By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Lake Orion Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting on April 13 where one of the more anticipated topics of discussion was the unveiling of the district’s strategic plan. Over the past several months, LOCS has been participating in the strategic planning process through the Michigan Association […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved the publication of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a potential parking deck during their regularly scheduled meeting on April 12. As parking has consistently been a point of issue in the downtown, the DDA has listed a parking deck as […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Village Council will hold two Truth in Taxation public hearings and a public hearing on the proposed 2022-23 fiscal year budget during its May 9 meeting to hear residents’ input. The Truth in Taxation hearings – one for the General Operating tax millage rate and the other […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Grand Rapids, Mich. – A federal jury in Grand Rapids on Friday acquitted two men in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, including Orion Township resident Daniel Harris. Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta, 34, of Canton, and Harris, 24, were found not guilty of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer, a potential […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The weather outside may have been slightly frightful but the joy inside was more than delightful during the special needs Easter party on April 2. The AU (Awesome & Unique) Special Needs Foundation hosted the annual Easter party at Lake Orion United Methodist Church with scores of children and their […]
Sheriff Bouchard vows to hold perpetrators accountable By Jim Newell Review Editor Lake Orion was among three local school districts receiving phone calls threatening violence on Friday, the Oakland Sheriff’s Office said. While none of the threats proved to be credible, Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard said his office would investigate and hold the perpetrators criminally […]
Lake Orion High School Athletic Director and head football coach, Chris Bell, was inducted into the Michigan Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in February. Bell is a part of the 2022 inductee class, along with 13 others. “It’s a great honor,” Bell said in a news release from Lake Orion Community Schools. “It means […]
Meet-and-greet night April 26 The intense focus, the unmistakable metal ping – followed by cheers from one side and groans from the other – is the sound of another ringer on the horseshoe pits. The Lake Orion Horseshoe Club season is 15 weeks, with scoring by handicap play so it is competitive for all, said […]
LAPEER — View Newspaper Group Owner and President Rick Burrough is proud to announce the locally-owned newspaper company has acquired the business operations of Sherman Publications, Inc., which includes the publications Lake Orion Review, Oxford Leader, Ortonville Citizen, Clarkston News, Ad-Vertiser, Penny Stretcher and Big Deal. “The Sherman family’s local news legacy, which dates back […]
By Don Rush Oxford Leader Editor OXFORD — It’s been one heck of a run for one local newspaper publishing family, and this week that run comes to an end. For 67 years members of the Jim and Hazel Sherman family have had their hands in publishing weekly, community newspapers under the Sherman Publication, Inc., […]