Supervisor to highlight Orion’s people, businesses and what’s to come Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett’s 2020 State of the Township address begins at 8:30 a.m. April 15 at Woodside Bible Church, 2500 Joslyn Rd. The address is free to attend and open to the public. A reception will follow the address. Barnett’s address – this […]
Lake Orion United Methodist Church hosts its second annual Storybook Tour and Dr. Seuss birthday party to celebrate national March is Reading Month. The Storybook Tour is a reenactment of children’s stories, with costume-clad characters reading favorite children’s stories. Children will rotate through four storybook rooms with different book readings and fun activities planned in […]
Fifth graders in Lake Orion spent last Saturday morning at Waldon Middle School putting their knowledge to the test at the annual Battle of the Books competition. Battle of the Books is hosted annually by the Orion Twp. Public Library. Thirty-one teams of local fifth grade students spent the past several months reading 12 previously […]
LAKE ORION, Mich. – The Oakland County Health Division in Pontiac reported today of a confirmed case of rabies in a skunk in Lake Orion. While human exposure to the skunk is unlikely, the Health Division strongly urges residents to avoid stray, wild and dead animals to protect themselves against rabies. “Rabies is a fatal disease […]
Sgt. Todd Stanfield promoted to lieutenant By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Village Council voted unanimously to appoint Acting Police Chief Harold Rossman as the permanent chief of police during its meeting on Feb. 24. The council also unanimously approved promoting Sgt. Todd Stanfield to lieutenant. Rossman has been serving as acting police […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor It was frigid but cheerful Saturday when more than 90 people took Leap Day to heart and plunged into a frosty pool on Feb. 29. And everyone was smiling, mostly, because they were ‘Freezin’ for a Reason’, a tagline of the Special Olympics Polar Plunge event in the municipal lot […]
The Orion Township Fire Administration office is open to the public. The fire department administrative offices had been inside Orion Township Hall on Joslyn Road, but contractors recently finished an addition at Station 3, 3365 Gregory Rd., to house the administration offices. Out front, prominently featured is the original iron triangle used at the fire […]
Orion Township firefighters participated in the American Lung Association’s 2020 Fight for Air Climb on March 1 in downtown Detroit. Participants from the Orion Twp. Fire Department included: Eric Florence, Chris Hagan, Brian Hearns, Jon Jones, Anthony Shaffer, Derek Welch and Josh Johnson. Out of 115 total teams that participated, Orion placed in the top […]
Orion Township firefighters joined other Oakland County fire departments Feb. 12 in a Michigan Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Engine Strike Team Exercise. The purpose of the exercise, which included fire departments from 16 counties throughout Michigan, was to simulate critical tasks as well as resource deployment through Michigan’s mutual aid system. The exercise […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Fire Fighters Association (OFFA) hosts its 36th annual Firemen’s Ball in March and invites the public to attend and support the association’s community programs. The Firemen’s Ball is from 6 p.m. – midnight on March 14 at Paint Creek Country Club, 2375 Stanton Rd. Tickets are $65 and […]