Paid parking
In the month of July, 2,691 vehicles paid for parking for a total of $6,388, a five percent decrease from June. A total of 63 citations were issued in July, a 60 percent decrease from June.
City Council election
City Council members Jason Kneisc, David Marsh, and Scott Reynolds are running for re-election unopposed in the Nov. 5 election. All three are two-year seats. Joe Luginski, a former Clarkston mayor, is running unopposed for a one-year seat. Former Mayor Sharron Catallo was appointed last year for a one-year term after Council member Rick Detkowski […]
City hall work
Clarkston city hall renovation work completed this week include framing for the DPW garage and workshop bump-out, and the new front porch, said City Manager Jonathan Smoth. The new roof has been installed, including four new skylights in the workshop, and painting of the exterior trim work is complete. Installation of the base for the […]
Road projects
Clarkston city administration is working with the Road Commission of Oakland County (RCOC) to piggyback on one of their summer road projects, said City Manager Jonathan Smith. Preliminary costs from RCOC are $62,000 to “crush and shape” Miller Road from Glenburnie to M-15; and $6,000 to mill and fill Waldon Road at M-15, Smith said. […]
Violent games don’t cause violence, reader says
Dear Editor, Some people are blaming violent behavior on mental illness and/or video games. These statements are totally false, scientifically and logically. I am a retired counselor who has been monitoring the issue of the relationship between video games and violence for over 50 years, and the results of scientific data has changed very little. […]
Reader finds taxes fast, road work too slow
Dear Editor, The Independence township “road improvement” millage was presented to voters by township officials as the “solution” to fixing the township/county road problems that we were told were in desperate need of repair. If passed, we were told, the township and the RCOC would have the money to move forward to get prioritized township/county […]
Ribbon cutting
Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce members join owners Brandon and Mallory Still at a ribbon cutting, Aug. 8, to celebrate the opening of their business, Main Street MI. The Stills renovated the former antique shop at 21 N. Main Street into a coworking center, offering shared office spaces and amenities to freelancers, small business owners, […]
New cedar birdhouse/condo for senior center garden
From left, Gerry Burchard, Milt Haines, Barb Rollin, Curtis Overby, and Carolyn Morrison in front, are proud of the new bird house at the Independence Township Senior Center. BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The birdhouse outside the Independence Township Senior Center was looking a bit run down in recent months and members were looking […]
WORDS FROM THE SUP’T: Be our guest this school year
Last year, our administration read the book, Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service by the Disney Institute. We used our monthly team meetings as a time to discuss a chapter or two, and consider how the practices laid out in the book apply to our work as an educational community. As the […]
International bike riders enter second continent
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor A year into their two-continent bike trip, Clarkston grad Chris Haag and his wife Sophie George have traversed North and Central America. “Central America was amazingly diverse for as small of an area as it was,” Haag said in an email from the road. “It was much more densely […]