Owners of Century Tool & Die in Springfield Township could face charges from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office for violating child labor laws which resulted in a 17-year-old employee losing four fingers on the job. The possible charges stem from an incident in April when the employee, operating a mechanical power press, was injured when […]
Independence Township firefighters received a thrill on Dec. 16 when 11-year-old Andrew Damon visited the station on Citation Drive. Members of the department presented Andrew, an Independence Township resident with a Junior Firefighter brass badge and replica helmet bearing his name, while the Independence Township Professional Firefighters Local 2629 gave his family union t-shirts and […]
Historic districts can present unique challenges to fire departments with older buildings, different construction styles and grandfathered exceptions to the fire code. After a presentation by the Independence Township Fire Department explaining how they can meet those intricacies, the Clarkston City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 12 to renew fire services with the final language […]
Every year about this time I see the shivering masses of smokers outside business doors, huddling to shield against the brisk wind. But cold is not the worse thing hitting smokers recently? especially since ganging up on the group through taxes is envogue. While I don’t disagree with many of the concerns about smoking, we […]
Problems experienced by low-income families often become worse when winter hits. Lighthouse Emergency Services ? Clarkston, who many refer to as Lighthouse North, is seeing firsthand those increased problems. Through their door walk many area residents struggling to pay utilities and feed their families as another Michigan winter bares down. Recently, LES hosted the Lighthouse […]
A rash of reality TV shows take a family in need away from their house and insert builders, volunteers and neighbors to transform the home. Afterwards, the overwhelmed family comes back on camera teary-eyed and shocked, creating heart-wrenching moments. Independence Township’s Barb Deradoorian experiences that feeling more often than most people through her volunteering as […]
Employee wages for Springfield Township were frozen for 2006 ? for most of the employees that is. With budget concerns lingering, the board voted to freeze all but a few salaries under control of the township at the Dec. 8 meeting. Only two full-time firefighters and a clerk promoted to an assistant in the treasurer’s […]
BY JAMES MARTINEZ Clarkston News Staff Writer Don Gerchow and a friend were in the mess hall on the USS Patterson in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when the first wave of Japanese planes attacked. ‘When we came up topside, we saw all the planes flying. He thought they were our planes. I said, […]
Suffering from a runny nose? Congestion and coughing keeping you up at nights? Despite being about two months into the flu season, flu shots can still help prevent illness for the remaining time. The Clarkston Health Center still has plenty of the $15 flu shots available on a walk-in basis in the Emergency Department. ‘It’s […]
Peg Hill of Neighbor for Neighbor receives the same type of calls every year. People struggling to fill propane tanks or prevent utilities from being shut off as winter approaches and they struggle to stay warm and fed. Hill and other volunteers at Neighbor for Neighbor are responding to the growing needs by helping the […]