Parks millage going on ballot

Orion Township voters will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on having a millage for parks and recreation when they vote in November. Trustees voted June 21, by a vote of 4-1, to place a proposal, providing .75 mill to parks and recreation if it passes, on the November general election ballot. Along with […]

Playing around

Children in the Orion Art Center’s 2004 week-long Theatre Camp recently presented a play they wrote and performed in to parents and friends at the OAC on Anderson Street in Downtown Lake Orion.Titled ‘The Mystery at La Hotel,? the 12 children in the camp invented a cast of colorful characters who attempt to solve a […]

Keep sending those fireworks envelopes in

Although last weekend’s fireworks breakfast was successful, members of the Lake Orion Fireworks Committee are still seeking donations for the annual display over Lake Orion. Funding is currently at 66 percent of the funds needed to buy fireworks. The breakfast at the Lake Orion Boat Club netted $4,700. A silent auction that took place at […]

Early deadline for next week

TAll the offices of Sherman Publications will be closed on July 5. Because of this, deadlines for next week’s paper have changed for The Lake Orion Review. The deadline for classified ads is this Friday at noon. Information such as letters to the editor, engagements, weddings, obituaries, etc must be in the Review office by […]

Dog left in car at vet’s office

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to an animal welfare check at the North Oaks Animal Hospital on Clarkston Road on June 26. According to an OCSD report, a 44-year-old female employee of the animal hospital told a deputy that there was a vehicle in the parking lot with the windows rolled up and a […]

Goodbye hair

Preschool friends Ashley Zardus of Brandon Township and Carly Ouellet of Lake Orion each donated their hair to Locks of Love on June 2. The girls are excited to start kindergarten with their new looks.

Looking into security cameras

At the request of the parks and recreation committee, Lake Orion Village officials will be seeking proposals to install security cameras at two village parks. Committee members said the Children’s Park gazebo has been damaged by kids using it as a skate park and there has been continuing damage to the spindles in the railing. […]

Letter to the Editor

It has recently been brought to my attention that our local teens have found easy access to beer and liquor. Fortunately I have a teen that talks to me. He told me all about ‘cooler hopping.? This easy shopping adventure was explained to me as…. Homeowners will leave their coolers on their boats, decks and […]

No penalty fees this time

Fifty three customers in the downtown area and in the East Flint area can breathe a sigh of relief. They won’t have to pay any penalty fees for late payment of their April utility bill. LO Village Manger JoAnn Van Tassel told council members on June 14 the late fees should be waived because these […]

Changing CDBG funds

A public hearing is scheduled for July 7 at 8 p.m. during Orion Township’s Board of Trustees meeing to gather public comment on the proposed reprogramming of two sets of Community Development Block Grant funds. Parks and recreation director Rock Blanchard would like idle CDBG funds from 2003 to be reprogrammed to help cover costs […]