Deadline for candidates to submit petitions to run for Clarkston City Council is July 23. Four seats on the City Council are up for election on Nov. 5 – those held by David Marsh, Jason Kneisc, and Scott Reynolds, for two-year terms; and Sharron Catallo, for a one-year term. For more information, call the city […]
I’ve spent some time in downtown Pontiac and gotten to know the city to our south a little bit, enough to get around without getting lost at least. I’ve lived in Michigan for the past 25 years, but up in Flint. Everything south of Clarkston seems like one confusing mass of urban sprawl to me. […]
Dear Editor, Clarkston’s city hall expansion is under way with help coming from all over the county. Even people outside the city love this town and sure know how to show it. Local companies and suppliers are stepping up to help the village achieve its goals to expand services to residents and keep project in […]
Dear Editor, I am writing you out of concern for East Church Street, a six-house stretch from the city line to Roselawn, in front of Renaissance High School. The potholes are so bad, to avoid damage to their vehicles, drivers using our street to access Roselawn and East Washington Street are driving on the sidewalk. […]
Rapper Ryn Scott of Clarkston recently teamed up with Flint star Jon Connor on a new collaboration set to be released this summer. “The first time I met Jon was in 2011 when me and a friend of mine made the drive to Grand Rapids where Jon was performing at the Pyramid Scheme downtown, hoping […]
Grand Knight Thomas Kendziorski of the Knights of Columbus 5436, Waterford Our Lady of Lakes Council, presents a check for $1,400 to Dick Moscovic, representing Drew’s Home of Clarkston. The check represents a portion of the local efforts of the members of the council during the Knights of Columbus MI Drive Tootsie Roll Campaign in […]
From lake living, to suburban countryside, to horticultural adventureland, six unique gardens make up the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club’s 14th Annual Garden Walk on Wednesday, July 17. The gardens, all east of Sashabaw Road, will give visitors a taste of different things they can do in their own yards, says Chris Shull-Gamble, co-chair of […]
Jim Castle explains some tools of the trade used in World War I. Photo by Phil Custodio History came alive at the Military Museum in Clintonwood Park during Independence Fest, with experts and exhibits from the Revolutionary War to the first Gulf War, and veterans on hand from World War II on. The ninth annual […]
TARVESTAD, Ruth M.; of Tampa, FL formerly of Clarkston, MI; passed away July 4, 2019; age 88; wife of Donald for nearly 70 years; mother of Faith (Mark) Maiville, Joy (Larry) VanderWeel, Hope Cartier, Melody Tarvestad & Timothy (Kimberly) Tarvestad; 15 grandchildren & 25 great grandchildren; preceded in death by brother William Phillips. Friends may […]
BUCHANAN, BETTY MAE SADDLER of Ortonville, MI passed away peacefully at home on June 11, 2019 after a brave and furious battle with Pancreatic Cancer. She was 68 years old. Betty was born in Jackson, MI to Ilah Saddler. They later moved back to the Saddler farm where she lived with her mother until she […]