Oxford ladies walk away with Imlay City Tourney

The Lady Wildcat varsity volleyball team started off their season with a bang – the girls walked away for the second year in a row with the Imlay City Tournament. The Oxford team went 5-0 for the day taking them into the finals against top rival North Branch, who defeated the Wildcats in the first […]

Late goal propels Wildcats to victory

By Mike Stechschulte Junior – Oxford High School A 3-3-1 record is not the way the Oxford Wildcats had intended to start their season, but a big win against the Romeo Bulldogs has them going in the right direction. The Wildcats, who had only been under .500 once before in their 4-year existence when they […]

Junk car stirs up Park Island

On the surface, it appeared Park Island homeowners came to the village council Dec. 8 meeting to present a petition asking for a ban on street parking from 3-6 a.m. Members of 18 households out of 30 on the island signed the petition. The request was made, according to the petition, to facilitate snow plowing […]

‘Tis the flu season

Olga Serda of Pontiac sat down with a registered nurse at the Lake Orion Farmer Jack store on Dec. 10 to get her flu shot. The store offered a flu shot clinic from 4-7 p.m., and by 4:15 p.m. the line already stretched around the store and almost out the door. Oakland County residents have […]

Cueny resigns as head of Union Church Board

Orion Township resident and former township trustee Burke Cueny said a recent meeting with township building official Tom Berger and township buildings and grounds director Reenae Tulip convinced him it was time to hand in his resignation as chairman of the Union Church Governing Board. “Tom Berger, in one hour, settled all the concerns we […]

Trails master plan schedules improvements

The new Paint Creek Trailways Recreation Master Plan will bring improvements to every community along the trail, including Orion Township, through 2008. Paint Creek Trailways Coordinator Kristen Myers said the trailway has already been developed, so features in the new master plan will focus primarily on “cultural improvements” along the trail, such as art projects […]

Man uses knife in attempted robbery of woman

An Orion Township woman told the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department that a man attempted to rob her at knifepoint outside of her apartment building on Dec. 11. According to an OCSD report, the 36-year-old woman said she had just returned home to her Elmhurst Circle apartment building with her daughter when she saw a black […]

Big Boy statue missing

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of larceny at the Big Boy Restaurant on Baldwin Road on Dec. 8. According to an OCSD report, a 29-year-old man, identified as the restaurant’s afternoon manager, said that the previous day’s night manager, a female, had reported to him that the Big Boy statue was […]

Early closings

In order for employees to spend more time with their families during the holidays, The Lake Orion Review will close at noon on Dec. 24 and Jan. 30. The office will reopen at 9 a.m. on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Due to early printing deadlines, photos, happenings, letters to the editor, etc. must be […]

Holiday hours

Oxford Bank will have special holiday hours at its six retailing centers (Lake Orion, Oakland, Oxford, Clarkston, Ortonville and Dryden), along with its financial loan center in downtown Oxford and its commercial loan center in Orion Township. The dates and times are: Dec. 24 — 9 a.m.-noon — lobby and drive-up Dec. 25 — Closed […]