The Lake Orion Marching Dragons competed in a Bands of America tournament on Saturday, Oct. 6. At the Pontiac Silverdome, the Dragons faced bands from seven different states, finishing first in Music, second in Marching, and second overall of the 18 bands competing. Michael Steele, Director of Bands at LOHS, offered a ‘thank you to […]
Carolyn Bailey paused to toss a handful of food to seven brightly-colored koi fish as she worked to ready her yard for this year’s Garden Walk. Behind her, the hillside was ready to explode in hues of pink, purple, yellow, white and red. ‘Those are all wildflowers,? she said, motioning to hundreds of bud-topped plants […]
An Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy deployed his county-issued taser on a man who had been arrested for drunk driving and became combative while having blood drawn on Jan. 24. The man was arrested for the third time for driving while intoxicated at Baldwin Road and Maybee at about 1:44 a.m. According to the OCSD, […]
Juleen Drabick of Bellevue has been appointed to the Village of Lake Orion’s Planning Commission. She’s replacing Patricia Kartje who resigned. Drabick’s term will end April 30, 2006.
By Olivia Shumaker Review Staff Writer The thespians are back on stage in Lake Orion High School with their fall production of My Boyfriends? Bicycles, a first time experience on many fronts. The tale told in My Boyfriends? Bicycles is of Mia, an assistant professor of English in her early forties who, since an awful […]
About 1,400 registered voters in Springfield Township should soon receive notice of a change in polling place for the August 5 primary election. Construction at Oakland Technical Center on Big Lake Road has rendered the facility inaccessible, said clerk Nancy Strole. Those who reside in Precinct no. 4 and normally vote at OTC will instead […]
Any fences that are erected in the future on public property in Lake Orion will have to look the same. Village council members recently OK’d a fencing design that was recommended by the Downtown Development Authority design committee. It requires the fence be black wrought iron-appearing with a double bar with circles along the top […]
The Orion Township Board approved an application for 2013 Community Development Block Grant funds. The allocation for Orion Twp. is $61,620, of which $15,986 is designated for public transportation, $2,500 for Emergency Food Assistance programs, and $43,134 for Home Improvement Loan Program.
Back in the 1960s, F. Ray Forman owned the Oxford Theater. I guess that gave him the right to censor films. My source is Dick Buechler, who I don’t question on his Oxford Village history. Anyway, Ingrid Bergman was featured in a movie, and was pregnant when the film hit Oxford. Because Ms. Bergman wasn’t […]