June 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Paint Creek Trailways Commission will celebrate its 21st Annual National Trails Day with free, family-friendly events in downtown Lake Orion. The theme of this year’s Paint Creek Trail National Trails Day event is bicycle safety. Attendees will receive a bike bell (while supplies last) as well […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Ethan Cleveland, a sophomore at Lake Orion High School, was promoted to the rank of chief petty officer in the Naval Sea Cadets Corp during a ceremony at the Orion Veterans Memorial on May 19. For Ethan, the promotion was the culmination years of hard work and dedication to the […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Veterans Memorial got a little extra sprucing up before the Memorial Day ceremony, with volunteers from the Lake Orion Home Depot planting flowers and a Victory Garden on May 22. Alana Hart, community outreach coordinator for the Lake Orion Home Depot, said the Home Depot Foundation gave the […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Parking is the problem on everyone’s minds in downtown Lake Orion lately – as are the possibilities of resolving the problem. To that end, the Downtown Development Authority has entered into an agreement to purchase two lots from the Lake Orion United Methodist Church. The DDA Board of Directors voted […]
By Jerry Narsh Lake Orion Review Guest Writer Since 2006, the Lake Orion Police Department has partnered with the Lake Orion American Legion Post #233 to annually select and honor a local Veteran for their service to their country on Memorial Day. This year, we have expanded our veteran partnership to include the North Oakland […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s not only “bad” people who make mistakes; “good” people do, too. And there’s consequences for making poor decisions, a lesson that Judge Julie Nicholson and the attorneys in her school courts try to impart to young people. “When I was elected in 1997, one of the initiatives I had […]
• Prayer and Memorial: 9 a.m. at Eastlawn Cemetery on Orion Road, just south of Atwater Street on the west side of Orion Road. • 3rd annual Orion Veterans Memorial Day 5k Run/Walk: The race begins at 9 a.m. and will start/finish on Anderson Street adjacent to the Children’s Park parking lot. Day of check […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority won the Spirit of Mainstreet award for the second time on May 9. More than 200 people, which included many local and county officials as well as business leaders attended the annual gala event, which takes place at the Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Scripps Middle School eighth graders headed out to Paint Creek on Monday for their 17th annual stream monitoring field trip to test the stream’s water quality/health. Students spent most of their day at Paint Creek by Meeks Park in Downtown Lake Orion testing several water components. In large groups, they […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Oakland County School Business Officials (OCSBO) met on Friday to name Lake Orion Community School’s Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance John Fitzgerald the 2018-29 Oakland County Business Administrator of the Year. “It is with tremendous pleasure, seriously, that I am up here today to recognize John,” said Superintendent Marion […]