Halloween is just around the corner, and members of the Union Church Governing Board seem to feel more “tricked” than “treated” by the Orion Township Board of Trustees. Governing board president Burke Cueny told the board of trustees on Oct. 20 that interior restoration of Union Church, located in the Village of Lake Orion but […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of suspicious circumstances on Rockford Court on Nov. 1. According to reports, a Birch Creek woman was trick or treating with her granddaughters when they walked up to a home on Rockford Court. The woman said an older man opened the door and took a picture […]
Rush hour traffic back-ups at the traffic lights at M-24 and Atwater Street and also the light at M-24 and Clarkston Road aren’t the fault of the lights’ timing, according to traffic engineers for the Road Commission for Oakland County. RCOC Public Information Officer Craig Bryson said although the RCOC only oversees the lights on […]
Stand by those telephones ladies and gentlemen– this is one important call you don’t want to miss! Over the next few weeks, The Lake Orion Review will hold a circulation drive. Calls are being made from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Monday thru Friday, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday. But this is not […]
One of Lake Orion’s council members will be spending a little time in Oxford Township. Ken Van Portfliet has volunteered to sit on a committee that will look at developing a safety path system from Drahner Road at Newman to M-24. The township recently received a grant for $37,000 from the Community Foundation’s Greenways Initiative […]
Residents will get a chance to speak out on suggested allocations for Lake Orion’s Community Development Block Grant monies at a hearing on Nov. 10. The hearing is scheduled during the regular village council meeting. During October, council members provided LO Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel with ideas on how to spend the over $26,000 […]
An organization of citizens and educators has been formed to continue investigating and reforming Oakland Schools, an intermediate district. Calling itself CURE-OS (Citizens United to Reform the Oakland Intermediate School District, the group has been increasing in size since April. It has noted the improper practices and tactics used by the Career Focused Education Section […]
As a volunteer for a charitable organization that accepts material donations from the community, may I share some insights? We are very grateful for and depend on your generosity. But please keep these thoughts in mind when you donate: 1) Are the items clean (free from stains and mold) and in usable condition? 2) If […]
Some students from Lake Orion Schools recently learned first hand what it means to get more than you give by helping local Special Olympians prepare for a bowling competition on Oct. 25. Students from Lake Orion High School, Scripps and Oakview Middle Schools and some of the local elementary schools, to name a few, have […]
Monday, Oct. 27, someone failed to pay for $20 worth of gas at the Shell Gas Station on Baldwin Road. Attempted fraud and forgery arrest at Oxford Bank on Lapeer Road. A motorcycle was stolen from a garage on Joslyn Road. Suspicious circumstances on Dutmer Terrace. A man said someone had tampered with his insulin […]