By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce hopes that the changes it’s instituting in 2017 will be a boon for its members, helping to further promote local businesses and continue the strong finish of 2016, exemplified in the chamber’s increased activity and double the normal amount of nominations at the annual […]
Scores of people braved the frigid temperatures on Saturday to take part in Lake Orion’s annual Winterfest celebration. The Lake Orion Lions Club once again ran for the outhouses — um, held the annual Outhouse Races — with teams of three competing in a raucous race and plunger/basketball challenge. The races were on Broadway […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Many people know him as “Bruce the Homeless Guy” or simply as Bruce, the resident Lake Orion wanderer who, for the past 16 years, sleeps wrapped in a sleeping bag and plastic behind the Kmart at E. Clarkston and Lapeer roads. But Bruce Gertz is now in his early sixties […]
The Orion Area Youth Assistance (OAYA) seeks nominees for their 24th Annual Youth Recognition Awards Ceremony. The awards pay special tribute to outstanding youth in the community who have volunteered their time in the past year. All nominations must be received by March 24. The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. May 10 in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Shane Stockwell Review Contributor The Lake Orion hockey team fell to the Detroit Country Day Jackets in overtime 3-2 On Feb. 2. The Dragons got on the board first when Joe Briskey buried his 14th goal of the season off a pass from Conner Graham. Detroit Country Day carried all the action in the […]
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 […]
‘Read and Share With Me’ program puts books in the hands of young readers Eighty middle school students from St. Joseph School in Lake Orion read books to more than 120 kindergarten and first-graders at Alcott Elementary School in Pontiac on Jan. 31. Most of the middle school students bought their own books, and extra […]
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 […]