By Megan Kelley Review Writer At its regular meeting on Jan. 26, the Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education unanimously re-authorized School of Choice (SOC) slots for the 2022-23 school year. The capacity for non-resident students is not to exceed 10 percent of building population for Kindergarten through eighth grade and Learning Options for […]
The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education met on Jan. 26, where the board approved a bid award for the Stadium Drive Elementary phase 2 site renovations and Scripps Middle School building and site improvements bid package 2. “For Stadium Drive, it’s really the site work that’s going to go on there that’s been […]
Scripps Middle School thespians will present MmmBeth, a one act comedy by Allison Williams, next Tuesday and Wednesday. The play, a spoof of the Shakespeare tragedy MacBeth, begins at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 in the cafeteria at Scripps Middle School, Lake Orion High School thespians Elijah Vernagus and Maggie Bayley are directing […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Frozen fairways, concrete tee boxes, rough, snow-covered putting greens, frozen golfers: not a typical day on golf course. The water hazards were typical, though. Golfers who could not wait for Spring hit the links of Lake Orion on Saturday for the Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club’s Annual Ice Cup Golf […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer During their meeting on Jan. 26, the Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education was joined by district educators at the elementary level to discuss their Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programming. Carpenter Elementary Principal Adam Weldon and elementary teachers from around the district; Kate Dimeo (Webber Elementary), Melissa Kilgore (Carpenter […]
Fundraisers net more than $9K for victims of boarding house fire By Jim Newell Review Editor On Jan. 14, residents of a boarding house at 35 N. Broadway Street in downtown Lake Orion watched from the street as firefighters battled the blaze ripping through their home. Many fled the house with only the clothes they […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education met last Wednesday for their first meeting of the 2022 calendar year where they held their annual reorganization meeting. As is done every year, the full board openly cast their votes for board officer positions (president, vice president, treasurer and secretary). This […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor Groups and individuals in Lake Orion are rallying to support the former tenants of a boarding house at 35 N. Broadway St. in downtown Lake Orion who lost their home to a fire on Jan. 14. Now, Lake Orion American Legion Post 233 is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday with […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor General Motors Co. announced on Tuesday that the auto manufacturer will invest more that $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites, including $4 billion in the GM Orion plant. Orion Assembly will become the second U.S. plant building Chevrolet Silverado EV and electric GMC Sierra and GM will invest $4 […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer As winter continues and we enter the home stretch of the season, both the Lake Orion and Oxford Downtown Development Authorities have joined together to host the Stronger Together Ice Festival in both downtowns throughout the entire month of February. The dual town event is making it’s return to the […]