Walters Lake Improvement Board

LEGAL NOTICE Walters Lake Improvement Board Charter Township of Independence, Oakland County, MI HEARING OF PRACTICABILITY AND HEARING OF ASSESSMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Walters Lake Improvement Board will hold a public hearing of practicability on June 27, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Charter Township of Independence Office located at 6483 Waldon Center Drive, […]

Pine Vista PUD second reading

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at its Regular meeting on May 15, 2018, the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees approved a second reading of the Pine Vista PUD for a 79 unit single family detached condominium development and adopted an ordinance to amend the Charter Township of Independence Zoning Ordinance for the purpose […]

CCS budget hearing, 6-18-18

CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2018-2019 BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 6:30 pm, at Clarkston Community Schools, 6389 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan, the Board of Education of Clarkston Community Schools will hold a public hearing to consider the District’s proposed 2018-2019 budget. The Board […]

City Council, 4-23-18

City of the Village of Clarkston City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 04 23 2018  Minutes Call to Order at 7:00 PM. Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Detkowski, Catallo, Mayor Percival, Haven, Kneisc, Wylie, Present. Reynolds Absent Approval of Agenda: Motion by Wylie, Seconded by Percival to approve the agenda. All Aye, Motion Carried. City Manager […]

Pine Vista PUD

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at a regular meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees held on May 15, 2018, the Township Board approved a Second Reading of the Pine Vista Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning request and adopted an Ordinance to amend the Charter Township of Independence […]

Spring cleaning for local gardens

Volunteers treated local flower beds to some spring cleaning and care last week. Clarkston Beautification Committee members cleared weeds from flower beds at Main and Washington streets downtown. Friends of Depot Park organized a volunteer effort to tend to flower beds along Depot Road. Flowers and labor were all donated, about $1,000 each, by Breckenridge […]

City budget

BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The 2018-2019 budget calls for a withdrawal from the city fund balance. The budget would reduce the fund balance, the city’s savings account, from $278,990 to $190,097, a difference of $88,893. The 2018 fund balance is about 32 percent of this year’s budget. City Council requires two months of […]

Idea for Bailey House

Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission (OCPRC) will discuss a preservation update for the Bailey House in Independence Township, Wednesday, June 6, at 1 p.m. at the Parks and Recreation Administration Offices, 2800 Watkins Lake Road. Preservation Clarkston will present a proposal to save the home by restoring it to a privately owned residential dwelling. […]

Parking study is a go

City Council voted unanimously to commission the Carlisle Wortman planning consultant firm to complete a parking study of downtown Clarkston, for $9,900. The money will come out of the newly created city parking fund. Budgeted revenue for the 2018-2019 parking fund is $70,000 in parking kiosk fees and $15,000 from parking citations. The study, which […]

Clarkston grad awarded Congressional Medal of Merit

Newly minted Clarkston High School graduate Sage Paris received the Congressional Medal of Merit for Outstanding Youth Leadership from U.S. Congressman Mike Bishop, who visited the high school on May 25. Paris was among 19 students from Bishop’s Eighth District to receive the award for having shown great leadership and academic excellence throughout their high […]