The Wildwood Amphitheater will host the Canine Companions Rescue Center’s Rescue Dogs Rock concert on Sept. 7 from noon to 9 p.m. This all day event will feature music from Mike Leslie, Mange, Meanstreet, Dangerous X, Nick Small, Stone Gypsy, Power Lounge, The Proud Naturals and Super Funk Jen. The event will also have food […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is kicking off its Just Drive campaign to educate and raise everyone’s awareness about school zone safety laws in order to prevent a tragedy. School zones, combined with changing traffic and weather conditions, create an extremely dangerous situation. The sheriff’s office strongly urges drivers to slow down and allow additional […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, friends, colleagues. Most people know someone in their lives who has been affected by breast cancer. And real men wear pink – especially when raising awareness and donations for the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign. This year, the Orion area has four Real […]
Lake Orion’s 6th annual fundraiser event LO Palooza will once again take over the Wildwood Amphitheater on Sept. 14. This year’s lineup includes Sawyer Fredericks, The Native Howl, Levi Bootcut and the Straight Legs, Tripp ‘N’ Dixie, Escaping Pavement, 2XL and The Gasoline Gypsies. The event will also feature several vendors, food, kids activities and […]
Pack 59 Cubmaster Shawn McGraw led a group of scouts in a short ceremony before burying a time capsule inside Fort Pontiac at Camp Agawam on Aug. 24. For nearly a year, McGraw collected questionnaires and photos of girls who have joined Cub Scouts. In the questionnaires, the girls wrote why they joined Scouting BSA […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Bruce Gertz can stay on the bench on M-24. But he also will have a small place to call home, store his belongings and sleep during the nights and stay during the cold winter months. A team of friends, advocates, village council members and administrators are working to find Gertz […]
Lake Orion Community School’s Superintendent Marion Ginopolis announced Tuesday that this would be her final school year as district superintendent. The news comes after a recent one-year contract renewal in March of this year. Ginopolis, who previously held the position of superintendent for Oxford Community Schools, came out of retirement in 2010 to act as […]
Reggie Love & Friends performed during the Dragon Heart benefit concert for Common Ground on Aug. 21 at the Children’s Park gazebo in downtown Lake Orion. Common Ground is an Oakland County-based organization dedicated to helping those in crisis through support programs and crisis hotline. The concert brought together five musicians, three painters and hundreds […]
By C.J. Carnacchio Leader Editor Thanks to a local nonprofit group, some Oxford and Lake Orion students are starting the new school year with the tools necessary to help them succeed academically. On Friday, Oxford-Orion FISH distributed brand-new backpacks brimming with a variety of school supplies to 115 students from low-income families. An additional 33 […]
Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Managing Director Dennis Kolar announced Monday that construction projects would be halted starting at 3 p.m. on Aug. 30, for the Labor Day holiday weekend. Construction will resume at 6 a.m. on Sept. 3. “The Road Commission wants to ensure that its roads are as free of obstructions as […]