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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club donated five Upang Plus UV Waterless Sterilizers to area police and fire departments on June 4, helping first responders keep a little safer during the COVID-19 pandemic. “So, with all the things going on in the world, you can rest a little bit easier […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor, and Megan Kelley Review Writer Nearly 1,000 people gathered Friday evening in the parking lot of the Lake Orion Plaza on M-24 and E. Clarkston Road to rally for the Black Lives Matter movement, calling for an end to racism, police brutality against African Americans and unity among everyone. They […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education met on June 3 for their last regular meeting before the end of the 2019-2020 school year where they discussed a request for enhancement millage and remote participation. According to Superintendent Marion Ginopolis, board President Jim Weidman, the board had recently received […]
Lake Orion Community Schools made history on June 4 by breaking ground on the district’s new Early Childhood Center at the corner of Joslyn and Clarkston roads. “A new Early Childhood Center is a dream that our district has talked about and wished for for many years,” Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Heidi Mercer […]