Work should begin in mid-August on a remodeling of the Lake Orion Community Schools Administration Building on Lapeer Street, located in the Village of Lake Orion. The building will get an interior remodel, including new carpeting and different colored walls, a new conference room and storage space, and work done in the meeting room to […]
Ted Schmidt of Lake Orion said he was searching for a parking spot in downtown Lake Orion one day when he came up with the idea for his latest business venture. Schmidt approached the Lake Orion Village Council on July 10 to request that they allow him to operate a fee-based valet parking service in […]
This past weekend I traveled to Canton to visit Michigan’s first Ikea store for the second time in as many weeks. When the store first opened last month, to much publicized fanfare, I scoffed at those camping out in the parking lot for days, and standing in line for hours before the store finally opened […]
School may be out for the summer, but there’s still a lot going on through the Lake Orion Early Childhood Programs at the Community Education Resource Center (CERC). Early Childhood Director Melanie O’Neil said all of the programs are accepting registration through the summer, including registration for the new Pre-Kindergarten program, replacing the Young 5’s […]
A 15-year-old girl was injured on Lake Orion on Sunday afternoon while riding a kite tube being pulled by a speedboat. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Marine Division said the girl was being towed on a ‘Manta Ray? kite tube behind her father’s 20? speedboat. The family, who is from Lake Orion, made three 32-mile […]
Marine Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar became the 40th soldier from Lake Orion to be killed during active duty, when he died from wounds received during a roadside bombing in Iraq on June 26. According to Dr. Joe Mastromatteo, chairman of the Orion Veterans Memorial, Plouhar is also the first member of military personnel from […]
The Lake Orion Village Council has voted to recommend that the Michigan Liquor Control Commission approve an application from the Sagebrush Cantina to transfer a liquor license. Sagebrush owner Dia Zaraga has asked to transfer his Class C liquor license, currently in escrow, back to the new Sagebrush building, located at the same address as […]
It doesn’t seem possible that summer is officially here. It wasn’t all that long ago that I was rushing around buying Christmas presents, and preparing to take over as editor of The Review. It’s now six months later, but it doesn’t seem like that much time has passed. In Lake Orion, the Jubilee Carnival and […]
After instructing 4,400 students in nearly 34 years with Lake Orion Schools, you might say Waldon Middle School band director Michael Edwards has earned a break. Edwards, the husband of Carpenter Elementary Principal Rose Edwards, retired at the end of this school year, and plans to spend some time visiting family and friends, and also […]
Janis Peacock, a fifth-grade teacher at Pine Tree Elementary School, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and battery, after allegedly shoving at student into a bookcase. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Peacock is due back in the 52-3 District Court on June 28, and is currently free on a $2,000 […]