A night of comedy, excitement and a trip back to the 1950s awaits you at Oxford High School’s production of Guys and Dolls this weekend, Nov. 20-22, at 7 p.m. in the commons area. Come and follow the tale of Nathan Detroit (Darren Johnston) as he tries to hold one of his infamous crap games, […]
10 years ago November 17, 1993 The OHS Wildcats won their state regional football championship Saturday by downing Allen Park, 35-18. They’ll play Marshall in Jackson in the state semi-finals. An 83-year-old Oxford woman was scammed out of $12,000 when a phone caller promised her $85,000 if she would send the $12,000. Nancy Perryman will […]
Saturday night, Nov. 7, the alumni of Lake Orion and Oxford High Schools tangled in their annual football game played at the Oxford athletic field, resulting in a score of 20-0 in favor of Oxford. Line up for the local team was: Guards: Dick Hart, Chas. Stillwell, Don Ambrose, Jack Oliver, Art Smith, Bill Kirby […]
Heavy winds rolled into the Lake Orion area last week causing only minor damage, save this home on the corner of Shady Oaks and Dollar Bay, which had a large tree fall on the garage and a vehicle parked in the driveway.
The Gingellville Community Center has closed its doors to karate instructor Bill Snyder, after claiming he was speaking of religion in his karate classes and soliciting funds as a “non-profit organization” in his own name on a website. Snyder began teaching karate at the center on Waldon Road about seven years ago and has been […]
If the state OK’s an agreement recently approved by both the Village of Lake Orion and Orion Township, township building inspectors will again be serving the village. The contract is being forwarded to Henry Green of the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes. For several years, his department has worked in the village doing building inspections. […]
As anticipated by local school district administrators, Governor Jennifer Granholm is asking for another cut in per pupil allowances sent to school districts in the state. At the Lake Orion School Board meeting on Nov. 12, administrators submitted a proposal to reduce the 2003-04 budget by $383,022. Board members will take action on the proposal […]
One change occurred after a Nov. 10 public hearing on ways to spend the Village of Lake Orion’s Community Block Development Block Grant Funds. Council members agreed to take $1,500 from an allotted $3,000 for street trees from 2002-03 CDBG monies and give it to the Women’s Survival Center. The council told Mary Grace McCarter, […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department responded to an accident on Clarkston Road on Nov. 10 where a woman had glass in her eye after a stone from another vehicle struck her windshield. The woman was driving eastbound on Clarkston Road near Baldwin Road when the landscaping truck driving in front of her caused a stone […]
As in past years, The Lake Orion Review is collecting new toys for the Lake Orion Lions Club annual Christmas Baskets. Drop off your donations at The Review office Monday thru Friday , 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The office is located at 30 North Broadway in downtown La