20 Front Street to livestream Songwriter showcase March 19

As venues and restaurants close across the state, 20 Front Street in downtown Lake Orion is finding a way to continue to provide much needed entertainment. Allen Goetz announced today that 20 Front Street would be working with Steve Taylor Acoustic Roundup to put together a livestream performance. Steve Taylor Acoustic Roundup is expected to […]

Register for 5k, Family Fun Run at Friendship Park

On Saturday, May 2 at 8 a.m, Young Life Lake Orion will host both a 5k race as well as a 1 mile Family Fun Run. As their biggest fundraiser for the organization, This event will take place at Friendship Park and will consist of two routes with different levels of difficulty. One will lead […]

Lake Orion High School science students clean up along Paint Creek

Lake Orion High School science students clean up along Paint Creek

By Jim Newell Review Editor Students from the Lake Orion High School Science National Honor Society spent a portion of Sunday afternoon cleaning up in and around the banks of Paint Creek, doing their part to help preserve the health of the river’s ecosystem. Now, if they could just others to help out by using […]

March is reading month — submit photos

March is reading month — submit photos

With school out for the foreseeable future, we know you and your children are looking for something fun to do and reading is one of those things! While your kids are reading, whether it’s silly or serious, snap a photo, email it to us at lakeorionreview@gmail.com and we’ll publish it in an upcoming issue. Please […]

Lake Orion schools announces cancellations in wake of presumptive positive Coronavirus case

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday night the first presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state of Michigan – one case in Oakland County and one case in Wayne County. In wake of these recent presumptive positive cases, LOCS has taken further steps to ensure the safety and well-being of its students and […]

Oakland County officials taking steps toward Coronavirus preparedness

  A woman who had traveled internationally is the first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Oakland County Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the first cases of the Coronavirus in Michigan, in Wayne and Oakland counties, during a televised news conference on Tuesday evening. A General Public Toolkit with information about the Coronavirus is available […]

Legion Riders help with Orion Veterans Memorial wall repairs

Legion Riders help with Orion Veterans Memorial wall repairs

By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Veterans Memorial is a hallowed place in the community, a place where its veterans, family, friends and supporters gather to commemorate the military service of Orion’s own. Over the past two decades, the veterans have worked to make the memorial an attractive monument in which they and the […]

Oakland County Health Division confirms rabies in skunk in Lake Orion

By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Oakland County Health Division in Pontiac confirmed a positive rabies case in Lake Orion on March 6. The infected skunk was originally found in the backyard of a Lake Orion residence and has since been euthanized, said Dr. Russell Faust, medical director at the Oakland County Health Division. In […]