The Lake Orion Special Needs Trunk or Treat provided an opportunity for kids from throughout Lake Orion and surrounding communities to engage in Halloween activities with them specifically in mind. “The AU Special Needs Foundation along with the Lake Orion United Methodist Church teamed up for yet another great event for our special needs community,” […]
This is Halloween town! The Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority hosted the annual Halloween Extravaganza in Children’s Park in downtown Lake Orion, giving kids and their families to get an early sugar high before the Oct. 31 night of ghoulish fun. DDA Event Coordinator Suzy Sebastian estimates that more than 1,500 people attended the event, […]
Julie Rae (England) Rancont of Grand Blanc, formerly Lake Orion, passed away on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 with her mother by her side. She is survived by her children, Heather (Vinnie) Fabi, Molly (Marcus) Cooper and Piper (Jack McCarthy) Rancont; her grandchildren, Kyle Cooper and Olivia Fabi; mother, Nancy England; sister, Anna (Scott) Drake; niece […]
Joyce Judith Shobe of Ortonville; passed away on October 27, 2022. She was 75 years old. Joyce is the loving mother of Christopher and Steven Shobe. She was preceded in death by her brother, Thomas Oprian, and her former husband Kirby Shobe. Joyce was very active in the Lake Orion community for many years. She […]
Darwin McClary to take the helm on, or after, Nov. 28 By Megan Kelley Staff Writer LAKE ORION — Lake Orion will soon have a new village manager after the village council voted on Monday to approve the employment application with Darwin McClary. McClary is not new to the village. He previously was Lake Orion’s […]
Sentencing to follow Feb. 9 hearing By Don Rush It’s been nearly a year since carnage broke out in the halls of Oxford High School, leaving four students dead, six students, one teacher wounded and an entire community scarred. At a regularly scheduled pretrial hearing on Monday, it took Oakland County Circuit Judge Kwame Rowe […]
I am writing to express my support with Carol Ebner’s letter “Orion Twp., village need to stop over-developing” published in the Aug. 31 issue of The Lake Orion Review. I fully agree with Ms. Ebner’s analysis regarding how over-development is largely responsible for frequent excessive heat episodes and with her exhortation to “increase our forests, […]
Re: Response to letter submitted by Pat Stoner-Lauer, Oct. 19, 2022 I am a long-time resident of Lake Orion and have had three daughters in Lake Orion Community Schools from lower elementary school to graduating from Lake Orion High School. I have worked in this town in various capacities, mostly in the non-profit sector. In […]
The current governor of Michigan is NOT a leader. She is a copycat. When the COVID pandemic hit, she copied what Governor Gavin Newsome of California and Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York did. She shut down restaurants and small businesses and told people to stay home. But she let manufacturing concerns with union members […]
This year voters have a choice on the ballot. The operative word is “choice.” Since Dobbs overturned Roe v Wade, we have seen women who: 1. Could not get their regular medication because it can possibly be used to abort a child. 2. Have a miscarriage but cannot have a follow-up to make sure the […]