Decisions on any potential cuts to employee health benefits will be discussed by the Springfield Township board another day. The board voted 4 to 3 at their June 8 meeting to table discussion of all employee benefits, until a later date so that Township Supervisor Collin Walls can research what other townships are doing and […]
An unusually large crowd attended the Clarkston City Council meeting on June 12 as council members held a public hearing on the 2006-2007 proposed budget. The issues of police coverage and street maintenance in several Clarkston neighborhoods dominated the public hearing which lasted over an hour. Council Member Steve Wylie started the debate by making […]
A Clarkston resident reported to police that a man exposed himself to her 9-year-old daughter as they stood in line at a supermarket checkout on June 8. The woman notified police after paying her bill and exiting the store quickly following the alleged exposure at around 9 p.m. at a store on Dixie Highway in […]
For over a hundred years, children have listened with imagination to Beatrix Potter’s ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit.? Very soon Clarkston area children can see that story and three other childhood favorites come alive at the Independence Township Library thanks to the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club. On June 10, the club planted the first […]
With family and friends cheering, former Clarkston High School graduate Jim Territo took a bow on stage at the renowned Carnegie Hall on May 29. Territo’s piece, titled ?1 Chronicles, 13:8,? was performed by the Ninth Annual National Wind Ensemble conducted by H. Robert Reynolds. ‘It’s probably the biggest honor I’ve ever received in my […]
I first met professional bass fisherman Scott Dobson in early January when I interviewed his friend, custom lure maker Chip Carlisle. While I chatted with Carlisle, Dobson sat to the side ? hat pulled down, eyes focused, as he calmly cast a lure into a small bucket 15 or 20 feet across the room. He […]
People who know Gerry Jackson describe him as 100 percent Rotarian, an innovative thinker and a great family guy to his wife Debbie and their three children. Starting July 1, the Rose Township resident and Davisburg Rotarian will use those skills as Rotary International’s District 6380 Governor, serving the approximately 2,025 Rotarians and 50 clubs […]
The Clarkston High School auditorium is set to ring with voices of youth and hope for a better future. On June 29 at 7 p.m., the African Children’s Choir (ACC), hosted by the Clarkston Free Methodist Church, will perform in hopes of bringing attention to the AIDS pandemic in Africa. The choir consists of approximately […]
Few figures were more controversial in the 1990’s than assisted-suicide proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who was sentenced in a Michigan court to 10 ? 25 years in state prison in 1999 on a second degree murder charge following the 1998 death of Thomas Youk. While Kevorkian sits in his jail cell in Coldwater, Michigan, his […]
The Clarkston Police Department has a Swat now ? an officer John Swatowski, that is. Swatowski spent 35 years with the Detroit Police Department before retiring last February. He joined the Clarkston P.D. earlier this month after coming out of retirement. ‘I got bored sitting at home. You can’t sit at home for four months […]