Master Plan meeting

Clarkton Planning Commission hosts a Master Plan meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 16, at Clarkston Independence District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road. They will hear comments on the vision for downtown, residential neighborhoods, transportation, natural features, parks, and other topics. For more information, call 248-625-1559.

Scouting for Food

Girl Scout Troop 75949 partnered with Gleaners Food Bank, collecting bags of food Clarkston residents left on their porches to be donated, Nov. 11. This was their first year participating in Scouting for Food as a troop, and they were able to fill an SUV with donations with the help of the community.

PHIL IN THE BLANK: Curtains for computer

There’s nothing like a dead computer to focus one’s priorities. I kept everything on there, despite the nearly constant advice of just about everyone who knows anything about data management. The laptop suffered a fall to the floor. It was balanced on the arm of a recliner, but the incident is of course mostly due […]

Letters to the Editor

Support of Friendly Forest appreciated Dear Clarkston News, On behalf of Independence Township Parks, Recreation, and Seniors and our event partner the Clarkston Area Optimist Club, I would like to thank you for your support of the 2017 Friendly Forest. The event was a huge success, with over 1,070 kids walking through the trail! After […]

Man talked down off downtown roof

A 21-year-old Brandon Township man’s brother called the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office to inform them his brother was on the roof of a downtown Clarkston Restaurant, feeling suicidal, 11:59 a.m., Nov. 9. Deputies found the 21-year-old on the roof of the Union Woodshop restaurant, a two-story building. He had climbed a ladder and scaled a […]

Lunch for vets

Lunch for vets

World War II veteran Richard Pilon shares some wartime experiences with Clarkston Junior High students Grace Sielinski and Liesl Netherland. Photo by Phil Custodio Independence Township Senior Center hosted a lunch for veterans, in honor of Veterans Day, on Nov. 8 at the American Legion Post 63 hall. Clarkston Junior High School history teachers Mark […]

Comedy of family errors with CVP

Clarkston Village Players brings the engagingly humorous play “Mornings at Seven” to Depot Theater, opening this weekend. The lives of four sisters, Cora, Ida, Esther, and Arry, are inextricably intertwined, when into the fray comes Myrtle Brown, perpetually engaged to Ida’s son Homer. Taking matters into her own hands, Myrtle finally gets a proposal by […]

SPIRITUAL MATTERS: Reach beyond ordinary for something more

Recently, we watched as another great tragedy unfolded in a small community outside of San Antonio, Texas. A crazed man went into a small church and killed 26 men, women, and even children. Who would have imagined you could go to church in the morning and such a tragic event would take place. Many people […]

Ind. Twp. Board 11-7-17

SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE November 7, 2017 A. A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 6:00 PM at Independence Township Hall. B. The Pledge of Allegiance was given C. ROLL CALL: Present: Brown, Aliaga, Loughrin, Ritchie, Schroeder Absent: Kittle, Pallotta […]

Ind. Twp. ZBA

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Independence Township Hall 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, MI 48346 A. CALL TO ORDER B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES C. ROLL CALL: D. REVIEW OF AGENDA: Agenda additions or deletions require […]