A group of local officials and volunteers are working to ensure Depot Park blooms majestically this spring and summer. As part of the Depot Park Environmental Project, members of the Clarkston City Council, River of Life Group of St. Daniel’s Church, North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy and other area volunteers have met four times since […]
Major Damon Shields of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office used to wonder why officers sent to the FBI National Academy returned with a yellow brick. This past fall, Shields found out. He received a yellow brick of his own after graduating with 246 other police officers as part of the academy’s 223rd session which ran […]
Wireless internet for everyone is one step closer to coming to Independence Township. Although Independence Township was not one of the first seven pilot communities to be part of Oakland County’s Wireless Oakland initiative, the township did file the necessary paperwork to be considered in the next wave of communities. ‘We want to join Wireless […]
A Clarkston woman’s diligence paid off, as a West Bloomfield man was arraigned on an indecent exposure charge in 52-2 District Court on Jan. 12. The woman, whose name was not released, followed the 25-year-old man in his black BMW through a couple u-turns and into a business parking lot in Springfield Township until she […]
With fogging goggles and instantly visible breath, cyclist Mark Wolowiec runs down wintry Clarkston roads with his bike slung over his shoulder. While carrying a bike in subfreezing temperatures might not sound fun to most people, for Wolowiec, this is just one more training day well worth the physical pain and time. In his attempt […]
As a rule, Rev. Don Duford of Clarkston tries not to play politics. ‘I’m a person who votes with my heart and conscious (not by party),? said Duford. Duford, however, will soon play a role in Lansing following his Dec. 6 appointment from Governor Jennifer Granholm to the Board of Examiners in Mortuary Science. ‘It’s […]
It’s been a bad few days for Clarkston area bank tellers. In four days, two Clarkston area banks were robbed by different men handing notes to tellers demanding money and claiming they had a gun. The second robbery took place on Jan. 29 at approximately 1:31 p.m at TCF bank at 6430 Dixie Highway, south […]
A positive influence can make all the difference in life ? just ask any of the six kids who Independence Township’s Greg DiPietro mentored over the last 25 years. At the Oakland County Youth Assistance Mentors Plus Appreciation Dinner on Jan. 26, DiPietro, 47, was named Oakland County’s Mentor of the Year in recognition of […]
A patient complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain visited a local doctor on three occasions in and around the start of 2000. The patient was sent home each time. Nine days after the third visit, the patient died. An autopsy revealed a heart attack as the cause of death. Following the death, an […]
Sociology teachers often put students in a hypothetical group scenario on a tropical island. The activity forces the students to chose how to invest limited resources while deciding what is important for survival. The Springfield Township Board, like many other municipalities, find themselves in their own financial island scenario as the state’s economy continues to […]