By Jim Newell Review Writer Active and retired military personnel took center stage, literally, at Orion Oaks Elementary on Veterans Day for a special ceremony honoring men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces. And while most of the students are too young to understand the gravity of war, they are learning […]
By Georgia Thelen Review Staff Writer Stacy Keywell, a long-time Lake Orion High School teacher, has recently released another novel. Keywell is in her 19th year as a French teacher at LOHS, but also holds a true love for writing in her native language, English. When she was young, Keywell said for fun she would […]
By Georgia Thelen Review Staff Writer Lake Orion veterans and citizens alike gathered at the Orion Center on Nov. 11 to honor those who have served our country. The ceremony included song selections from the Lake Orion High School Chorale and patriotic selections from the North Oakland Patriotic Band. There was a formal address given […]
By Jim Newell Review Writer Orion drivers and businesses fed up with the traffic congestion and construction on M-24, take heart: The end is in sight – almost. Next Friday the lanes should be clear of construction. “Nov. 18 is the open-to-traffic date. The project completion is next spring because we have tree planting to […]
By Georgia Thelen Review Staff Writer Hubbell, Roth & Clark (HRC), the Village of Lake Orion’s engineers, started inspecting the village’s sanitary sewer system May 2. As of Oct. 14, HRC has inspected 126 of 349 manholes in the Village of Lake Orion: 52 of 126 manholes were in good condition, while the remaining 74 […]
By Jim Newell Review Writer The chime of the bell was an ominous, yet grateful, reminder of the sailors who fought and died in service to their country, and now lay at rest in the deep. VFW Post 334 service members, family and friends gathered for a special memorial service at the Veterans Memorial Park, […]
By Jim Newell Review Writer It’s not unusual for Dr. Jaime Abbott to see veterans in her dental office, but when a couple of veterans – and her father – showed up recently she was stunned by the reason for their visit. The American Legion Chief Pontiac Post 377 in Clarkston presented Abbott with a […]
The 2016 3rd Annual Wildwood Film Challenge and Festival, sponsored by Orion Neighborhood Televeision (ONTV), had 11 teams participate and create short films in only four days. Each film entered was required to include components that were revealed to the teams at the Festival kickoff on Oct. 21. The components were: a playground, a pet […]
By Georgia Thelen Review Staff Writer The 10th Annual Schrauger Memorial 5K and Fun Run will be held at Lake Orion High School on Nov. 19. The Schrauger Memorial commemorates the lives of brothers Timothy and Josh, Lake Orion students who passed away in 2007. The 5K was originally started by the Lake Orion High […]
The aroma of freshly baked pie and Thanksgiving dinner wafting from the kitchen, that new car smell, coffee brewing in the morning (or anytime of the day) – these are some of the scents that people love. For me, it’s been books. I’ve always been an avid reader and I swear that a new book […]