Eat, drink and be merry — Art in the Castle takes over Kings Court Castle at Canterbury Village March 14-15

Eat, drink and be merry — Art in the Castle takes over Kings Court Castle at Canterbury Village March 14-15

By Megan Kelley Review Writer It’s a weekend of handcrafted art and Olde World wines without having to travel far. Kings Court Castle at Canterbury Village is hosting Art in the Castle from March 14-15. “We produced an art fair in Orchard Lake called Fine Art Fine Wine Fair and we wanted to bring something […]

Leap on down to the 5th annual Taste of the Town on Saturday

Leap on down to the 5th annual Taste of the Town on Saturday

By Jim Newell Review Editor Need a little something to spice up a Saturday night? Especially when that day is Leap Day? The Lake Orion Lions Club and Lake Orion United Methodist Church host the 5th annual Taste of the Town fundraiser beginning at 6 p.m. Feb. 29 in the Grand Ballroom at Boulder Pointe […]

Orion Township named Pure Michigan Trail Town

Orion Township was one of three Michigan communities named as 2020 Pure Michigan Trail Towns by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) during the Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism yesterday in Grand Rapids. These three communities join the four trail towns named last year, for a total of seven Pure Michigan trail towns […]

Orion Veterans Memorial panels fall off

Orion Veterans Memorial panels fall off

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 many the memorial an attractive monument in which they and the […]

Vandals trash the Village of Lake Orion

Vandals trash the Village of Lake Orion

Police find more than 50 ‘taggings’ across the downtown landscape, cost still undetermined By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s not the kind of walking tour that village officials wanted for Lake Orion, but anyone who strolls through the downtown can see scores of new graffiti on public signs and mailboxes. Graffiti vandals colored downtown Lake […]

LOCS approves bid awards for bond and sinking fund projects

By Megan Kelley Review Writer As summer approaches, Lake Orion Community Schools is preparing to lay out their construction projects for Carpenter Elementary, Orion Oaks Elementary and for new Astro-Turf on the high school soccer field. During their Feb. 11 meeting, the Lake Orion Board of Education approved bid awards for the two school bond […]

LOCS Board of Education discusses policy changes

By Megan Kelley Review Writer Will possible new policy changes force the district to rename Blanche Sims Elementary once the new building is finished? No, and you won’t see any unapproved drones flying over school facilities either. The Lake Orion Community School’s Board of Education met on Wednesday for a regular meeting that included discussions […]

LOCS names 2020 Teachers of the Year

LOCS names 2020 Teachers of the Year

By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools often boasts about the outstanding staff in the district and for good reason. It isn’t often that you find a LOCS student who hasn’t been positively impacted by a teacher they have had in their years in Lake Orion, and district wide M-STEP scores show that […]

DDA board votes to approve staff hire

The Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors voted to approve hiring a new administrative assistant during their regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 11. Interviews were conducted in December and January by Village Council President Ken VanPortfliet, DDA Chairperson Debbie Burgess and DDA Executive Director Molly LaLone. Lalone recommended to the board that they hire a […]