vincent Ritter, at 285 pounds, won their weight classes. Dalton Meyers,’Dominic Foesman and’Noah Smith all’placed […]
The staff of The Lake Orion Review would like to apologize for a photo on Page 20 of the January 7 edition that depicted inappropriate symbols and profanity on a picture of graffiti on a bridge at Goldengate Road and Pleasant Ridge Road. An editing error led to the photo being published. The graffiti is […]
With its long, cold nights, winter is the perfect season to curl up with a good book. Forty members of Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ (1 Hovey St.) in Oxford Village are doing just that with the original good book. On Jan. 1, they began reading a little bit of the Bible each day […]
The newly-seated Oxford School Board got right to work on superintendent search discussions at the Jan. 7 regular board meeting. ‘Today, we’re just going to talk (about) how we want to go about that process,? said President Jim Reis. ‘Then we’ll decide which direction we want to go.? Trustee Joyce Brasington said she’d like to […]
Community leaders had the chance to get the latest scoop in the Weiming Education Group partnership with Oxford Schools and get specifics of location as well as a chance to meet Weiming’s new North American CEO at the Jan. 9 Community Leaders Breakfast held at the Oxford Schools Administration Building. The project After being unable […]
Deja vu is the best term to describe last week’s Oxford Township Planning Commission meeting. Residents showed up to oppose smaller lot sizes in their area and planning commissioners approved a recommendation to allow for them. In a 4-2 vote, the planning commission recommended the 41.7-acre property located on the north side of Stanton Rd., […]