By Georgia Thelen Review Writer The Lake Orion Lions Club and Lake Orion United Methodist Church (LOUMC) are sponsoring the Taste of the Town event on Feb. 25. This year’s affair will feature food samples from local restaurants, a silent and live auction and live music. Lockhart’s BBQ, Passport Pizza, Valentino’s, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Achatz […]
By Georgia Thelen Review Writer The Orion Art Center hosts its 28th annual Gala, “A Night in Paris” on March 25. The 2017 Gala is from 6 p.m. to midnight at Paint Creek Country Club, 2375 Stanton Rd. This year’s event will include a premium cocktail reception, a gourmet dinner, dancing and a silent auction. […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce hopes that the changes it’s instituting in 2017 will be a boon for its members, helping to further promote local businesses and continue the strong finish of 2016, exemplified in the chamber’s increased activity and double the normal amount of nominations at the annual […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Many people know him as “Bruce the Homeless Guy” or simply as Bruce, the resident Lake Orion wanderer who, for the past 16 years, sleeps wrapped in a sleeping bag and plastic behind the Kmart at E. Clarkston and Lapeer roads. But Bruce Gertz is now in his early sixties […]
The Orion Area Youth Assistance (OAYA) seeks nominees for their 24th Annual Youth Recognition Awards Ceremony. The awards pay special tribute to outstanding youth in the community who have volunteered their time in the past year. All nominations must be received by March 24. The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. May 10 in the […]
The Tender Turtle By Amy Denise Silvester Released Jan. 7, 2017 Book release party: 2-4 p.m. Feb. 25 at Crates Coffee House, 1472 S Lapeer Road, with a reading at 3 p.m. Books will be available to purchase on site. Books are also available at: www.lovenlightproductions.com www.createspace.com/6805982 Tender is the turtle, but fierce the dream […]
Lake Orion graduate Kylie Barber and Melissa Cratt aired live from the ONTV studio throughout the 5 or 5 food drive promoting ONTV and discussing the day’s events. The telethon-style event raised food and monetary donations for the Oxford/Orion Fish Food Pantry. ‘We found out today that FISH’s final estimate is 6,250 pounds of food […]
‘Read and Share With Me’ program puts books in the hands of young readers Eighty middle school students from St. Joseph School in Lake Orion read books to more than 120 kindergarten and first-graders at Alcott Elementary School in Pontiac on Jan. 31. Most of the middle school students bought their own books, and extra […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor A fire early Saturday morning has virtually destroyed the Lake Orion Pet Centre, a mainstay in the downtown community for decades. The fire took six hours for fire crews to completely extinguish, with firefighters from Orion Township’s four fire stations and the Lake Orion Police Dept. responding to the emergency. […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Lake Orion Community Schools announced the 2017-18 school year attendance boundaries for the middle schools at the school board meeting Jan. 25. A boundary map for Oakview, Waldon and Scripps middle schools is on page 13. Boundary maps for individual middle school and elementary schools are available on the district […]