The great pumpkin
Over on Paula Avenue, a 1,270-pound pumpkin is in the process of being carved by Frank Morse, pictured with children Everly Morse and Beckham Morse and his wife Stephanie Morse at a recent competition. Photo provided
COVID-19 Update – October 27, 2021
As of October 27, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: October 27: 48346: 2,833 cases (184 new), 48 deaths 48348: 3,045 cases (236 new), 24 deaths 48350: 887 cases (84 new), 10 deaths As compared to October 20: 48346: […]
Township roadwork
Resurfacing work will begin on the Sashabaw/Waldon Road intersection in Independence Township beginning next Monday, November 1. The work expected to be completed by approximately November 15.
Fatal accident
An 82-year-old Davisburg man died Wednesday night, October 20, after a crash with another vehicle, ejecting him from the vintage 1946 Jeep Willys he was driving. The accident happened about 7:55 p.m. on Holly Road at Tindall Road in Springfield Township. Ronald Lee Rader stopped his Jeep at the traffic sign on southbound Tindall Road […]
Roommate trouble
Deputies responded to the 5000 block of Hillsboro Road in Springfield Township on the afternoon of October 22 on the report of a suicidal man, a 30-year-old from Springfield Township, who had pointed a shotgun at his roommate’s chest. The roommate, a 66-year-old Springfield Township man, reported that he had fled the residence. No injuries […]
Fencing issue has resident calling foul on city’s Historic District Commission
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Chris Moore says he went through all the proper channels to install fencing at his South Holcomb Road residence, but says he keeps running into roadblocks from the Clarkston government and Historic District Commission. The city and Historic District Commission see it otherwise. Moore claims during a meeting with […]
Crowned
Clarkston High School seniors Meredith Brennan and Ryan Bovee won the honor of being 2021 Homecoming Queen and King, and picked up their new attire during halftime of last Friday’s football game. More Homecoming coverage on Page 12 and 16 of this week’s print edition of The Clarkston News. Photo by Wendi Reardon Price
COVID-19 Update – October 20, 2021
As of October 20, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: October 20: 48346: 2,790 cases (170 new), 48 deaths 48348: 2,972 cases (219 new), 24 deaths 48350: 868 cases (95 new), 10 deaths As compared to October 13: 48346: […]
Davisburg Road closure
Davisburg Road will be closed in Springfield Township for a culvert replacement project on Saturday, Oct. 23. The road will close from Dixie Highway to Bridge Lake Road. The detour for this closure is Dixie Highway to Rattalee Lake Road to Bridge Lake Road, back to Davisburg Road and vice versa. Davisburg Road will reopen […]
‘An amazing coach and teacher’
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Everyone at Clarkston High School stadium honored Steve Himburg with a moment of silence before the Wolves’ football game on Friday night. Himburg passed away suddenly at home on Friday, Oct. 1 while he was watching the Clarkston Varsity Football team play West Bloomfield. He was 76. […]