Briefs – Orion Township consent agenda

Solicitation request – A request from VFW Post 334 to conduct their Annual buddy Poppy Drive from May 10 to May 12 was approved as part of the consent agenda at the April 2 Orion Township Board Meeting. In the past the Board had exempted nonprofit organization from a number of sections normally required as […]

Brief – Public notice

Green’s Park schedule – Green’s Park will host it’s preseason opening April 21 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. No attendant and no lifeguard will be on duty. No swimming will be allowed and the beach and buildings will remain closed until May 1. No pass is required.

Consultant’s recommendations back in play

A technicality seems to have resolved a controversial planning issue for Independence Township. Richard Carlisle, township planning consultant, finds his recommendation duties fully restored. The reversion is not because of a shift in votes on the Planning Commission, but because the first vote never officially happened at all. ‘Unfortunately it was a consensus and not […]

Getting tough

Football season is just around the corner (Lake Orion plays their first regular season game on Aug. 27), and the varsity Dragons have been busy working on game plans and getting in shape. The team returned from their pre-season camp on Aug. 11 and began practicing at LOHS on Aug. 12. For more football photos, […]

Indianwood road residents wants guard rail

After watching six accidents happen in the past 10 years at their property on Indianwood Road, causing damage to their fence, John and Sylvia Graham would like the Orion Township Board to petition the Road Commission for Oakland County to put in a guard rail. The Graham’s property is located near the middle of the […]

LOHS presents musical

By Tahra Gribbin Review Intern Lake Orion High School’s spring musical this year is ‘Footloose.? ‘Footloose? is a fun musical centered around Ren MacCormack who moves from a big city to a small town where the community has just had a tragedy. Because of this tragedy, loud music and dancing are banned. Ren MacCormack stands […]

Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Happy first day of Spring! Happy Easter! It’s a busy week! I know it’s past, but I hope you had a good and safe St. Paddy’s Day! This Irish girl worked and was sick. But I did visualize Ireland. The rocky cliffs, old castles, and small towns with shops, cottages and […]

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, I have been very pleased to see numerous opinions in this paper since you set the ground rules (Feb. 27, ‘Rumor Mill now officially closed?) and a contributor to the opinion page suggested that certain opinions should not even be published. Based on the opinions that have been published, I assume your comments […]

Neighbors win protest over lot split

What a difference two weeks make. At the July 26 Lake Orion Village Council meeting, council members decided to not concur with a planning commission’s recommendation to deny a lot split for Timothy and Colleen Leh of Newton Drive. They had to table a vote on the lot split because an appropriate resolution for approval […]

LOHS? Havrialla earns press commendation

By Tahra Gribbin Review Intern Senior Kathryn Havrilla is this year’s representative for “all MIPA” through Lake Orion High School’s Television Production Workshop. MIPA stands for Michigan Interscholastic Press Association. They host a conference in April each year to determine the best program in the state. “I received an email from MIPA telling me I […]