Last week I was driving down Orion Road on a sunny Friday morning when my phone rings. It’s a friend bemoaning the weather and saying we may have to cancel our plans for outdoor activities later in the evening. Looking up I wonder if we’re looking at the same sky, when in the span of […]
Dear Editor, What was the point of Laura Colvin’s column from March 5th titled, “The great Mills Mall Brawl of ’81” except to glorify vandalism from the past and provide suggestions to youth for the future? This event was not an “amusement archive” or a “treasure trove” as Ms. Colvin depicts it, but a disgrace […]
Although no official OK was given by the school board, Lake Orion High School teachers will conduct a different version of the seminar class this fall. LOHS Assistant Principal Chris Bell was told by school board president Leann Bartley on Aug. 11 to inform the teachers of changes made to the proposal that was given […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of arson on Aug. 13 on Hoag Road. According to an OCSD report, a 36-year-old man said some kids had set fire to his mailbox and threw toilet paper in his trees. Another homeowner on Bunny Run Boulevard told the deputy he had heard a loud […]
Hello Lake Orion, I’m the new guy. Well, new to Lake Orion that is. If anyone has read the Review’s sister publiclation the Clarkston News. You may have seen my byline or recognize my picture in this column, which sadly needs to be updated. So what’s my history you ask? I graduated from Lapeer East […]
15 years ago – 1993 ‘SPI names new publisher? Jim Sherman took over as publisher of The Clarkston News and the rest of Sherman Publications from his father, James A. Sherman. At the time, he had already been publisher of The Davison Index for 17 years. ‘Help wanted with Easter baskets? Lighthouse North was collecting […]
Dear Editor, The combined efforts of the partners of the Clarkston Watershed Group made possible a Phragmites Control Workshop held Wednesday, March 11, at St. Daniel’s Social Hall. Phragmites is an invasive reed grass that threatens wetlands, lakeshores and roadside ditches in our area. Environmental Educators Mebby Pearson, Michigan Environmental Stewardship AmeriCorps for Oakland and […]
Voters who live in the Village of Lake Orion had to go to a different building for the Aug 3 primary. Blanche Sims Elementary School on Jackson Street is the new home of Precinct 2. According to LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, the Ehman Center on Elizabeth Street no longer qualifies as a precinct […]
In March students at Orion Oaks Elementary School had the opportunity to participate in the Tree’s for Living program. ‘This program provided our school with over 700 germinating acorns which were planted by all of our students,? principal Ken Nuss said. The Red Oak trees will be transplanted in approximately three weeks — when the […]
By Gabriel Ouzounian Review Staff Writer The Lake Orion Baseball team is just getting started in their 2012 season, but while Head Coach Andy Schramek believes judging the team’s skill is difficult, he said he thinks the team will probably be all right. ‘It’s hard to say, but we’re happy with our talent, work ethic […]