Twelve “mathletes” from Springfield Plains Elementary won national awards of excellence at the Math Olympiad program. Thirty-eight SPE students were among the nearly 160,000 students worldwide to participate this year in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each, from November to March, and weekly practice sessions under the supervision and coaching of […]
A Corvette Grand Sport from Clarkston’s Bowman Chevrolet led a field of nearly 20 Trans Am Series through the streets of Belle Isle last weekend. The Watkins Glen Gray Metallic Corvette Grand Sport was designated the official pace car for the series’ 21st showing at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. “Racing has played a significant […]
Dear Editor, I want to once again thank the Clarkston News for their generous donation of weekly papers to my Current Events classes. It’s a little puzzling that kids know so little about their local community. The Clarkston News has been a real asset in helping me teach kids that local matters probably more than […]
Dear Editor, I’ve read the Climate Report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. This is the fourth report mandated by Congress to analyze the effects of global climate change and its impact on the United States. The report is very disturbing and, using the best science, forecasts major impacts on our country. A significant […]
Women across the United States are being tortured mentally and physically, with no escape route. Why is this happening? Abusive relationships. All over the country, women are being targeted by the partners they believe they love and are being loved by, causing the problem of abusive relationships to become more and more common. In order […]
Landen Rascher, Emery Lambert , Kaylee Osterman try out some Sun Dance Yoga with pictures they drew of the sun. Students learned about health and wellness during the Celebration of Learning Day at Clarkston Elementary School, May 17. They visited stations around the school, learning about yoga, water safety, gardening, sports, beat boxing, cardio drumming, […]
Clarkston’s Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin met with local veterans at a roundtable discussion, May 19, at the Holly Area Veterans’ Resource Center in the Karl Richter Community Center in Holly. The Eighth District representative discussed physical and mental health, Veterans Administration, job opportunities, possible defense contracts for Michigan, and other issues with the vets. The center […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor David L. Stone, Esq., of Independence Township is up for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, after being named a finalist in the Michigan-Northwest Ohio region. “It’s an honor,” said Stone, president and co-founder of the HR-administration company Trion Solutions. “There are a lot of great entrepreneurs […]
SYNOPSIS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE May 21, 2019 A Regular / Budget Session Meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board was called to order at 6:00 p.m. at Independence Township Hall The Pledge of Allegiance was given. ROLL CALL: Present: Kittle, Pallotta, Brown, Aliaga, Ritchie, Tedder Absent: Loughrin […]
CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2019-2020 BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 6:30 pm, 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 2019-2020 budget. The Board […]