Happenings

Gospel meetings at the Masonic Lodge Each Sunday from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15, Lake Orion’s Masonic Lodge will host nondenominational gospel meetings at 4 p.m. The meetings will be conducted by Bradley Wilson and Jerome Frandle. They invited anyone interested to attend. Bowl a strike for Darcy The Darcy Seipke Benefit Foundation will host […]

Leaky village could face lawsuit

The Lake Orion Village Council addressed two issues with the village water main underneath Fairview Ave, a road shared by both township and village residents. The first issue involved approval to contract with village engineering firm Hubble Roth and Clark (HRC) to prepare a topographic survey and design plan to potentially replace 650 linear feet […]

Reader ‘appalled? with schools over autism issue

Dear Editor, I read the recent letters regarding autism and public schools specifically in Lake Orion. I am appalled at the Lake Orion school district. It was my understanding that Lake Orion schools were one of the top in Michigan and an important element in making a decision to purchase a home in the Lake […]

All-day kindergarten is a disappointing decision

Dear Editor, I am no less amazed that some seem to think the all day kindergarten program has anything to do with increasing our children’s academic abilities. The real reason the Lake Orion school district pushed the all day kindergarten program ‘down our throat? is to preserve their state funding. The state threatened (and rightfully […]

Getting the numbers right on all day kindergarten

Dear Editor, In response to the letter to the editor on Jan. 14 regarding all-day kindergarten, I hope the writer realizes that currently the Lake Orion school district supports 1219.75 hrs. In order to match China, we will have to do one of two things: increase the school day by 2 hrs 55 minutes to […]

Baldwin more of a concern than Polly Ann

Dear Editor, I just finished reading that the township board approved the Polly Ann Trail for expansion. I want to know if the board is dipping into the funds set aside for widening Baldwin Road. There was some discussion on this matter during the Meet the Candidates forum which earmarked money for Baldwin Road and […]

Schools seek creative ways to finance repairs

By Meg Peters Review Staff Writer The $33 million in projects the 2013 LOCS bond failed to finance have not disappeared, but have been categorized into ‘critical-criticals.? Administrators went through the project list and identified $8 million in projects that ‘just have to get done,? Superintendent Marion Ginopolis said. ‘So we had to look at […]

Field of doggie dreams

Dear Editor, The old Lions Club Field at the intersection of Miller, Flint and Orion is up for sale and zoned as commercial/multi-family. Only one thing could be done with this property to maintain quality of life here in the oft-forgotten fringes of the village. Turn it into a dog park. It seems feasible since […]

Slow snow removal hurting downtown

Dear Editor, What a shame. Once John Ranville retired as supervisor of the Lake Orion Department of Public Works, standards have dropped considerably. The public knew that when John was on the job, it would be done right. Now, if the DPW does get out to do the job, it never is done completely. I […]

Birds, bees and your teens

Dave Rozema Special to the Review I am often asked to speak to parent groups concerning issues of drinking and other substance abuse amongst adolescents. A equally important issue, but one I am seldom asked to discuss, is the sexual behavior of our adolescents. Like drinking and drug use, adults are not around when decisions […]