The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning has announced multiple Oakland County enforcement zones for the ‘Click it or Ticket? seat belt enforcement program. Drivers will be stopped at the zones by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department and other local police departments during the listed hours on the listed day. In the Orion Township area, […]
The Lake Orion Review reported on Aug. 25 a Blanche Sims Elementary School parent’s concerns regarding the Lake Orion Schools changing their busing program so that her daughter would have to walk to school this year. The article said that students within one mile of the school would now be considered walkers, although there were […]
Nina Fetzer isn’t a breast cancer survivor herself, but she said you don’t have to be to want to take part in the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Fetzer said she was inspired to get involved with this year’s Michigan walk, held Aug. 20-22 in the Detroit […]
School bells began ringing for most students in Lake Orion on Aug. 30 (Year-round Carpenter Elementary School students went back to class on Aug. 4), and their teachers were hard at work the week before preparing for their arrival. Lake Orion teachers went back to class officially on Aug. 26 to get their rooms ready. […]
If future summers are anything like this year, I would like to see athletes compete in some type of Olympics every year. If we can’t be outside enjoying nice hot weather, we might as well be glued to the TV set until midnight every night. And let’s keep the games in Greece. There’s got to […]
Don, Just a note on soldiers. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to show support for Alec MacDougall. While I do agree it is a wonderful thing to do many of us are not sure of the response we would get if we were to greet a service person on […]
There is a May 11 letter from L. Brooks Patterson to Oakland County residents announcing the commencement of an ‘Oakland County $7 Prescription Relief Program.? with an application for those who meet the following criteria: ? Annual gross income less than $16,000 for an individual, less than $25,000 for a couple. ? Can’t have current […]
I have been reading letters to the editor addressing senior center issues for the past couple of weeks. The letters have been generated in response to an initial letter, ‘Concerning Issues,? at the senior center. People have been feeding off this letter without knowing the facts and so I have decided to write my-first ever […]
The Lake Orion varsity girls basketball team returns several starters from last year, and hope with a move down from OAA I to OAA II, they will be able to sharpen their competitive edge this season. Returning starters for the varsity team include captains junior Chelsea Richards, junior Heather Jeshurun and senior Blaire James, the […]
If your Maple leaves are covered in spots, you’re not alone. Gary Henderson, Garden Town manager at Jacobsen’s Flowers and Garden Town in Lake Orion, said he has been fielding questions from concerned residents about their Maple trees for the past week. ‘When I see them get out of their car carrying a branch or […]