NOTICE OF PUBLIC TAX HEARING CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, May 22, 2017 at 6:45 p.m., 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 2017-2018 property tax millage rate. The Board may […]
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, June 7, 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 […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The arts are blooming along with May flowers throughout downtown this spring. This weekend, the Gateway hosts an atrium filled with artwork at the Clarkston Cultural Arts Council’s second annual Art in the Atrium silent art auction. The May 20 event helps fund the council’s ongoing efforts to sponsor […]
Daejah Sotelo, senior, points at her art work at the Clarkston Community Schools art show. Photo by Jessica Steeley
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor On-street parking on East Church Street is no more. Clarkston City Council voted unanimously, May 8, to prohibit East Church Street parking east of Buffalo to the city limits. E. Church Street residents have been complaining to the city for months about restaurant employees parking in their neighborhood late […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Winds gusting to 20-25 mph intensified a parking lot fire destroying seven vehicles on May 8, investigators say. “That definitely contributed to the rapid spread of the fire,” said Fire Inspector Greg Brandt of the Independence Township Fire Department. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, a motorist stopped to […]
About now’s the time I get hooked on the theater experience, looking at one weekend more for the Clarkston Village Players production of “Self Help.” I have a role in the comedy play, which started back in February during auditions. Not so much during the weeks of rehearsal leading up to opening night a couple […]
Respect for Law students checks out the court from the judge’s point of view, courtesy of the Hon. Joseph Fabrizio and the Clarkston Area Optimist Club. Photo provided Students learned about the law in local courts during Clarkston Area Optimists Club Respect for Law program this past April. Fourth graders visited Judge Joseph Fabrizio’s courtroom […]
A call to deny permit for kennel Dear Editor, The golden retriever kennel seeking to legitimize its large-scale breeding operation by requesting an extreme variance permit should be denied. This is not an average hobby breeder or a neighbor you would want next door. This is a high-volume puppy peddling kennel with an average of […]
Board shelves open enrollment The Clarkston Board of Education further discussed limited Kindergarten open enrollment at their May 8 meeting. Though most members of the board weren’t against it, no one was enthusiastically in favor of the idea. They decided to shelf the discussion to be held again next year. Clarkston resident Kevin Webster made […]