Lake Orion author releases first children’s book

Lake Orion author releases first children’s book

The Tender Turtle By Amy Denise Silvester Released Jan. 7, 2017 Book release party: 2-4 p.m. Feb. 25 at Crates Coffee House, 1472 S Lapeer Road, with a reading at 3 p.m. Books will be available to purchase on site. Books are also available at: www.lovenlightproductions.com www.createspace.com/6805982 Tender is the turtle, but fierce the dream […]

ONTV hosts another successful 5 or 5 food drive

ONTV hosts another successful 5 or 5 food drive

Lake Orion graduate Kylie Barber and Melissa Cratt aired live from the ONTV studio throughout the 5 or 5 food drive promoting ONTV and discussing the day’s events. The telethon-style event raised food and monetary donations for the Oxford/Orion Fish Food Pantry. ‘We found out today that FISH’s final estimate is 6,250 pounds of food […]

Dragon grapplers battle at OAA Red League Tournament

Dragon grapplers battle at OAA Red League Tournament

By Rebecca Moll Review Contributor On Feb. 3, nine Dragon grapplers battled in the OAA Red division in the League Tournament at Rochester Adams High School. With eight out of nine wrestlers placing in the top four, the Dragons placed fifth out of six teams. Senior John Moll (wrestling at 125 lbs.) placed first, securing […]

‘Critical Concerns’ about Village of Lake Orion

This letter to the editor addresses two critical current concerns.  #1.  The Council’s inappropriate choice of the 4 Year Plan instead of a 1 Year Plan to Update the villages water system, and #2. The seemingly non-considered result of advancing new projects that will spend the local populace into financial insolvency and unbearable future debt […]

2017 Lake Orion Competitive Cheer

2017 Lake Orion Competitive Cheer

22nd Annual Dragon Invitational Lake Orion hosted it’s Dragon Invitational on Saturday at the high school. “The competition went really well, we had 50-plus teams compete throughout the day, middle school through Varsity, and our parents, coaches, athletes and volunteers ran a great meet,” said Lake Orion Cheer Coach Niki Hills. The Dragon’s finished second […]

Fire ravages historic LO Pet Centre building

Fire ravages historic LO Pet Centre building

By Jim Newell Review Editor A fire early Saturday morning has virtually destroyed the Lake Orion Pet Centre, a mainstay in the downtown community for decades. The fire took six hours for fire crews to completely extinguish, with firefighters from Orion Township’s four fire stations and the Lake Orion Police Dept. responding to the emergency. […]

Lake Orion releases middle school boundaries

Lake Orion releases middle school boundaries

By Jim Newell Review Editor Lake Orion Community Schools announced the 2017-18 school year attendance boundaries for the middle schools at the school board meeting Jan. 25. A boundary map for Oakview, Waldon and Scripps middle schools is on page 13. Boundary maps for individual middle school and elementary schools are available on the district […]

ONTV hosts annual 5 or 5 Food Drive, televised live

Orion Neighborhood Television will be holding its 7th Annual Food Drive on Feb. 4. The food drive, which benefits the Oxford/Orion FISH food pantry, will be held from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the ONTV Studio located inside of the Orion Center, 1349 Joslyn Rd. This year’s food drive will be televised live on […]