When Bridget Llewellyn first started writing her children’s book in October 2007, there weren’t any others quite like it ? a fact that she says was her inspiration for One Child, One Planet. ?[The goal is] to get children to appreciate the beauty in nature and preserve it, to get more kids playing outside instead […]
‘Take the T out of can’t,? is Mike Watt’s motto. ‘Can? is the three-letter word the Lake Orion resident says will take you places. Watts and his grandson, Matthew, a Lake Orion High School senior, volunteered nearly a month of their time renovating a house owned by the Baldwin Center. The Baldwin Center is a […]
On your mark, get set, dial! Local National City Bank employees punched in phone numbers to benefit Lake Orion Education Foundation (LOEF) during the bank’s Community Appreciation Day, Sept. 23. ‘Our goal is to get the public aware and engaged in the foundation’s activities,? said LOEF President and National City employee Steve Appledorn. Appledorn and […]
The Dragon tennis team continues their winning streak, besting their opponents in seven of their last eight matches. They’re now 6-1 in league play, earning them the second place spot. ‘I couldn’t have really asked for the boys to do a better job than what they have. Last season, the team won one match and […]
Village residents voted in four council members at the Sept. 15 election: John Ranville and Michael Toth will return as incumbents, with Douglas Hobbs and Lawrence Stumkat serving for the first time. The three highest vote-getters ? Hobbs, 128, Ranville, 120, and Stumkat, 112 ? will serve four-year terms. Toth, with 109 votes, will serve […]
Residents may have already noticed different mail carriers and fewer collection boxes around town. The changes are part of money-saving strategies by the Lake Orion Post Office to streamline expenses while maintaining services, according to Postmaster Ted Banks. He noted the changes are due to ‘the economic downtown and the reduction in mail volume.? ‘The […]
The boy’s tennis team came out swinging this season. Dragons swept everyone in their first matches during the Clarkston Invitational and Romeo Apple Open. Last year, the team only won once. ‘The whole team right now is on cloud nine,? said new Head Coach Eric Bracciano. Bracciano returned to Lake Orion High School as coach […]
By Megan (Hess) Collier Review Staff Writer Lake Orion Board of Education put a stop to the district’s middle school overhaul. Administrators were rushing to restructure all three middle schools and the high school through late spring and early summer in an effort to save the district money. But school board members voted for the […]
Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Director Lois Golden has been ‘removed? from her position, effectively immediately. Seven DDA boardmembers made the unanimous decision at their Sept. 8 regular meeting. The board’s vote came at the expiration of Golden’s three-month opportunity to improve on her performance evaluation, according to president Gene Carlson. ?[The board] really felt there […]
With ‘a community and a nation divided,? Lake Orion Community Schools? Superintendent Ken Gutman decided the choice over whether students should watch President Barack Obama’s address Sept. 8 ‘or not’wasn’t his to make. Gutman announced the district’s decision in an email to parents. ‘Ultimately we left it in the hands of parents to determine whether […]