By Megan Kelley Review Writer The final board meeting of 2018 was full of closing chapters and hopeful new beginnings. Superintendent Marion Ginopolis spoke of the new legislation for district grading that had passed in both the house and the senate earlier in the week. “It’s a disappointment and I’m very disheartened by our own […]
Michigan Senior Olympics is an annual event that was created in an attempt to promote healthy lifestyles among Michigan’s elderly population through organizing state games, sports competitions, health, fitness, nutrition and wellness programs. The registration period for the Senior Olympic Winter Games is now open for anyone 50-years-old or older that wishes to compete in […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor It was an evening of heroes and happiness for 110 kids during the Lake Orion Police Department and Friends Shop with a Hero event Dec. 12 at the Auburn Hills Target store. And while 80 heroes – 16 LOPD officers, Star EMS, DEA and FBI agents, Oakland University Police, Michigan […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved $60,000 for Auger Klein Aller Architects Inc. to develop a schematic design study for a new township hall. The 6-0 approval came during the board’s meeting on Monday. Trustee Mike Flood was absent from the meeting. “We have been moving in this direction […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Starting in November, the Lake Orion Lions Club has been gathering supplies for their annual Christmas basket program. They started with collecting gifts for children at local businesses. They sold copies of The Lake Orion Review around town to raise money for food supplies that would also go into baskets […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Small Business Saturday was held on Nov. 24 throughout Oakland County the day after Black Friday. Small Business Saturday was created three years ago in an attempt to take the spotlight from the big corporate stores that so many people flock to on Black Friday, and focus it on to […]
At least two Orion Township businesses were part of the bomb threat scams sent by email nationwide and across the world on Thursday. The emails directed the recipients to deposit $20,000 in Bitcoin into a designated account or a bomb would be detonated in their facilities. HealthQuest Physical Therapy, 3009 S. Baldwin Rd., and Patriot […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Finding parking spots in downtown Lake Orion can be problematic, but village officials hope a new parking plan will help visitors to the business district find parking spots and create the necessary turnover in downtown lots. In 2017, the village council created a Parking Advisory Committee comprised of members from […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Plans are moving forward on the M-24 reconstruction and resurfacing project slated for 2020, with officials from the Michigan Dept. of Transportation and the engineering firm heading the project hosting a public information meeting Thursday at the Oxford Public Library. The M-24 project will extend from Goldengate Street in Orion […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Orion Twp. Substation has already received calls for “kids going out on the ice” and wants to remind parents, kids and the general public that ice will thin for weeks to come. With the on-set of winter activity just around the corner, now is the time for a reminder on […]