By Susan Carroll Review Writer During the March 26 Lake Orion Village Council meeting, President Ken VanPortfliet said the Road Commission for Oakland County is researching the possibility of putting a mini-roundabout at the three-way intersection of E. Flint, Miller and Orion roads. A mini-roundabout has a single-lane and a small diameter, and are smaller […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Orion Township Trustee Ronald Sliwinski pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault and battery charge on March 21. Sliwinski entered the plea in Judge Julie Nicholson’s 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills. While a no contest plea is not an admission of guilt, it is treated as so during sentencing. […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County expects construction on Phase I of the Baldwin Road widening and streetscape project to begin on April 2. This is the second year of the project, which will focus on Baldwin Road from Gregory Road north to Morgan Road in Orion Township. The project involves widening and reconstructing Baldwin […]
It is that time of year folks — we have to shift into cycle awareness mode. We are already seeing our motorcycle friends and neighbors chasing winter away from Lake Orion. Please take a moment to consider some scary data, and some interesting data, that tells us cycle riders that crash statistics are changing – […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Orion Township Trustee Ronald Sliwinski pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault and battery charge March 21. Sliwinski entered the plea on Wednesday in Judge Julie Nicholson’s 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills. While a no contest plea is not an admission of guilt, it is treated as so during […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to form an ad-hoc committee to explore consolidating the township’s waste collection services. Currently, each homeowner contracts their own garbage and recycling services. Board members began the discussion because this is the time of year that waste haulers need to […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor How do you get to the robotics world championships? Practice, practice, practice. Robotics Team 302 from Lake Orion High School now has that advantage with a new practice field at the Community Education Resource Center (CERC). Team 302 won the Miami Valley Regional at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor March is National Reading Month and schools across the Lake Orion district have embraced activities that encourage kids to read: reading books as a school, fun activities, dressing up as characters, reading scavenger hunts, reading Olympics. And welcoming guest readers. JoAnn Van Tassel was one of the guest readers who […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Susan Carroll Review Writer It’s a playoff-like atmosphere when the Lake Orion and Oxford Special Olympics basketball teams meet and Friday’s matchup at the Lake Orion High School Fieldhouse was no exception. The cheers from students, faculty, parents and supporters rocked the fieldhouse to the rafters in a shoot-out between […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel has journeyed a long way since his days in Lake Orion, and next Wednesday he will once again depart Earth, this time for a five-month mission to the International Space Station. Feustel, a 1983 Lake Orion High School graduate, will serve as flight engineer on […]