Do Clarkston residents use the Independence Township Library? That question was posed at the Feb. 13 Clarkston City Council meeting, as council members debated whether or not to renew their intergovernmental agreement with the township. The agreement that expired Dec. 31 makes library services available to Clarkston residents. By the end of the night, the […]
Students at Pine Knob Elementary were struck for just a brief moment by Cupid’s arrow on Feb. 14. Pictured here is second-grader Delaney Brown making a valentine.
Area residents struggling with debt and plagued by horrendous financial decisions have a new place to look for help. Every Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. a new show called ‘Get My Drift? airs on public access channels 10 and 20 for Independence Township residents. The show, filmed at Comcast Cable TV at 5255 Maybee […]
Lesson from this weekend, learned while stopping in the White Lake Inn Saturday night: everyone looks tall in a room with short ceilings. Lesson learned at recent meetings by the Springfield Township Board and Clarkston City Council: pay attention to what elected officials do now, it’ll tell you more than what you learn during campaigns. […]
In the streets of downtown Clarkston, young Frank ‘Tink? Ronk and his friends could play baseball all day and only move for one car. That was a simpler time for Clarkston ? and for the boy who’d play in those streets. He’d one day end up running Ronk’s Barbershop, where everyone in town went to […]
Friends of Independence Township Urbain family have rallied to host a benefit concert to help as father and husband Richard fights stage-four pancreatic cancer following his July 2005 diagnosis. The concert is on March 4 from 4:30p.m.?11 p.m. at Clarkston High School atrium and cafeteria. According to concert organizer and friend Beth McCoy, the Urbain […]
Over four months after his drunk driving arrest in Independence Township, Road Commission for Oakland County Board Chairman Rudy Lozano plead guilty on Feb. 10 to driving his vehicle while impaired. Lozano, 62, made the plea during the pretrial in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin. Sentencing is set for March 8 at 9 […]
Springfield Township residents tired of coffee-covered dashboards and bumpy rides along dirt roads are getting some help ? in June. While the Springfield Township board voted not to allocate tri-party funds to road graveling for the time being, they did set a priority list to receive gravel until the money budgeted for 2006 graveling is […]
Jan. 16 proved to be another example of how life can change in an instant. The Swindlehurst family of the Clarkston area ‘father, Duane; mother, Gale; son Duane II and sister Alyssa, 15 ? were enjoying a normal January when everything came to a halt on Jan. 16. Duane II, 20, of the Clarkston area, […]
With much of the area struggling financially, local churches are stepping in to provide what they hope is a long-term solution. Clarkston Free Methodist Church is hosting ‘A Journey to Financial Freedom? seminar with Crown Financial Ministries at 5482 Winell on March 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar combines Biblical principles of […]