Superintendent of Lake Orion Community Schools, Ben Kirby gave another COVID-19 update to the LOCS school board at their April 28 meeting. While not much is changing as far as current procedure, Kirby has been proactive in the past several months in getting feedback from families and staff members. “We’re not only managing the day-to-day […]
According to Oakland County government, in the last 30 days there were 148 recent cases in the 48359 ZIP code, 207 new cases in the 48360 ZIP code and 256 new cases in the 48362 area. Total numbers by ZIP code: 48359: 201 total cases, nine deaths. (Population of 9,634) 48360: 970 total cases, six […]
With warm weather on the horizon, get your little ones together and visit downtown Lake Orion to for a stroll and check out the Orion Township Library’s Storywalk. This month, pages of the storybook If You Give a Mouse a Cookie will be displayed in the windows of downtown businesses starting at Elizabeth’s Studio (115 […]
A new Lake Orion tradition returns this Memorial Day with the Orion Veterans 5th Annual Run/Walk on Memorial Day. This year’s event will start/finish on Anderson Street adjacent to the Children’s Park parking lot. New for 2021 is the 5-Mile Distance race, which will take participants over the Van Tassel Pedestrian Bridge and along the […]
The 20th annual Flower & Art Fair blossoms in downtown Lake Orion from May 21-22, with even more activities for attendees. This Spring fair will feature a variety of local vendors who will have flowers, plants and decorative elements for lawns and homes. Local businesses will showcase landscaping and home improvements ideas. The Orion Art […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Township Planning Commission gave preliminary approval for special land use request, with conditions, for Meijer ORI during the commission’s meeting on Wednesday. Meijer corporation will have to seek site variances from the Orion Township Zoning Board of Appeals, but planning commissioners’ approval put the grocery retailer a step […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Village Council voted 6-0 to approve a permit for the Dragon on the Lake festival to return later this summer. The festival was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions. Dragon on the Lake is the Orion Art Center’s signature fundraising event. The Art Center, a […]
Community invited to Playful Dragon ribbon cutting May 4 Orion Township and Oakland County officials will mark the completion of the Baldwin Road widening and reconstruction development during a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 4. Orion Township government announced the ribbon cutting on Tuesday morning. Officials from Orion Township government, the Road Commission for Oakland […]
Celebrate anime, video games, comics, costumes and more at the Orion Township Public Library on May 1 for Fandom Fest. Throughout the day, the library will have fun, fandom related take-and-make crafts available for free to patrons. “We will have a variety of geeky take-and-make crafts for all ages as well as a virtual cosplay […]
Children’s Book Week, the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country, began over 100 years ago in 1919. The campaign, which is currently run by the Children’s Book Council, takes place May 3 to 9 and will feature fun events throughout the week. “This year we will have a fun and exciting reading challenge available […]