By Meg Peters Review Co-Editor Where else would stacks of fine meats and gourmet cheeses be found on a slab of stone other than Motor City Granite’s official grand opening last Wednesday, November 18. Owners Charlie Thiede and Todd Garris snipped the official ribbon in their now finished show room, amongst stacks of granite, marble, […]
Heidi Mercer, Lake Orion’s assistant superintendent of teaching and learning (pictured left), recently received the Service Award for School Administrators from the Michigan Association for Media in Education. The award recognized her influence, support and commitment to the district’s school library program and its key role in providing the best education possible to our students. […]
By Leah Yanuszeski, Review Intern Performing with the best, Lake Orion Performance Ensemble, or LOPE for short, is midway through their winter season. Their show, Terracotta, was inspired by the terra-cotta soldiers of China. Blair Kuhn stands as the guard’s director. Recently, LOPE competed at Huron Valley’s competition, and received a score of 70.50, an […]
Orion Township is ready to make a deal. Almost. That’s the word from township Supervisor Matthew Gibb, who on Monday took the board of trustees into executive session to present an update on negotiations between the township and General Motors in a long-planned venture to build a water tower near the Orion Assembly Plant. ‘We’re […]
By Dan Shriner Review Editor LINDEN ? Lake Orion’s girls began their quest for an OAA White Division title with a 65-50 non-league win over Linden on Monday night. The Dragons were led by freshman Maddie Novak, who scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds. Coach Steve Roberts said he was pleased with the team’s […]
The Lake Orion girls? swimming and diving team are among the state’s top 10 again this year after solid performances last weekend in the state championships. The performances earned several all-state honors. The lady Dragons competed in the MHSAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving State Championships. The Dragon’s state qualifying team consisted of senior captains […]
Commissioners return Planning Commission Members Dikka Berven, James Cummins and Thomas Sakala were reappointed to their positions by a unanimous vote from the village council, March 8. The reappointed members? new terms will end April 30, 2013. Construction continues Orion Pointe developers now have until June 1, 2012 to complete the construction project after the […]
The school district’s budget was the sole discussion item on the table for the Board of Education’s three-hour March 10 meeting. (See ‘These are my tax dollars, and I say that’s wrong’) Cuts in school funding from the state isn’t new news, and for weeks, the board has listened to analyses and studies presented by […]
Ann Arbor Huron had one more period to play before they could call their visit to Detroit Skating Club a success. Though the Wolves only needed one more period to take the win and they did as they defeated the River Rats, 4-2. ‘We started out slow and as the game progressed we picked it […]
For generations, the Collier name has been synonymous in Oxford with two things ? bowling and generosity. Given that, it seems only fitting that Jeff and Kim Collier, the husband-and-wife team that owns Collier Lanes, will serve as the grand marshals for the Oxford Christmas parade, organized by the chamber of commerce. ‘We must be […]