Clarkston Board of Education voted, June 20, to approve the final amended 2016-2017 budget and the 2017-2018 budget. Total revenue in the 2018 projected budget is $85,177,973, with 7,468 fulltime and 970 shared revenue students. Last year’s total revenue was $84,987,175, with 7,568 fulltime and 870 shared-revenue students. Total expenditures for 2018 are budgeted at […]
Sloane Tilliander and Chelsea O’Brien, founder and executive director of the new non-profit educational farm, Clarkston Family Farm. Photo provided Clarkston Family Farm hosted more than 300 people at 4H Fun Day, June 25. The event offered birdhouse building, Fourth of July planter creation with members of the OTC agri-science team, garden painting, sing-a-longs, greenhouse […]
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their American Pickers team are returning to Michigan, looking for interesting antiques. The History Channel series follows the antique hunters across the country. Their mission is to give historically significant objects a new lease on life, while learning about America’s past along the way. Michigan episodes film in August. Email […]
By Kendall Sieradski, fourth grade Plunk! As me and my dad went sliding off from the chair lift from the beautiful view of ski hills, we decided I was going to watch my dad do the moguls. Moguls are very bumpy hills that mostly adults do. “Stay on that side of the hill. There’s no […]
Dan Tillery headlines this Friday’s Concerts in the Park held by Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce at 7 p.m., July 7. Local talent Alex Moore opens the night at 6 p.m. in Depot Park in downtown Clarkston. Concessions available on site, benefiting local non-profit organizations.
One day, Jesus was sharing with His disciples the concept of the shepherd, and the sheepfold, as recorded in John 10. He wanted them to understand how important it was to belong to something bigger than themselves. Sociologists will tell us our affiliation need can only be satisfied within the context of belonging to a […]
HAMMETT, D. Truman of Oxford, formerly of Clarkston; June 29, 2017; age 79. He is survived by his fiancé Sharon Emmerson; father of Bret (Karen) Hammett, Ginny Gerbino, Karen (Joe) Quirk, Sally (Dave) Swenson; step-father of Michael Jameson, Matt (Karen) Jameson; grandfather of 11 and great grandfather of 4; brother of Marbara Childress and the late […]
Marlene R. Sewick of Commerce Township, passed away June 28, 2017 at 79 years of age. Beloved sister of Alice Jean Dingman, Terry Beagle, Randy Beagle and Rae Lee Baxter. Loving aunt of Brad Dingman, Michael Authier, Sheila Gibson, Kristopher Beagle, Kristina Beagle and Richard Baxter. Preceded in death by her parents, John Sewick, Blanch and Howard Beagle; brother’s Ronald […]
CHAVEY, Harold B. “Hal”. It is with both sadness and joy that his family say goodbye, yet celebrate the life of a kind and loving man, a Christian, and a life well lived. At the age of 88, Hal passed after a short battle with heart disease, peacefully and comfortably on June 27th, 2017 with […]
SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE June 20, 2017 A. A Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 7:00 PM at Independence Township Hall. B. The Pledge of Allegiance was given C. ROLL CALL: Present: Kittle, Brown, Aliaga, Loughrin, Ritchie, Schroeder Absent: Pallotta […]