Letter To The Editor

Dear Editor, Thank you Elaine, for finally stating in writing, the attitudes of certain Village of Lake Orion Council members regarding the DDSA and Main Street Program. What’s the matter with these council members that they don’t appreciate the fact that we were “chosen” to be a part of this program. Do they NOT want […]

Without newspapers, small towns disintegrate

Reprinted from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Newsletter, written by Roland Thompson, executive director for Allied Daily Newspapers. Newspapers are an absolute necessity for economically healthy and civically active communities. I believed this before recent events, but now I know it to be completely true. I have seen it with my own eyes. A family […]

From the Lake Orion Review archives

Ten Years Ago Feb. 17, 1993 ~~~Charlie Williams, known as Mr. Chamber of Commerce, died on Feb. 12. ~~~Megan Flanders, 8, was killed when a utility trailer she was riding in behind an all-terrain vehicle turned over after apparently hitting a chuck of ice on Buckhorn Lake. ~~~A court-appointed trustee walked through the doors of […]

Losses keep coming for cagers

BY BRAD KRZYZANOWSKI AND LISA VALENTINE Special to The Review and Review Staff Writer The struggle continued for the Lake Orion High School varsity basketball team last week as they had a loss on the road against Auburn Hills Avondale on Feb. 11 and a home loss against Birmingham Groves on Feb. 14. Against Avondale, […]

Boys ski team heading to state finals

The Lake Orion High School boys ski team earned their fourth straight trip to the state finals, while the girls team will appear in their second straight finals and third in four years, as a result of their performance in the MHSAA Class-A State Regional at Pine Knob on Feb. 13. In the OAA Championship […]

LO Baptist splits

The Lake Orion Baptist School Lions had a 61-48 victory over the Antioch Baptist School Knights in Warren on Feb. 10. The Lions were led by Justin Rettger with 24 points, 12 rebounds, two steals, and one assist. Rettger was 4 for 6 from the free throw line. Matt Verley had 19 points for the […]

Netters raise $3,000

The Lake Orion Community Schools Dragon Guided Activities Program (GAP) and Special Education Department held their First Annual Lake Orion Benefit Volleyball Tournament on Feb. 1. Twenty co-ed adult teams from the greater Oakland County area participated in the daylong event held at Lake Orion High School. The Closers team captured the Competitive Division championship […]

From The Lake Orion Review

Monday, Feb. 10, a bumper sticker was taken from a vehicle on Kimberly. Assault and battery at the Orion Stone Depot on Joslyn Road. Auto theft on Eagle Vista. An Elkton man was arrested for fleeing and eluding police officers, attempting to disarm a police officer, damaging police property and assault and battery on Lapeer […]

From The Clarkston News

Independence Township Sunday, Feb. 16, a 25-year-old man on Tuscon was arrested for a domestic assault against his girlfriend. A malicious destruction of property was reported from a business on Dixie. An unknown person threw an object at a window, cracking it. Friday, Feb. 14, a 22-year-old man driving a business delivery vehicle on White […]

City of Clarkston

SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 10, 2003 Meeting called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Mayor Catallo. Roll. Present: Clifton, Catallo, Colombo, Gamble, Meyland, Savage, Werner. Absent: None Minutes of January 27, 2003, accepted as presented. Agenda accepted as presented. Bills in the amount of $270,199.85 approved for payment. Meyland reported on his meetings with […]