Want to go to the Boys & Girls Club in Lake Orion? It’s a great hangout for local kids, offering fun activities and encouraging students to do their homework, of all things. The funny thing is, they actually have success in accomplishing this goal (see “Clubopoly” in this web edition). The problem for many families […]
The Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Barbershop Chorus is celebrating their 64th year, and will perform a special program during the Orion Township Library’s Second Sunday Concert Series this weekend. The Oct. 24 concert begins at 2 p.m. and combines the chorus? shows from the past two years. Vice President of Public Relations Jack Teuber said the […]
The Lake Orion girls swim squad had all three of their relay teams place at the Oakland County Meet on Saturday, helping the team to a 12th-place finish overall in the two-day event held at LOHS. Their seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay (Nicole Kudla, Sarah Stiel, Christine Forrest and Emily Loerch) netted the […]
An emotional week was capped off by the Lake Orion boys cross country squad’s first ever Oakland County championship last Saturday. Running in memory of Co-Captain Josh Schrauger, the team dominated the competition, finishing with 113 points, 20 ahead of second-place Milford. The team was led by Doug Mack’s 13th place individual finish (17:03), followed […]
Lake Orion won their 20th consecutive homecoming game, topping Pontiac Northern 28-6 last Friday night to move one step closer to another playoff berth. With the victory, the Dragons also set up a huge OAA Red showdown at Clarkston this Friday night. The first-place Wolves are 7-0 in the league, while Lake Orion sits at […]
According to the scoreboard, Lake Orion and Clarkston played their closest game since 1954 on Friday night, with the host Wolves claiming a 21-19 victory in the most recent chapter of the storied rivalry. With the win, Clarkston wrapped up the OAA Red title, their first outright league crown since 2000. Lake Orion, meanwhile, fell […]
Patients of Lake Orion dentists Dr. Tina Marshall and Dr. James Komendera have been impressed with the office’s new state-of-the-art facility, and they didn’t even have to update their address books. The new office, which has been open since June, was constructed last winter as an addition to the existing building at 1135 S. Lapeer […]
Lake Orion will play at Romeo (8-1) in the first round of the playoffs this week, after the pairings were announced on Sunday night. The Dragons could see Clarkston (the top seed in their district) in round two if both teams are able to win this week (the Wolves host Utica Eisenhower). Lake Orion earned […]
Four upcoming elections will take up some headline space in 2008 editions of The Review, but that’s not all readers can expect to see this year. Like other communities across the state of Michigan, Orion Township Supervisor Jerry Dywasuk said it’s a matter of ‘weathering the storm? when it comes to recent economic struggles. ‘But […]
The township has accepted the Reconnaissance Survey of Historic Sites as completed by the Mannik & Smith Group, Inc., and submitted it to the Planning Commission for approval and inclusion in the current Master Plan. Maura Johnson presented an overview of the survey at the Dec. 17 board meeting. She led the effort by Mannik […]