The park concessions contract with Concessions Plus has been renewed for 2004 and 2005 for Civic Center and Friendship Parks. Concessions Plus will provide mobile concessions at Civic Center, located on Joslyn Road, and Friendship Park, located at Clarkston and Baldwin Roads. It will provide the required insurance, state licensing and health permit for each […]
The Orion Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the second annual Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 6, 8-11 a.m. at the Hamlin Pub on South Lapeer Road in Lake Orion. The cost is $5/person which includes a buffet breakfast. Santa Claus will be available for requests and photos with the children. For more information, contact […]
To say Margaret Cobane lives for Christmas might be an understatement. The Clarkston artist is a self-proclaimed “Christmas nut” who celebrates a bit of the season year-round by using her talents to create unique Christmas tree ornaments. This Christmas she is the artist behind the official Downtown Lake Orion santacicle ornament. “This is my eighth […]
Orion Township resident Todd McCoy said he often fears for his life when entering and exiting his vehicle at his home along Heights Road. “To get my kids out of the car and grab a bag of groceries, I have maybe three feet and I’m standing in the street,” he told the board of trustees […]
Residents in the area of Indianwood and Fernhurst Roads were at the Orion Township Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 17, pleading with the board to work with developer James Faycurry and avoid a possible annexation of Dutton Road property to Auburn Hills. Faycurry has been working for the past four years to develop condos […]
I can’t imagine what my childhood would have been like if I couldn’t have taken a peanut butter sandwich to school every day. The sandwich, combined with a banana, gave me a lunch that was far superior to any unknown food floating around in liquid in the hot lunch line. Currently, three elementary schools in […]
I’m writing in response to a letter that appeared a few weeks ago, written by Anthony Salazar. He ended his letter saying that members of the staff and school board of Lake Orion should be ashamed. Well I tell you, Salazar, it’s you who should be ashamed. You and people like you that think you […]
I’m writing in response to the article published in last week’s Orion Review. The Gingellville Community Center has been and still is a very positive club for Lake Orion residents. It has children’s activities that it sponsors such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, free Christmas and Halloween parties, Easter Egg hunts. It has also […]
Ten Years Ago Nov. 24, 1993 ~~~Michigan Bell is changing the 313 area code in Oakland County. In Lake Orion, the new code will be 810. ~~~Mike McCormick didn’t have to go far the first day of hunting season. He shot an 11 point buck in the Bald Mountain Recreation Area. Twenty Years Ago Nov. […]
“Diamond Dave” Schurman has been in the jewelry business since he was 12 years old, and his Lake Orion store of the same name will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Schurman opened the first Diamond Dave’s location in the former Keatington Village, now Canterbury Village, on Joslyn Road in 1978 when he was just […]