LOCS Sinking Fund passes

By Jim Newell Review Staff Writer Lake Orion Community Schools Superintendent Marion Ginopolis is both grateful to the community for approving the fund request and optimistic about how it can enhance the district in the years ahead. “This community really came together to support the schools and take care of significant and urgent problems,” Ginopolis […]

Orange barrel update

Clarkston at M-24 to close, Adams/Gunn gets stop signs As Lake Orion residents may have noticed, road construction season is in full bloom, yielding road closures and detour routes to navigate. Road Commission for Oakland County projects include several areas in Lake Orion, and the RCOC warns drivers to expect delays. “It is the RCOC’s […]

Traveling human origins exhibit on display at library

Traveling human origins exhibit on display at library

By Jim Newell Review Staff Writer In the vast scheme of evolutionary history many people know that mankind is only a blip in the evolutionary chain. But how many people know that all humans share a 99.9 percent genetic similarity? Or that man shares a 98.8 percent genetic similarity to chimpanzees? And a 60 percent […]

Community forum talks about possible closure, new programs

By Chris Hagan Review Staff Writer The school board could possibly be closing a school next year, but administrators say they are not likely to sell it and would rather re-purpose it into something that could bring the district money. This was just one of the topics discussed at the Lake Orion Community Schools community […]

Upcoming scholarship gala benefits LOHS seniors, remembers an alumni

By Chris Hagan Review Staff Writer On Aug. 13, the 10th Annual Natalie R. Nance Scholarship Gala will take place in Leonard but the scholarship’s ties are very much rooted in Lake Orion. The scholarship fund was created in memory of late LOHS alumni, Natalie Nance. While attending her junior year at Western Michigan University, […]

All aboard at the Big Rig Gig

All aboard at the Big Rig Gig

Logan Fleck, 5, of Lake Orion, stands aboard one of Waste Management’s trucks at the Big Rig Gig last week. See this week’s issue for more photos. Photo by Cathy Kimmel-Srock.

Horseshoe Club hosts States Doubles Saturday

Horseshoe Club hosts States Doubles Saturday

If it’s the sound of “ringers” you are looking for, you are in luck with the oldest horseshoe club in the state of Michigan calling Orion home. The Lake Orion Horseshoe Club, who hosted its first Money Tournament last Saturday, will be busy once again this weekend as they are hosting the States Doubles Tournament […]

Kids and Kops Car Show

Kids and Kops Car Show

  Famous Funny Car driver Della Woods brought her Dodge Daytona to the Kids & Kops Car Show this past weekend to help support funding for local youth programs. Check out a full story on Della’s recent induction into the MOPAR Hall of Fame in the Aug. 17 issue of The Lake Orion Review. Also, […]

Voters say yes to fire, police, schools; select GOP winners for November election

With all precincts reporting, unofficial election results from the Oakland County Clerk’s Office indicate that voters said yes across the board, with both public safety millages passing, as well as the Building and Site Sinking Fund for Lake Orion Community Schools. Those results were: -Orion Fire Millage: 67.37 percent yes; 32.63 percent no -Orion Police […]

School board spots up for grab

The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education has four openings and five are vying for them. The deadline to file passed last week on July 26. Current board members Birgit McQuiston and Scott Taylor are seeking re-election for their seats, while Deborah Porter and Connie Meech are not. Meech, who initially filed, withdrew on […]