By Megan Kelley Review Writer In August 2016 Lake Orion Community Schools passed a sinking fund to help with repairs that were needed throughout the district. This sinking fund generates approximately $3.5 million annually for the 10 years following its passage to assist in the “more than $40 million in facility projects proposed for Lake […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer In last week’s issue of The Lake Orion Review we started to break down the numbers of the LOCS bond proposal, specifically for the elementary schools. Upon the passage of the bond, the elementary schools would receive $66.6 million of the proposed $160 million bond total. Combined, the three middle […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s been a six-month process, but renovations on fire station 1 in the village are now complete and the Orion Township firefighters will host an “open station” to let the community see the new building. The open house event for station 1, at 93 S. Anderson St., begins with a […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor A new $40 million marijuana business park is coming to Orion Twp. The Oakland Business Park, the first of its kind in Oakland County, will be located on Premier Drive off S. Lapeer Road (M-24). The cannabis operation is run under the umbrella of the Oakland Business Park. Developers and […]
Editor’s Note: Supt. Ginopolis’ guest column is also in the Oct. 3, 2018 print edition of The Lake Orion Review. By Superintendent Marion Ginopolis In an interview with the Lake Orion Review, published on Sept. 26, 2018, Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education Trustee Bill Holt indicated that he objects to three projects in the Lake […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 7-13 and the Orion Township Fire Department wants to keep residents safe by educating them on simple techniques to keep their families safe in the event of a home fire. The origins of Fire Prevention Week – always the second full week of October – […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools has been touting their “no expected tax rate increase” $160 million bond proposal for some time now, saying the bond would be used to address “critical needs” in the district. School board members, such as President Scott Taylor, have been vocal in stating that GMB, the […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools (LOCS) received good news this month upon the release of the M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) results this past August. M-STEP was made the official standardized test distributed to grades three to eight throughout the state in 2014, replacing the then 44-year-old MEAP (Michigan […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Orion Township has agreed to sell the last piece of the Brown Road puzzle, a lot at 313 Brown Road that the township acquired as part of the Brown Road redevelopment project. The township board voted unanimously to sell the property to Pulte Homes for development. An early conceptual design […]
Join the Oakland County Sheriffs for national coffee with cop day on Wednesday, Oct 3 at any of the 12 participating locations around Oakland County. Oakland County residents are encouraged to come by and enjoy a cup of coffee with their local law enforcement. National coffee with a cop day was created three years ago as […]