CJ’s Village Cafe in Lake Orion is collecting funds for the Valiente-Carrasco family of Pontiac, who lost a mother and five children after a fire swept through their Pontiac home on July 29. CJ’s owner Carl Slomczemski said the sister-in-law of Guillermina Valiente Carrasco, who was killed in the fire with her five children: seven-year-old […]
How does one go about donating trees to the Village of Lake Orion? That’s what Park Island resident Bill Deeg asked at the July 28 village council meeting. ‘I’ve been asking for two years and haven’t gotten any information. I know the last couple of months two (donations) have been approved,? he said. ‘No one […]
CVS Drug Store is moving from Oxford to Lake Orion and it’s bringing its SDM liquor license with it. The license allows CVS to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption. Michigan’s Liquor Control Commission is requiring the village waive receipt of the license fee in the year the transfer is made. The annual license […]
Controlling the mosquito population has become a high priority in Oakland County and county officials are willing to help out municipalities who are taking measures to work on the problem. The Village of Lake Orion is eligible to receive up to $1,100 through this program which hopes to prevent the spread of the West Nile […]
A winner has been chosen by the Main Street Organization Committee for the Downtown Orion Logo Contest. After great deliberations, the group chose the design of Drew Adams, a Lake Orion High School student. Reflecting a distinct nautical flair, Adam’s design is a view through a ship’s porthole of a downtown street. The Downtown Lake […]
After assisting in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center on 9/11, New York City bridge painter and high-angle specialist Patrick O’Kane called upon his friend Randy Goodman to help him find a solution for helping people to escape from tall building fires. The result was LifeCender, a multi-story escape harness device that allows […]
When the Griffin family took over the former Allen Funeral Home on Flint Street in 1973, there was a barn behind the house, no parking lot and the casket selection room was located down the street in the Allen Furniture Store. Tom Griffin of Sparks-Griffin said that set-up was not unusual for the times, when […]
Here’s some human body trivia that’s sure to impress friends and family. Medical researchers contend that no disease ever identified has ever been completely eradicated. The attachment of human skin to the muscles is what causes dimples. In 1972, a group of medical researchers reported you could cure the common cold by freezing the big […]
This letter is in reply to your ‘Crime Brief? dated July 23, 2003. My husband and I were shocked at the unprofessional reporting of The Lake Orion Review. You published a story ‘suspecting? a Lawson man of a ‘so called? missing generator. Who did the research on this story? Did the editor condone this type […]
The Art, Autos and Architecture event at Scripps Mansion on July 26-27 was absolutely outstanding! I was proud to see the representation from the Orion Art Center and the Orion Historical Society, local Boy Scouts and many other members of the Orion Township community, as well as a myriad of other volunteers. They worked together […]