Up, up and away

There are many ways to become a pilot. Max Nordlie, an 11-year-old Lake Orion boy, is the type of pilot that lives for the rush, the crash and the landing. He earned his Skymasters? Miniature Aircraft Pilot License Sunday, August 11 after flying his prototype foam airplane under the careful scrutiny of Skymasters? instructor Neil […]

Lake Orion denies fee waiver for its fire hall

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The Village of Lake Orion denied request of the township to wave permit and demolition fees totaling $1200 for three houses the township purchased on Atwater St. for a new fire hall. Since around 2005 the Village of Lake Orion has requested the moving of Fire Station #1 from […]

Unassuming game of wiffleball raises eyebrows and cash

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer If you lack a good hustle, don’t even consider trying out for the Lake Orion Wiffleball Association. Smashing their perforated balls out of the park, these guys are known for their die-hard maneuvers, unwavering service to their country, and girls in bikinis. ‘We like to say that we are […]

Rock-star Orion dad pays tribute to local musicians with festival

A local musician envisioned a local music festival, so he is paying for the entire event out of his pocket. ‘Earlier in the summer the band I’m in wanted to play at some outdoor band concerts, and I just started to realize if we can’t find one to play at, why don’t we just create […]

Rock-star Orion dad pays tribute to local musicians with festival

A local musician envisioned a local music festival, so he is paying for the entire event out of his pocket. ‘Earlier in the summer the band I’m in wanted to play at some outdoor band concerts, and I just started to realize if we can’t find one to play at, why don’t we just create […]

Rock-star Orion dad pays tribute to local musicians with festival

A local musician envisioned a local music festival, so he is paying for the entire event out of his pocket. ‘Earlier in the summer the band I’m in wanted to play at some outdoor band concerts, and I just started to realize if we can’t find one to play at, why don’t we just create […]

Officials expect solid turnout for bond vote

Opponents and proponents of the Lake Orion Schools 2013 Bond Election August 6 are running around the community in last minute preparations. All regular precincts will be open. Assigned precincts are identified on voter’s registration cards or by a quick call to the Township clerk, with two special changes made and instated for this election. […]

Deal with Oxford may save some dispatch employees

Since about 1983 a throw of a switch will call Oxford’s fire dispatch as backup for a Lake Orion emergency situation. Starting January 1, 2014, this button will be obsolete. The Lake Orion Village council voted last Monday, July 22, to move forward in collaborative efforts with Oxford administration to negotiate an agreement for Oxford […]

Lake Orion female pilot fundraises flight to Africa

When landing in the desert, LOHS 2003 graduate Victoria Neuville Zajko will scan for bumps, rocks, or anything that could make it too eventful. With one other French female pilot, Zajko will spend 50 hours flying a four-seat, 50-gallon Cessna 172 airplane on a famous airmail route from France to Senegal, Africa, to deliver 500 […]

School bond cleared up

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The difference between the $25.5 million Lake Orion Schools bond proposed two years ago and the two proposals on the $33.2 million bond for the August 6 special election is the magnitude in renovations. The previous bond covered ‘the immediate need, band-aid fixes, not the renovations this bond proposes,? […]

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