Independence Township residents now have an updated utility ordinance to follow ? one that Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen says finally includes sections on enforcement and penalties. ‘We didn’t have any of this in there before,? explained VanderVeen. ‘Now the ordinance has some teeth.? The new additions to the ordinance established enforcement officers to uphold the new […]
This November, residents will finally decide whether or not Independence Township needs a new senior center and operating millage. At the Aug. 5 special board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to place a 4-year, 0.4 mills operational millage and $3.1 million (.12 mills) bond issue on the general election. The votes were met with cheers and […]
The ballots are cast and the votes are tallied ? with everything moving smoothly during the Aug. 8 primary election for Springfield and Independence townships and the City of Clarkston. By 11:30 p.m., the three municipalities had all unofficial elections results submitted and posted on the Oakland County website. The following results were listed on […]
This was an eventful year for Ashley Shaw. While graduating from high school and being named Miss Dance of Michigan are big enough accomplishments, Shaw was just getting started. Shaw, 18, was recently named Miss Dance of America at the end of a national competition hosted by Dance Masters of America in Las Vegas. A […]
Those who see or talk to me outside of The Clarkston News office probably know that I and my loving husband Tom became first time home buyers almost four months ago. We purchased a cute 70-year-old, 1,100-square-foot, two-story fixer-upper in the Village of Oxford. Allow me to define ‘fixer-upper? in my mind: a home that […]
Sam Moraco is angry. After months of stabilizing the structure and beginning renovations on the McCord-Stickney home, Moraco arrived at the property this past Saturday morning, July 29, to learn vandals had destroyed not one, but 13 of what he feels was the home’s best features. ‘I got to the property and found out someone […]
The deal is official ? Independence Township is formally a part of Phase II for Wireless Oakland. The township board voted unanimously to sign an interlocal agreement with Oakland County in order to be a pilot community for the second phase of the program. To date, 40 communities have signed the agreement. Wireless Oakland is […]
Mayor Sharron Catallo called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The city’s bills in the amount of $89,585.46 were approved 5-0 (Council members Wylie and Ottman absent). ? Clarkston Caf? owner Curt Catallo reported on the recent purchase of the restaurant. The building inspector, the Independence Township Fire Department and the Oakland County Board […]
For the past six weeks, The Clarkston News, and myself, explored several of the aspects surrounding Independence Township’s discussions on a proposed bond issue and operational millage for a new senior center. The articles looked at the history of the senior center, any bond issues or millages for the center, the current needs of the […]
After a 4-2 vote by the Independence Township Board of Trustees on July 18, residents will soon see an increase in their next sewer bill. According to Linda Richardson, director of the Department of Public Works, the Oakland County Drain Commissioner sent notice of a $1.46/ quarterly increase per Residential Equivalency Unit to the township. […]