Team Alayna reveals new room to Alayna, thanks all who helped

Alayna Zalac’s 1970s style Pulte Home in the Keatington Subdivision of Orion Township would not have supported her new lifestyle, until Beth Shifferd, Team Alayna, and countless volunteers pulled the community together for a home-makeover, Lake Orion style. Alayna returned home from CS Mott’s Children’s Hospital a couple months ago after receiving extensive treatment for […]

Lake Orion’s girls track team is young and fast

A very young but skilled group of girls are expected to keep the girls track team running and jumping in the right directions. Second-year coach Dave Hutson said he has a very good mix of about 75 girls on the team and so far it seems loaded with freshmen and a good mix of veteran […]

Forensics team continues to improve and win

The Lake Orion Forensics team finished their regular season amid a flurry of individual and team successes. On March 15, the team won their division, at the Walled Lake Western tournament, the largest forensics tournament to be run in the state in over a decade. Individually, the Dragons had four members finish as finalists. Senior […]

Local ecologists scour Paint Creek for quality purposes

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer Local high school seniors pulled on their waders last week to assess the macroinvertebrate levels of the Paint Creek River at Children’s Park in downtown Lake Orion. Adam Pace and Kyle Cohen from Lake Orion High School, along with Scott Garrit and Jared Villeneuve from Clarkston High School, Alex […]

Athlete of the Week

Clarkstonites had mixed feelings about all the snow this winter but not skier Derek Van Itallie. All the snow meant the Clarkston High School junior could hit the slopes and help his fellow skiers on the Wolves? Boys Varsity Ski team quality for state finals. Van Itallie finished his season on Schuss Mountain as state […]

Wolves head into break strong

The Wolves added two wins to their overall record last week by defeating Haslett and University of Detroit – Jesuit High School. ‘I am very happy with the way they played and how they approached the week,? said Clarkston Boys Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Brian Kaminskas. ‘The team and the program itself are coming together […]

Township firefighters pluck pooch from icy lake

Brandon Twp.- Paula Reese was outside on April 6 with her ‘puppies,? 2-year-old shih tzu littermates Cali and Cody, when the dogs saw geese walking across the ice of Huff Lake and bolted after the birds. The dogs kept running, until they ran off the edge of the ice and plunged into freezing water. ‘I […]

Blaze claims historic barn

It withstood a cyclone and more than 170 years of Michigan weather. The barn was gone in about an hour. ‘Kids going to prom, wedding couples, and even the cover of a AAA Oakland County map used the old barn in their pictures,? said Sylvia Runyon, 78, who owned the historic barn at 5800 Oakwood […]

Township board denies extended hours for Enbridge

Brandon Twp.- Enbridge Energy will not be permitted to extend the construction hours for their planned petroleum pump station in the township. Additionally, the township plans police enforcement if necessary to prevent the multi-billion dollar company from violating the township ordinance which allows construction work only between the hours of 7 a.m. And 8 p.m. […]

Local icer drafted by OHL

For the past 13 years Ben Gleason has spent most of his time on skates’hockey scouting departments must have noticed Brandon Township’s Gleason, 16, was recently selected by the London Knights as the 36th draft pick overall in the second round of Ontario Hockey League’s 2014 Priority Selection. A Brandon High School sophomore, Gleason was […]

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