The only way to balance outdoor springtime exercise is with icecream, right? Jennifer O’Conner and her kids, Andrew, 5, and Katie, 8 months, stopped into Lake Orion’s Dairy Queen/Orange Julius for some warm-weather treats last Thursday when temperatures lured Orionites outside. Photo by Megan Collier
Jon-Erik B. Ylvisaker, a 24-year-old Orion man, died of a drug overdose, Wednesday, March 17 at a residence on Lakeview. ‘It was a life stolen and a future deprived over a drug,? said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh. ‘That ought to disturb us all.? According to police, Ylvisaker had been drifting between homes of […]
By Meg Peters Review Co-Editor Lake Orion School’s accountant firm, Plante Moran, issued an unqualified opinion on the district’s financial status for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the highest level of assurance they could provide. Plante Moran representatives Donna Hanson and Kurt Golsby assessed and tested the district’s internal control systems and uncovered no findings or […]
Lake Orion senior Brandon Colwell made history last weekend, becoming the first Dragon high school bowler to throw a perfect 300 game during competition. He rattled off 12 perfect shots in succession in the first team game to lead the varsity boys to an eventual 27-3 win over Troy.? Colwell’s second game of 201 gave […]
A school district in the middle of a budget crisis is when staff and boardmembers should communicate ‘as much as possible,? says Lake Orion school boardmember Bob Gritzinger. That’s why he and others on the board, like Mary Jo Burchart, say they’re trying to change a district policy that implies just the opposite. District policies […]
This year’s State Career Devolvement Conference was held earlier this month with over 2,500 high school students competing in marketing events. Lake Orion DECA has set a new school record with seven students qualifying to move on to the International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY, where they will now compete against 13,000 other high […]
Hi everyone, I’m Penny Shults, your Orion Township Clerk. Due to new residents moving to Orion Township, it is necessary to make precinct boundary adjustments and polling location changes in our community. An additional precinct was added and boundary adjustments were made to Precincts 8 and 9 as well as Precincts 4 and 5. All […]
Lake Orion’s boys? varsity basketball team kicked off the new season with a come-from- behind 65-62 home victory over Linden. The Dragons followed that up by routing Romeo in their second game of the season. Against Linden, the Dragons led 30-23 at halftime but were staring at a six-point deficit with just over six minutes […]
After five years of noise complaints about loud music at CJ’s Sandbar, Lloyd and Kathy Coe finally have a resolution. Sort of. Monday, March 8, the Village of Lake Orion and Sandbar owners Carl and Joan Slomczenski agreed on a civil judgment that allows the establishment to have live music Friday and Saturday from 7 […]
Orion Township has money in the bank, and no plans to spend it. With a 100 percent-plus fund balance tucked safely under its belt, the Board of Trustees met recently to begin work on long-term budget planning. The meeting ended with the establishment of three goals. Goal one: Make sure revenue projections’from property taxes, revenue […]