SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE March 20, 2018 A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 6:00 PM at Independence Township Hall The Pledge of Allegiance was given. ROLL CALL: Present: Kittle, Pallotta, Brown, Aliaga, Ritchie, Schroeder Absent: Loughrin There was a […]
Trisha Shelton in back, and in front from left, Emery Pinkerton, Scarlet Anderson, Charlotte Pinkerton, Charley Bousho, and Jacklyn Collins gather backstage before the North Sashabaw Elementary talent show at Clarkston Junior High, March 15. Family and friends gathered to support 14 acts from NSE. Photo provided
The David W. Elliott Memorial Foundation of Clarkston presented a check for $30,000 to the Rochester, Mich., based Assistance League of Southeast Michigan, March 19. The funds will be used for Operation School Bell, which provides local elementary school children with a warm winter coat, hat, gloves, socks, school clothing, book, hygiene kit, and large […]
What do butterflies, flowers, eggs, bunnies, and an empty cross all have in common? The answer – they all remind us of new life and God’s promises. That’s what springtime is all about, and that’s what Easter is all about too. As a child it was common where I grew up in southern Ohio for […]
DEGRAW, BEVERLY JEAN of Ortonville; died March 24, 2018. She was 79. Born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 3, 1938 to Arnold Wilson and Eunice (nee: Hubble) Irelan. She married Lloyd F. DeGraw on August 26, 1989 in Clarkston, Michigan. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Lloyd F. DeGraw; four children, […]
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. LOCATION:Independence Township Hall 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, MI 48346 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES ROLL CALL: REVIEW OF AGENDA: Agenda additions or deletions require a majority vote of Board […]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a regular meeting held on January 23, 2018 the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees approved the Introduction and First Reading of the amendments to the following sections of the Charter Township of Independence Zoning Ordinance as presented and to schedulethe Second Reading on the next available Board of […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Buffalo Street will remain “two way” after Clarkston City Council reversed an earlier decision. “I honestly thought we were sending it out to be discussed with (city engineer) Gary Tressel – whether it would work or not, not that we were making a permanent decision,” said Council member Sharron […]
Clarkston High School senior Kylie Kalinowski talks to classmates about students and teachers lost in last month’s school shooting in Florida. Photo provided by Courtney Blackett BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor About 200 Clarkston High School students took part in the National School Walkout last Wednesday, but walking out of class wasn’t the point. […]
Clarkston-area Backyard Birders Club meets at 7 p.m., March 28, at The Gateway. Topics will include spotting migrating warblers at Point Pelee in Canada, building bluebird nesting boxes at Bittersweet Farms on Allen Road, information from Michigan Songbird Protection Coalition about possible hunting of sandhill cranes and mourning doves, sharing reports of sightings in local […]