Celebrating junior golf

The final event of the 2012 Junior golf season ended in a buffet style dinner and awards ceremony at Paint Creek Country Club. Nearly 300 junior golfers and family members were in attendance. Mike O’Rorke Head Golf Professional at Paint Creek opened the program with brief comments on this year’s presentations of awards Awards given […]

Already working hard

For 20 years Stephen Hawley has been a teacher, coach, athletic director, a high school assistant principal, a middle school principal and school administrator in different roles for various schools around the state. But now Hawley is the new principal of Lake Orion High School. ‘I’m really excited about starting my 21st year in education […]

Schools in ‘focus?

Of the 358 schools across Michigan listed based on their achieving students and low achieving students by the State of Michigan, four them were Lake Orion Schools. Blanche Sims Elementary, Oakview Middle School, Scripps Middle School, and Waldon Middle School were all designated apart of the state’s ‘Focus Schools? list. According to Michigan Department of […]

Hungry? Grab a grinder from Bellacino’s

By Trevor Keiser Review Co-Editor ‘If you’re hungry, a grinder is the way to go,? according to Tony Valvona, of Bellacino’s Pizza and Grinders. Valvona and his business partner Dennis Paige are the new owners of Bellacino’s. Valvona and Paige had been talking about going into business for awhile and after looking at several different […]

New teachers excited about starting first day in classrooms

Approximately 20 new teachers participated in last week’s new teacher orientation. The week-long orientation included meeting with administrators and school personnel to learn the inside-and-outs of being a teacher for Lake Orion Community Schools. ‘I think collectively it’s been a great week and we’ve learned a lot and we’re excited to be part of Lake […]

Improving success with Freshman Academy

According to studies, one of the most pivotal year’s of a student’s life is the transition from middle school to high school freshman. ‘Unfortunately statistics have shown that kids who aren’t successful in the beginning of their high school career have already made a decision on their direction by November and that’s possibly dropping out […]

School technology expands

Looking to give younger students real world experiences and applications beyond the classroom, Lake Orion School District is offering technology in a greater way at both the elementary and middle schools. New to this year, Lake Orion schools are offering FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.) LEGO League to all seven elementary […]

Township finally passes fireworks ordinance

After much back and forth and possible lawsuit action, Orion Township Officials passed the much debated Fireworks Ordinance at their Monday night regular meeting. The vote was 5-1 in favor of the ordinance. Trustee John Steimel voted ‘no? and Trustee D’Arcy Gonzales was absent. Earlier in the week the township had received a letter from […]

Election upsets

New faces will be seen on the Orion Township Board in November after the results of last week’s election. Chris Barnett took the supervisor seat with 3,417 votes, 65.38 percent over the 1,794 votes, 34.33 percent for JoAnn Van Tassel. ‘I was thrilled with the results,? said Barnett. ‘We had a great team and great […]

Life is changed in EPIC moment

With every epic story, comes an epic hero who has battled with opposition and in the end overcame the trials victoriously. Having overcome his own battles, Oxford resident Jeff Gibbs is looking to empower others to overcome their own issues. Gibbs is the founder of the non-profit organization EPIC (Every Person Involved Cares) that coaches […]

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