Women in Business conference comes to King’s Court March 24

The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce is holding their Women in Business Conference at King’s Court Castle at Canterbury Village from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 24. The afternoon will be hosted by Pam Belding and guests will hear from three local businesswomen — Elisha Huddlestong, Rhonda Meyers and Hollie Gyarmati. Tickets are […]

2020 State of the Township

Supervisor to highlight Orion’s people, businesses and what’s to come Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett’s 2020 State of the Township address begins at 8:30 a.m. April 15 at Woodside Bible Church, 2500 Joslyn Rd. The address is free to attend and open to the public. A reception will follow the address. Barnett’s address – this […]

Public Safety

The OCSO Orion substation responded to 365 calls from March 2-8, 2020 • Felony Arrests: 0 • Misdemeanor Arrests: 7 • Accidents: 16 Intoxicated LO woman needs to get that restaurant order to go, please Deputies were dispatched to 800 block of S. Lapeer Road at 11:17 a.m. March 2 for a private property crash […]

Characters galore and much more during the 2020 Storybook Tour!

Characters galore and much more during the 2020 Storybook Tour!

Lake Orion United Methodist Church hosts its second annual Storybook Tour and Dr. Seuss birthday party to celebrate national March is Reading Month. The Storybook Tour is a reenactment of children’s stories, with costume-clad characters reading favorite children’s stories. Children will rotate through four storybook rooms with different book readings and fun activities planned in […]

Do You Have A Coupon?

Have you noticed that coupons have become a major part of our lives? There are always coupons for restaurants or stores in most of the newspapers these days. And it seems that every day, we receive an e-mail about a deal at a local store but it requires a coupon. Now for me, since this […]

In this Season of Lent – Cross Out Fear

The Live! Acoustic Music Spring Nights have started up again at Unity of Lake Orion. The musicians are local or near to Michigan talent and a treat to hear. For the past five years one of my duties for music nights has been to pick up the intermission snacks and kitchen supplies. This past Friday […]

Local runner completes six decades of sub-3 hour marathons

Local runner completes six decades of sub-3 hour marathons

By Megan Kelley Review Writer Twenty-six-point-two consecutive miles are more miles than many of us could complete at all, let alone in three-hours but that’s just what local runner Steve Schmidt does and has done for decades. Originally from Illinois, Schmidt started running in the mid 70’s when he was a sophomore in high school […]

Lake Orion 5th-graders face off in annual Battle of the Books

Lake Orion 5th-graders face off in annual Battle of the Books

Fifth graders in Lake Orion spent last Saturday morning at Waldon Middle School putting their knowledge to the test at the annual Battle of the Books competition. Battle of the Books is hosted annually by the Orion Twp. Public Library. Thirty-one teams of local fifth grade students spent the past several months reading 12 previously […]

Dragon boys basketball team wraps up regular hoop season

Dragon boys basketball team wraps up regular hoop season

By Teddy Rydquist Review Sports Contributor After hosting the West Bloomfield Lakers in their final home game on Feb. 28, the Lake Orion Dragons boys’ basketball team rounded out their regular season with consecutive road contests against the Ferndale Eagles and Clarkston Wolves on March 3 and 5, respectively. These two programs represented as tough […]

Lake Orion grapplers take on State Championship at Ford Field

Lake Orion grapplers take on State Championship at Ford Field

By Kristie Orselli Review Sports Contributor The road to the state individual wrestling championships began almost four months ago with each wrestler hoping to be named one of the top eight in the state. For three Lake Orion wrestlers that path led them to Ford Field this past weekend. Senior Issac Kinne, Junior Anthony Vellucci […]