By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Representatives from Orion Township’s auditor, Plante Moran, presented their financial audit findings to township trustees at the board meeting this week. Orion Township received a ‘clean opinion,? the highest opinion Plante Moran can offer, for their current financial status. The township general fund balance, governmental fund revenue and governmental […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The Lake Orion Fireworks Association (LOFA) made a few new changes for the 4th’of July fireworks celebration. The fireworks committee decided the show will be launched on the west side of Lake Orion from the bay southwest of the sandbar island at the LOFA meeting Thursday, May 29.?’Visit’http://www.lakeorionfireworks.org/’to see […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Village council unanimously approved architectural and design plans for the new village hall renovation project at the old senior center located at 21 E. Church Street Monday night at a special meeting. Council authorized administration to proceed with the design and bid documents with alternate add-ons and deducts to […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Local residents celebrated the grand opening of Orion Family Spinal Center located at 3385 Waldon Rd. on May 31. The facility is located directly behind the Baldwin Caf?. The caf? donated more than 125 coney dogs for the celebration to everyone in attendance, including live music vocal artists We […]
In order to meet the requirements of a new state law forcing school districts to repay borrowed money from the state quicker, Oxford taxpayers will see a 0.9-mill increase in their tax bills. Last week, the Oxford School Board voted 6-0 to increase the debt tax from the current 7 mills to 7.9 mills. Trustee […]
By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer The past Saturday the Orion Township Public Library welcomed local author, Matt Faulkner, to launch his new children’s book Caijin: American Prisoner of War. On top of signing books, Faulkner did a graphic drawing demonstration for teens and younger children. ‘The book is about a thirteen year old boy […]
The latest proposal to increase Oxford Village’s water and sewer rates on Oct. 1 will be the subject of a 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 public hearing in the council chambers located at 22 W. Burdick St. Under this proposal, which replaces a previous proposal created by Mike Engels, of the nonprofit Michigan Rural Water […]
By Katie Winkler Review Staff Writer After seventeen years of Pine Tree’s Responsible, Outstanding, Caring, Kids program, Michigan Association of School Boards recognized the club with an Education Excellence Award. Dan Martin, third grade teacher at Pine Tree, came up with the idea of ROCK Club when he was driving home from the Michigan Reading […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer About 400 wheels will be ‘crawling? to Rochester and back along the 8.9 mile Paint Creek Trail on Saturday, June 7. For the first time yet, the Paint Creek Crawl cycling event and fundraiser will begin in downtown Lake Orion at Children’s Park with 150 to 200 riders anticipated. […]
By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer?? ??’The North Oakland County chapter of EF High School Exchange year’a division of Education First, the world leader in international education’is on a quest to find caring, local families to host foreign exchange students for the upcoming school year. ???’Students are between the ages of 15 and 18 years […]