‘No’ to 4-way stop

City Manager Jonathan Smith met recently meeting with the Road Commission for Oakland County about the possibility of a four-way stop at Holcomb and Washington. “Based on 2012 volume counts, RCOC felt a four-way stop could actually result in more accidents and backups than we’re currently experiencing,” Smith said at the Feb. 26 City Council […]

Pay to park

After almost a year in the works, a paid-parking kiosk is in place in the city-owned Main and Washington parking lot. The kiosk was installed, Feb. 26. It will be activated in March, after a grace period to educate the public, said City Manager Jonathan Smith. Photo by Phil Custodio

Ind Twp Board, 2-20-18

SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE February 20, 2018 A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 6:00 PM at Independence Township Hall The Pledge of Allegiance was given ROLL CALL: Present: Kittle, Pallotta, Brown, Aliaga, Loughrin, Ritchie, Schroeder Absent: None There was […]

Board of Review, 3-6-18

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE The Charter Township of Independence 2018 March Board of Review will meet for its organizational session, MCL 211.29(1), at the Township Hall’s Office of the Assessor on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 9:00 am. The Board of Review will meet at the Township Hall Board Room located at 6483 Waldon Center Drive, […]

Streetlights down on Main

DTE Energy workers were expected to repair cables to fix downtown street lights this week. “We understand the dangers of not having street lighting downtown and are doing our best to escalate the matter within Detroit Edison,” said City Manager Jonathan Smith at the Feb. 26 City Council meeting. The Main Street light outage was […]

SPIRITUAL MATTERS: Now is the time to choose God

Somebody should do something! Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.  Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.  Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job.  Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.  It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did […]

Paczki champ

Austin Steward was the paczki eating champion for 2018 at Neiman’s Family Market, having eaten four of the tasty pastries in the two-minute contest. “Take just a little bit at a time – many small bites,” Steward said of his winning strategy. Neiman’s sponsors the contest every year to celebrate Mardi Grad, this year on […]

Matthew Stephen COLEMAN

COLEMAN, Matthew Stephen of Clarkston; February 25, 2018; age 58; Loving husband of Lizbeth for 35 years; Loyal father of Dustin (Laura) Coleman and Ryan (Lauren) Coleman; Beloved son of Joyce (the late David) Coleman; “Pa” of Olivia, Madelyn, Avery, and Emily; brother of Kim (Herb) Bondy, Laurie (Jim) Kletzien, Scott Coleman and Greg Coleman; […]

Joseph Anthony ANDARY

ANDARY, Joseph Anthony; “Joey” of Clarkston; February 22, 2018; age 18. Son of Angela Valchine and James Andary; brother of Daniel Andary; grandson of Carol (late Joseph) Valchine and the late David and Jamal Andary; nephew of Susan (Mike) Coventry, Vicki (David) Gates and Michael (Carrie) Valchine; cousin of Jennifer, Isabella, Maggie, Annie, Katie, Sophia […]

Zoning amendment

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE MAP AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at a regular meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees held on January 23, 2018, the Township Board approved a First Reading and authorized a Second Reading of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Map for […]