By Jim Newell Review Editor The rookies are headed to World Championships and watch out for the new kids on the block. The Scripps Middle School Robotics Team 11691 will compete in the FIRST Robotics championship against other robotics teams from around the nation and world April 27-29 in St. Louis. The team has twelve […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor One man’s trash is another man’s…masterpiece. Or at least a fine piece of creative artwork. The Orion Art Center is holding its Re-Create Art Exhibit this month and the pieces will be on display until May 26 at the Anderson Street location. The Re-Create show challenges artists to use recycled […]
State Rep. John Reilly of Oakland Township will host open office hours on Monday, April 24 at the Orion Township Public Library, 825 Joslyn Road in Lake Orion from 5 to 6:30 p.m. “I look forward to the opportunity to listen and learn what issues are important to people,” Rep. Reilly said. “Meetings like this […]
Nicole Curtis of HGTV’s Rehab Addict is in town this Saturday opening her latest project, a 1925 Cottage at 23 Heights Road (parking in Opa’s parking lot) to raise money for a local family. Curtis, a 1994 Lake Orion High School graduate, grew up in Lake Orion. Her grandparents, Chet and Peg Bushman, had Bushman’s […]
Site previously planned for new fire station By Jim Newell Review Editor In June 2013, Orion Twp. closed on a land purchase deal for three parcels on Atwater Street with the intention of building a new fire station on the site. Now, Orion Twp. is looking to sell the property and has recently received […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Thirteen Lake Orion High School student-athletes signed their national letters of intent April 12 to continue their playing careers in college next fall. This was the largest signing day of the year. In November, four students signed and seven more signed in February to play college sports, bringing the total […]
By Elise Shire Oxford Leader Staff Writer A group of Oxford residents is hosting a spaghetti dinner to benefit two Oxford residents currently battling cancer, Joe and Andrea Sjoblom. The dinner will be held Sunday, April 30 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 108 (130 E. Drahner Rd.). Andrea is […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor On Orion Twp. woman has died after a fatal house fire late Thursday night in the 800 block of Vernita Drive, one street over from Pine Tree. The fire occurred about 3:13 a.m. April 13, with the Orion Twp. Fire Dept. and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) responding to […]
Historic Paint Creek United Methodist Church is located at 4420 Collins Rd. between Rochester and Adams Road off Orion Road. I found Paint Creek Church almost five years ago. There was an “at home” relaxed feeling that only the small church of my childhood provided, and that goes back many years. My memories of church […]
Last week’s issue of The Lake Orion Review had a rambling treatise from local jokester J.P. King (I will not be silenced!, April 12, 2017) regarding a comment I made about using the “View Points” section of the newspaper for informative, entertaining letters and not for personal vendettas. It’s been said that laughter is the […]