By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority board met for their regularly scheduled meeting last week where the board received a presentation from Erick Phillips from Main Street of Oakland County on current market data. According to Phillips, the data, called Placer.ai, is available at the county level. Using apps downloaded on […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors met on April 12 and received a presentation from Jimmy Johnson from the Orion Historical Society about placing potential historical signage throughout the downtown. What Johnson calls “A Moment in Time” is something that the Historical Society has brought to the DDA […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion Community Schools broke ground on their highly anticipated and long-awaited Blanche Sims Elementary school construction project last week. District administration, school board members and representatives from GMB Architects and Frank Rewold and Sons joined Blanche Sims staff and students in the current Blanche Sims cafeteria for the ceremony. […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Lake Orion Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting on April 13 where one of the more anticipated topics of discussion was the unveiling of the district’s strategic plan. Over the past several months, LOCS has been participating in the strategic planning process through the Michigan Association […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved the publication of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a potential parking deck during their regularly scheduled meeting on April 12. As parking has consistently been a point of issue in the downtown, the DDA has listed a parking deck as […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Village Council will hold two Truth in Taxation public hearings and a public hearing on the proposed 2022-23 fiscal year budget during its May 9 meeting to hear residents’ input. The Truth in Taxation hearings – one for the General Operating tax millage rate and the other […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Grand Rapids, Mich. – A federal jury in Grand Rapids on Friday acquitted two men in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, including Orion Township resident Daniel Harris. Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta, 34, of Canton, and Harris, 24, were found not guilty of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer, a potential […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The weather outside may have been slightly frightful but the joy inside was more than delightful during the special needs Easter party on April 2. The AU (Awesome & Unique) Special Needs Foundation hosted the annual Easter party at Lake Orion United Methodist Church with scores of children and their […]
Sheriff Bouchard vows to hold perpetrators accountable By Jim Newell Review Editor Lake Orion was among three local school districts receiving phone calls threatening violence on Friday, the Oakland Sheriff’s Office said. While none of the threats proved to be credible, Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard said his office would investigate and hold the perpetrators criminally […]
Lake Orion High School Athletic Director and head football coach, Chris Bell, was inducted into the Michigan Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in February. Bell is a part of the 2022 inductee class, along with 13 others. “It’s a great honor,” Bell said in a news release from Lake Orion Community Schools. “It means […]