Keys can be quite mundane. Everyone uses them, opening doors to offices, houses, cars and sheds; all the while jingling in pockets and hanging from belt loops. For Independence Township resident Jon Stevens, the keys on his chain open the door to a World War II era B-17 aircraft. They allow him to show people […]
On the evening of April 10, a man attempting to rob an Independence Township bank by giving a teller a note, fled without any money before police arrived. At around 6:57 p.m., deputies from the Independence Township substation responded to a call for a possible armed robbery at Clarkston State Bank on Sashabaw Road. According […]
Last week, a Clintonville Road resident smelled deisel fuel in his yard and the surrounding area. A day after he noticed an oil-like substance in the same ditch ? triggering a call to police and discovery of an estimated 20-50 gallons of spilled deisel fuel. The spill occurred at a construction site in Independence Township […]
Besides seeing the historic Ellis Barn when traveling to Springfield Oaks County Park, future visitors will see plants who thrived when the barn stood near Dixie Highway in the late 19th century. The Master Gardeners through Michigan State Extension and the 4H Gardeners Restore Our World Club (GROW) worked together the last few months to […]
Adults penalized for purchasing alcohol for minors in the Clarkston area will not be able to say they did not know what was coming. On April 4 and 6, nearly 20 students from the CHS SADD club visited many area retailers to place bright orange stickers on alcohol and wine products. The stickers warn adults […]
On the wall behind L. Brooks Patterson’s desk hangs a small trinket that looks like a stone with a stick figure band painted on it. The inscription reads something like ‘The only difference between this place and the Titanic is they had a band.? This small message goes a long way to exemplify the sense […]
With church closings and clustering facing some segments of the Archdiocese of Detroit, a new church building in Northern Oakland County is expected in the next few years. According to a March 28, 2006 letter from Cardinal Adam Maida, ‘several parishes need to expand their facilities as funds are available? and the ‘Vicariate should move […]
Shaun McLouth of Clarkston and Sheena Vowell of Waterford demonstrate stunts for the audience at the Clarkston Connects Community Expo. Both are members of the Spray Masters Water Ski Show Club out of Davisburg. Photo by James Martinez
Esperanza. Espoir. Hoffnung. Whatever the language, hope is part of the human condition. In Swahili, hope is spelled Tumaini. The Pirone family of Brandon Township and Independence Township’s Maranatha Baptist Church spent five months experiencing hope in Tanzania. As part of the Tumaini Project, Paul and Lori Pirone ? with their daughters Hannah, Emma and […]
A new library agreement between the City of the Village of Clarkston and Independence Township is apparently on the horizon. The Library Committee for the city recently sent a draft proposal to the township for a new library agreement with a fixed rate of $30,000 for 2006 library service. ‘The only difference is the fee […]