Dragon Homecoming Parade

Dragon Homecoming Parade

Lake Orion Community Schools celebrated the beginning of Homecoming week with their annual Homecoming Parade through downtown Lake Orion. After taking a year off due to COVID-19 last year, Dragons big and small crowded the streets to cheer on students and staff within the district and give the varsity football team some encouragement for their […]

Lake Orion native encourages self-love with new selfie shop

Lake Orion native encourages self-love with new selfie shop

By Erica Soroka Review Contributing Writer The word selfie has always had a negative connotation attached to it. But Lake Orion native, Sierra Harbin, is determined to take the self-absorption out of the word and put self-love into it. Set to break the stereotype, Harbin recently opened the doors of Zany Bubbles, a selfie shoppe […]

Orion Twp. Board approves medical marijuana provisioning centers

By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Township Board of Trustees approved an amendment to Ordinance 154 Licensed Marihuana Facilities that will allow for medical marijuana facilities and caregiver operations in Orion Township. The board held a public hearing and second reading of the proposed amendment during its meeting on Monday, then voted 6-0 to […]

Orion Twp. Municipal Complex slated to open in early November

Cleaning services bid approved By Jim Newell Review Editor Orion Township employees will likely be moving into the new Orion Township Municipal Complex in early November if the construction timetable holds. “We’re about 30 days out from moving into our new facility. It’s a remarkable accomplishment,” Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett said. “During COVID, to […]

LO DDA holds special meeting, approves RFQ for legal services

Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors held a special meeting on Sept. 27 where the board approved a request for proposal for legal services as well as appointed three board members to an evaluation and interview team. Currently, the DDA and Village share the same attorney — Mary Kucharek of Beier Howlett. The […]

MDOT to close single lane on M-24, Broadway Street on Saturday

Beginning on Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Transportation closed a single lane on northbound M-24 at Broadway Street in the Village of Lake Orion. The single lane closure is expected to last through Saturday. MDOT says it is closing the lane from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for curb and pavement work. Broadway Street will […]

Village planning commission to hold public hearing on the redevelopment of the former Lake Orion High School/Ehman Center building

Village planning commission to hold public hearing on the redevelopment of the former Lake Orion High School/Ehman Center building

By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) Preliminary Plan for 55 W. Elizabeth St., the old Lake Orion High School building, also known as the Ehman Center. The public hearing begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday in council chambers at Lake […]

Webber Elementary is one of 325 schools named a 2021 Natl. Blue Ribbon School

Webber Elementary was one of 325 schools nationwide to be named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2021, Lake Orion Community Schools announced last week. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recognized 325 schools, including 13 schools in Michigan, on Tuesday, according to information from the U.S. Department of Education. “This year’s cohort of honorees […]

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