The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will suspend most road construction projects at 3 p.m. Friday, July 2, for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Work will resume after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6. “The Road Commission wants to ensure that its roads are as free of obstructions as possible during this period […]
Orion Twp. Hall, 2525 Joslyn Rd., and Lake Orion Village Hall, 21 E. Church St., and government offices will be closed on July 5 in observance of the Fourth of July. The Orion Twp. Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for July 5 has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. July 6 at the Orion Center, 1335 […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s marine deputies will be out in force on county lakes – including Lake Orion – for the Fourth of July holiday weekend as part of Operation Dry Water, a national awareness and enforcement campaign to reduce alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities on the water. Oakland County has long been a popular […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Village of Lake Orion is trying to remove Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett from the Lake Orion Downtown Development Board of Directors over what the village claims is a conflict of interest. At the April 13 meeting, Barnett and township Trustee Brian Birney requested that the DDA board refund […]
The Lake Orion Lions Club is sponsoring the 76th annual “Light up the Night” flare night on July 3 and lake residents can purchase flares now for the event. Local lake residents will light thousands of 30-minute red safety road flares around the shoreline of Lake Orion and surrounding lakes at 10 p.m., said Rick […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Ehman Center may be coming under new ownership soon after a Pontiac-based investment group expressed interest in the property and presented a plan for adaptive re-use of the building to Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority board during its regular meeting on June 8. The night before, on June 7, […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The aroma of elephant ears and kettle corn wafting in the air, the screams of the young and old alike as the Pirates of the Seven Seas ship first ascends and then plunges, leaving that empty feeling in your stomach. The ding of game bells and the “awes” of children […]
Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority board approved a three-year marketing contract with Hudson Collective after hearing presentations at their June 17 special meeting. The DDA board had previously discussed the marketing contract at their June 8 regular meeting but ultimately refrained from approving a contract after board members raised issue with not being apart of […]
Lake Orion Community Schools announced last week that Jillian Knapp would be filling the principal vacancy at Orion Oaks Elementary School beginning with the 2021-22 school year. Knapp has filled a variety of roles in LOCS, most recently as supervisor at Pine Tree Center. Prior to that, she was district special education coach and data […]
An Orion Township man was arrested for hitting a motorcycle rider with his vehicle and fleeing the scene of the accident – even though an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy told the man to remain near the site. The incident began around 8:42 p.m. June 16 when a deputy was driving his patrol vehicle southbound on […]