Lions Club hosts bottle/can drive

The Lake Orion Lions Club is hosting a bottle/can drive now through July 10 to help raise funds to support the club’s charitable efforts in the community. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Lions Club to cancel their annual Jubilee and Lion Races, two of the clubs biggest fundraisers. The club is unsure if it will […]

Orion Township Library begins offering curbside pickup and at-home delivery

On Monday, the Orion Township Public Library began offering curbside pickup as well as home delivery services for library patrons. Curbside pickup Patrons will be able to check out items via curbside pickup in the library parking lot. Items can be selected online at www.catalog.orionlibrary.org or by calling the library at 248-693-3000. Once the items […]

Village council approves ‘private’ Fourth of July fireworks show

By Jim Newell Review Editor Fireworks over Lake Orion are on again after the Lake Orion Village Council unanimously approved a request during its June 8 meeting to allow a fireworks show on the Fourth of July. However, this year the fireworks will be a “private” showing intended primarily for those who live on Lake […]

Lake Orion DDA discusses summer events, placemaking

By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Downtown Development Authority board met on June 9 for their regular meeting where they discussed several new initiatives that patrons and downtown guests can expect to enjoy this summer. DDA Executive Director Molly LaLone presented the board with several weekly events that the DDA is hoping to put on […]

Blessings in a Brown Bag starts fundraiser for summer lunch program

Blessings in a Brown Bag starts fundraiser for summer lunch program

Private donor will match up to $10,000 By Jim Newell Review Editor Blessings in a Brown Bag is gearing up for another summer of providing free lunches for Lake Orion students, but this year the group has a Facebook fundraiser to help support the program. “I have a friend who offered to match funds up […]

Birney Directive and Lake Orion DDA sign brand marketing contract

Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority discussed their brand marketing contract options at their June 9 meeting. Currently, the DDA is contracted with New Moon Visions through June 30. The DDA sent out a request for quotes on May 29 and received proposals from 13 businesses at costs ranging between $18,000 to $275,000. The four bids […]

Lions Club hosts food drive to help stock FISH Food Pantry

The Lake Orion Lions Club will sponsor a food drive to collect items for the Oxford/Orion FISH food pantry from 9 a.m. – noon June 20 in the parking lot of PNC Bank, 88 W. Flint St., Lake Orion. Non-perishable can and dry boxed goods are accepted and cash donations are appreciated, organizers said. Those […]

ONTV wins 2020 Hometown Media Award

ONTV wins 2020 Hometown Media Award

Orion neighborhood Television was announced a recipient of a 2020 Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. The awards program was established to honor and promote community media and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Station manager Joe Johnson and ONTV volunteer […]