Local church donates time, trade skills to community

By Kyle Fitzsimmons Review Staff Intern Most hard-working individuals look forward to vacation time as a much needed escape from the 9-to-5 grind of the work week. For volunteers from the Lake Orion Church of Christ however, vacation days are spent picking up a tool belt and helping community members in need. From July 27 […]

Orion Township

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION BOARD OF TRUSTEES SYNOPSIS, REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2005 Called meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. All members present, except Gingell. Held Executive Session to discuss union negotiations. Re-convened regular meeting at 7:10 p.m. Authorized labor attorney to proceed as directed with regard to union negotiations. Approved payment of bills […]

Lake Orion Village

village of lake orion notice of public hearing village council planned unit development The Village Council of the Village of Lake Orion will hold a public hearing to receive comments on Application No. PC-04-09, Orion Pointe Planned Unit Development (PUD) Preliminary Plans. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. in […]

A Look Back From The CNews archives

15 years ago – 1997 ‘Hearing-impaired teen works her own miracles? Christy Sprengnether gives new meaning to the phrase ‘a fighting chance.? Nearly deaf since she can remember, the petite Clarkston teenager goes uphill, not down, says her Lutheran High School Northwest drama coach Connie Cowper. This year, the Rochester Hills school’s production of ‘The […]

Orion Township

NOTICE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORD. 78 PC-2004-23, VILLAGE SQUARE PUD REZONING REQUEST The Charter Township of Orion Board of Trustees, at the regular meeting of Monday, March 7, 2005, to be held at 7:00 p.m., at the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, proposes to adopt a […]

Letters of Thanks . . .

…for first responders Dear Editor, Special thanks to our own Independence Township Fire Department members (Ron Bray, Tom McDonald) , Oakland County Sheriff Deputy (McCann) STAR EMS paramedics (Long and Rachal); as well as Clarkston Urgent Care Staff (Sharon Larson, John Chenet, and Jeannie Ahlers) for their superb performance treating a critically ill child at […]

Banking on the future

Everest Academy students Amanda Beer, Annelise James, Jane Nedwick, and Sophie Quirk are learning about money and banking by working with real money and a real bank. The fifth graders are working with Clarkston State Bank on the Money Making Mountaineer Bank. They wrote resumes and interviewed for positions with the bank, created the name, […]

LO youth participate in state track meet

Several students from Lake Orion elementary and middle schools competed in the Hershey Track and Field State meet on July 11 in Holt, Michigan. According to Dragon Guided Activities Program Coordinator Ben Gerdeman, students who won events at the local Dragon GAP Hershey Meet on June 7 were automatically qualified to participate at the state […]

Youth theater performs Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ in park

By Kaitlin Motley Review Staff Intern The Michigan Youth Theater (MYT) has performed it all; Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Sophocles. So the kids knew exactly what they were getting into when they requested to make Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth? this summer’s production. The performance includes actors ages 12-19, many of them from Lake Orion. […]

Ornaments good for environment

All are invited to ‘Deck the Trees,? 2-4 p.m., Dec. 1, at All Saints and The Preserve Cemeteries, 4401 Nelsey Road in Waterford. Make environmentally-friendly ornaments with pine cones, peanut butter, bird seed, cereal, oranges, berries, and even stale bagels with cornmeal topped off by colorful ribbons. Ornaments can be placed on All Saint’s trees […]