In partnership with Independence Township, the Road Commission for Oakland County expects to begin the third year of resurfacing roads within the township this month. The projects are being paid for primarily with special property-tax millage dollars approved by township voters in 2018. As a result of the millage, nearly all main roads in the […]
Fresh off a strong first-place showing at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional two weekends ago, several members of the Clarkston High School Team RUSH27 robotics team spent last Friday night at Clarkston High School working on and preparing robots for this coming weekend’s competition at Troy Athens High School, which will be held March 31-April 2. […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Justin Pintar has always had a passion for coaching since he was a child. It carried on in high school when he would sit in his classes and draw out plays. “For some reason, it’s been something I have always wanted to do,” Pintar said. “My brother […]
As of March 30, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: March 30: 48346: 5,343 cases (41 new), 65 deaths 48348: 5,845 cases (47 new), 40 deaths 48350: 1,807 cases (13 new), 13 deaths As compared to March 23: 48346: […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — In monitoring current events and political updates, community newspapers continue to grow in trustworthiness (7.38/10) and newspaper readers are voters (96%), Susquehanna Polling and Research Inc. found in a March 2022 survey. The survey of 1,000 adults from rural and urban communities across the U.S. conducted for the National Newspaper Association and NNA […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently appointed two Clarkston residents to state board and commissions. Arthur J. Weiss, of Clarkston, an attorney and the president of Athur Jay Weiss & Associates, P.C. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Weiss is reappointed to […]
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate […]
Clarkston Community Schools and the Board of Education announced last week that the district has saved taxpayers $4,029,346. This savings results from the successful sale of approximately $54 million of refunding bonds to refinance outstanding bonds, originally issued in 2016 to finance school building and site improvements throughout the district. Seventeen different financial institutions purchased […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The increased safety precautions at Clarkston Community Schools keep increasing, and in the most recent case, knowledge certainly is power. St. Joseph Mercy Oakland trauma experts have teamed up with CCS to educate and train school district employees on how to apply first aid and control bleeding following a […]
Clarkston SCAMP has announced the group has received a $3,000 grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (michiganbusiness.org/industries/macc) to help fund the summer art program at camp. SCAMP will be partnering with Paint A Miracle out of Rochester for this endeavor. Paint A Miracle is an organization that strives to build a supporting and encouraging […]