At the September 27 Clarkston City Council meeting, Clerk Jennifer Speagle provided a status update for the November 2 election, stating applications for absentee ballots are currently being mailed out and that the deadline for becoming a write-in candidate is October 22. Council also approved a request from the Tree Committee to purchase and install […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor There is a saying that says the third time is the charm. After Mitch Petterson resigned as Independence Township fire chief in June, Operations Captain Pat Stamper filled in on an interim basis until David Piche was appointed the full-time fire chief on September 7. Piche retired from the […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor While there will not be a youth exchange program this school year in Clarkston due to pandemic-related international travel restrictions, the Clarkston Rotary Club is aiming to restart the program once restrictions lift. In the past, Clarkston students have traveled to foreign lands and students from other countries have […]
As of September 29, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: September 29: 48346: 2,656 cases (164 new), 48 deaths 48348: 2,822 cases (207 new), 23 deaths 48350: 808 cases (91 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 22: 48346: […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Another meeting and still no progress to appoint a new Independence Township supervisor. Pat Kittle resigned and retired after the September 7 meeting and since then, several board of trustees meetings have been held with any motion made to appoint a new supervisor failing. The board held a special […]
Independence Township firefighter Ron Bray collects a donation from a passing motorist at Washington and Main streets last Friday during the Independence Professional Fire Fighters Association union’s annual “Fill the Boot” campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters were also stationed at Sashabaw and Maybee roads taking donations. After all was said and done, […]
An Independence Township resident contacted The Clarkston News via Facebook on September 24 to share her daughter hit a pothole Maybee Road just after Dixie Highway before the cemetery. The pothole caused the car to get two flat “shredded” tires and two bent rims. The resident noted the tow truck driver said they were the […]
Around 4 p.m. on September 25, a motorcycle injury crash occurred on Hadley Road in Independence Township. The driver of the motorcycle, a 30-year-old man from Mequon, Wis., had been operating a 2020 Harley Davidson FXFBS motorcycle south on Hadley Road when he lost control, went over the handlebars, and landed on the edge of […]
In the early morning hours of September 26, deputies responded to the 4000 block of Clarkston Road on the report of multiple shots fired. The complainant advised his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend had fired shots at his vehicle, but no injuries were reported. Upon arrival, deputies met with the victim, a 39-year-old Independence Township man, who stated […]
As of September 22, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: September 22: 48346: 2,631 cases (165 new), 47 deaths 48348: 2,767 cases (197 new), 22 deaths 48350: 781 cases (79 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 15: 48346: […]