By Jim Newell Review Editor All things change. It’s the one inevitability in life, and when you embrace change you can make it meaningful. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” The Greek philosopher and teacher Socrates made that supposition more […]
Lights, smoke and ash cascade down over a pontoon during the Fourth of July fireworks show on Lake Orion. Photo: Jim Newell. By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s a fireworks extravaganza celebrating the Red, White & Blue and a Lake Orion tradition, but this year the Lake Orion Fireworks Foundation needs a little community support […]
About a month ago we announced that the paper you are reading now was joining View Newspaper Group. No doubt some of you wondered what type of changes would come with that acquisition. Today, you are seeing two of those changes. One, being the updated look of the paper; and two, the way that this […]
Orion Neighborhood Television Executive Director Ian Locke (pictured) and the ONTV team have had to adapt during the pandemic and switch to a mostly virtual format, with fewer in-studio guests and performers for the annual ONTV Food Drive for Oxford/Orion FISH pantry. Locke began each day of the weeklong telethon on the food drive ‘stage’ […]
A poem by A. Glover 5 minutes In 5 minutes, our village lay shattered Gripped in misery, broken, and strained A high school reeling from the damage it sustained. For 5 minutes, the despair was consuming Prayers took over, faith and hope remained Knowing the lives of children will forever be changed. […]
Meeting link: Parents Matter Virtual Social Hour Parenting is tough enough and parenting during a pandemic and adapting to all nuances of the “new normal” can be stressful, to say the least. The Orion Area Youth Assistance is partnering with E Community Outreach Services to offer online sessions designed to help parents navigate the stress […]
The Patriot Day Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2020 on the Miracle League Field at Friendship Park in Orion Twp.
Black Lives Matter supporters march through downtown Lake Orion with Lake Orion Police Chief Harold Rossman joining the march. The peaceful rally at the Lake Orion Plaza on M-24 and march to downtown Lake Orion brought of nearly 1,000 supporters. Photo by Jim Newell. Photo coverage of the Black Lives Matter rally and march […]
COVID Adventure Run 2020 To donate Brian Thomas’s COVID Adventure Run 2020, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid-adventure-run-2020 As of Wednesday afternoon, the day Lake Orion native Brian Thomas began his run, supporters had donated $4,445 toward the $100,000 goal to help those affected by COVID-19. Virtual Run Brian Thomas has also started the COVID Cabin Fever Virtual Race […]
The Addams Family Musical Presented by Lake Orion High School’s Thespian Troupe Performances are May 2-5. Showtimes to be announced. Tickets go on sale on April 1 and are available at Lothespians.weebly.com or through links on the high school’s homepage, lakeorionschools.org/high-school-home and district homepage, lakeorionschools.org. By Jim Newell Review Editor They’re creepy and they’re kooky, […]