The theme of this year’s Clarkston Holiday Lights Parade is “Let the Stars Shine on Clarkston.” The parade starts at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Clarkston Renaissance High School parking lot. The route is Church Street to Main, north to Miller Road, right on Glenburnie, and ending at Calvary Lutheran Church. Tree lighting […]
Clarkston Planning Commission is looking for members of a new Parking Advisory Committee. The committee, which will report to the Planning Commission, will include at least one resident, a downtown merchant, Planning Commission member, and City Council member. For more information, call City Manager Jonathan Smith at 248-625-1559, or email smithj@villageofclarkston.org, or Council member Sue […]
There was probably a big 50-year anniversary celebration of the end of World War I in 1968, but I wasn’t born until the year after that so I missed it. I was here for the 100-year anniversary of the Nov. 11 armistice, though, now celebrated as Veterans Day. Folks started commemorating Great War anniversaries four […]
Can you remember the last time you had a real talk? I’m not talking about our usual polite exchanges about work or the weather. I’m talking about getting real. Over two days at Clarkston United Methodist Church, nearly 300 Clarkston High School students did just that at our fall CHS “Real Talk” event. Students learned […]
Time to unite Dear Editor, The contest between Elissa Slotkin and incumbent Mike Bishop for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District seat produced results that were the opposite of what was forecast when the campaign began. A well-known political name in a district considered very safe was challenged by a self-proclaimed non-politician with a non-conventional campaign built […]
The Clarkston-area Backyard Birders Club will close out its first full year with a musical flourish. “We increased our membership roster five-fold in 2018,” said Bob McGowan, the club’s founder and president. “We’ve had one outstanding guest speaker after another, so it’s fitting we’ll end our first full year with something really special and a […]
BY KIRSTEN ISBELL Clarkston News Intern Writer Clarkston for Life and Clarkston Community Schools host a screening of the documentary “Angst” on Thursday, Nov. 15, 7-8:30 p.m., at Clarkston High School Media Center. The film, which is free and open to the public, includes practical tips to help manage stress and anxiety. “This is an […]
From right are Don Reid, Michelle Miller, and Pat Kemp of EV Michigan. BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Jobs offered at Extraordinary Ventures Michigan such as laundry, cleaning, and indoor gardening may not seem extraordinary, but for employees, that’s exactly what they are. “They look forward to going to their job, getting the work […]
The best thing I can say about this current election cycle is that by the time you read this it will be over. Although the incessant analysis and second guessing will continue. Plus the very likely increasingly repugnant campaign for 2020 will kick into full swing. There will have been the declaration of winners and […]
Clarkston Junior High students Josh Powe, at left, and Dylan Walker, at right, present the honor stone to veteran Jason Keiser. Clarkston Junior High School students spent last Thursday honoring veterans for Veterans Day. For Clarkston graduate Jason Keiser, that meant a stone tablet they made for their courtyard. “It’s absolutely amazing – I never […]