By Shane Stockwell Review Contributor The Lake Orion Dragons won their first OAA Red Championship in five years by defeating Farmington Unified 4-0 on Thursday night. Lake Orion went 9-0-1 in their final ten OAA Red games to lock up the top spot in the division. The Dragons win came in front of a packed […]
The Lake Orion girls varsity basketball team lost a tough, physical game to North Farmington on Thursday by a final score of 48-35. It was Lake Orion’s last game of the regular season. District play began Feb. 27, with the Dragons playing Waterford Kettering in the opening round. Lake Orion’s Tessa Nuss led the Dragons […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Baldwin Road widening and streetscape project slated to begin this spring has been pushed back a year, while the Brown Road widening project will begin this summer. Orion Twp. officials are working with the Michigan Dept. of Transportation to delay the M-24 resurfacing project that was originally scheduled for […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Vandals who spray painted vulgar words and images on the signs, trees and walkways on the Paint Creek Trail have been identified after a trail cam photo of the suspects went viral last week. As of Thursday – just two days after the vandalism was first reported on Orion Twp. […]
By Georgia Thelen Staff Writer Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama, the “real auto show”, will return to the Cobo Center Feb. 24 through Feb. 26 and will also be showcasing two cars owned by Lake Orion resident’s. Paul Borror of Lake Orion will be taking his red 1965 Shelby Cobra and Lake Orion resident Douglas Broquet will […]
By Georgia Thelen Staff Writer Lake Orion Community Schools recently announced their 2017 Teacher of the Year (TOTY) award winners, representing Lake Orion’s high school, middle school and elementary school programs. Kevin Kopec, a teacher and girl’s varsity basketball coach at Lake Orion High School, was awarded the 2017 TOTY award. Kopec is a government, […]
By Georgia Thelen Staff Writer With history dating back to 1940, Lake Orion’s new 20 Front Street music venue has been granted the 2017 Historic Building Preservation Grant from the Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority. 20 Front Street, named for its address, has been granted an award of $22,000 for their work in preserving the […]
The 2017 Senior Olympic’s Bocce Ball Tournament was held on Feb. 8 at Palazzo Di Bocce in Lake Orion. There were 16 total participants between both divisions present at the Bocce Ball Tournament. The Michigan Senior Olympics’s main goal is to enhance the quality of life of those residents’ ages 50 and older. These goals […]
By Georgia Thelen Staff Writer The Polly Ann Trailway Management Council is currently fundraising to try a different approach to managing the trail’s weeds and overgrowths — with goats. The Trailway Council is looking at “Goatscaping” — more formally know as conservation grazing — as an alternative to the pesticides normally used along the Polly […]
By Georgia Thelen Staff Writer The Orion Art Center opened its newest exhibit, Celebrating Humanity on Feb. 16. Through the end of March, the Orion Art Center will have dozens of art pieces on display carrying notes of genocide and persecution through the years. Lake Orion community members and Lake Orion High School students created […]