Downtown spring plantings

Clarkston Farm and Garden Club members were downtown last week, bringing springtime flowers to stone planters along Main Street. The club created and maintain the honorarium planters throughout the year. The non-profit group also maintains flowerbeds at the Independence Township Library, holds annual plant swaps in sping and Christmas Green Markets in December, and hosts […]

Tees available now

May is approaching fast and Clarkston High School Boys Lacrosse is set for their annual Game for a Cure. ‘Last year, Game for a Cure donated over $9,000 to St. Joseph’s Cancer Research Center,? said Vicki O’Grady, Game for a Cure coordinator. ‘Sales from the Game for a Cure T-shirts are the biggest part of […]

Eagle Creek hosts annual Casino Night

Look out Las Vegas, here comes Eagle Creek Academy’s Casino Night 2008! Eagle Creek Academy, a private non-profit school in Oakland Township, will host its third annual Casino Night on on Saturday, April 5, from 7-11 p.m. Participants can try their hand at exciting games of chance including Black Jack, Roulette and Texas Hold ‘Em. […]

Looking Back

Ten Years Ago Aug. 24, 1994 ~~~A 20-year-old woman was beaten and raped in her apartment just two weeks after Kevin Boyd was murdered in the same complex. ~~~Jeff Jones is Lake Orion High School’s new band director. ~~~Harry Stephen, an incumbent who garnered one less vote than Morris Cucksey in the March election, has […]

Riding the ‘Big Rigs?

BY LISA VALENTINE Lake Orion Review Staff Writer For young and old, the annual Big Rig Gig at Friendship Park was a sight to behold. The Orion Township Parks and Recreation Department again sponsored the event, held at the park at the corner of Clarkston and Baldwin Roads on Aug. 13. The event didn’t begin […]

Holy awareness raising, Batman!

Erika Nowak and Andrea Dumais, both seniors at Clarkston High School, had a service learning project to plan for their current events class. Their idea ? raise funds and awareness for the American Diabetes Association. ‘We have a friend who was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes,? said Andrea Dumais. ‘They asked if I had any […]

LOHS hits the stage

Lake Orion High School will present Peter Pan on Thurs., Fri., and Sat., March 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) at the LOHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

The Science of Financial Health

Think you’re all set? If you’ve made wise decisions with your money, set aside plenty and feel like you’re ready to retire ? you’re one step ahead of many Americans. If you’ve planned your estate (arranged how your money and assets will transfer after your lifetime), then you’re even further ahead. But have you considered […]

Varsity Boys Soccer Team Preview

New season, new league. That’s the motto this year for the Lake Orion varsity boys soccer team. They graduated four starting seniors from last year’s team, including All State goalie Drew White and Michigan’s Mr. Soccer Billy Weaver, and they move up this season to OAA Division I, the state’s toughest league, according to Lake […]

Learning to stand united against bullying

If Everest Academy eighth graders Becca Luttinen and Emma Cross saw someone being bullied, they know what to do. “If I see a bullying circle, I hope to not be a bystander or henchman,” Luttinen said. “I’ll strive to stop the bullying, even if I get bullied. It would be bad if no one stands […]