Every minute counts when responding to an emergency. With this in mind, Springfield Township Fire Chief Charlie Oaks asked the township board for official permission to transport patients with life-threatening injuries (priority one) when no other connection is available in a timely manner. According to Supervisor Collin Walls, the township currently relies on private ambulances […]
Many people see a moving mental picture when thinking of a military funeral. Most picture a flag-draped casket lowered into the ground as Taps plays in the background; a final tribute to a veteran who served our country. With the opening date of a new national cemetery in Holly in question, several people affiliated with […]
Oakland County drivers frustrated with potholes on their daily commute will face increased irritation over the next few months. Due to the exhaustion of state funds from their maintenance contract with MDOT, the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) stopped all routine maintenance work on state roads as of June 22. Work stoppage means the […]
If seeing is believing, then hearing must be a close nostalgic second. The Stardust Swing Band, a 13-piece big band with vocals, brings the music of the 1930s and 40s to Senior Appreciation Night at Concerts in the Park. Songs like ‘String of Pearls,? ‘Moonlight Serenade,? and ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy? are on the group’s […]
Music aficionados looking to escape the loud bass beats or screeching guitars of contemporary music may want to visit Depot Park July 15 for some classic vocal harmony. Filling the Local Talent Spotlight at 6:30 p.m. is The Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Barbershop Chorus. Consisting of 58 men from the Oakland County area, the chorus performs […]
A van heading north on M-15 was struck by another vehicle heading west on Waldon and attempting a turn south onto M-15. A 20-year-old male driver was injured and treated. The vehicle turning on M-15 was cited for running a red light.
Much has changed over the last 60 years as people and places come and go, leaving some to wonder if anything stays the same. Through all the years, the Oakland County area has relied on just one thing ? Bill Pascher will be singing in the Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Chorus. After celebrating 62 years of […]
Too often, the people who created so many of the activities communities enjoy are forgotten as age and time pass. The July 15 Concerts in the Park program will change all that with Senior Appreciation Night, an acknowledgment and message of thanks to seniors whose participation allowed the event to flourish for the past 26 […]
After a childhood of 4-H dog shows and experience with horses in the Clarkston area, Nancy Caruso was on her way to veterinary school when she noticed something that bothered her. Caruso saw animals undergoing exploratory surgeries or being put on pharmaceuticals for the rest of their lives with no thought to the causation or […]
On June 30, Joseph Wells Stapleton and Lance Allen Schmitt, both 21, of Clarkston were sentenced to 20?40 years in prison for the second degree murder of Peter Richard. Circuit Judge Langford-Morris credited both men with 729 days served. Stapleton and Schmitt were found guilty of second-degree murder charges on June 10. The murder charges […]