Community leaders help the Lighthouse Clarkston settle into their new location. Photo by Jessica Steeley BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Lighthouse Clarkston celebrated the opening of their new, centralized location at 5850 Dixie Highway with a ribbon cutting last week. “I hope it gets the word out to all of Oakland County that […]
Fourth grader Kristyn Cooper traces the hand of her grandfather, Thomas Dinko. Photo by Jessica Steeley BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Generations were connected at Bailey Lake Elementary during Grandparents Day last week. Principal Glenn Gualtieri said they had nearly 2,000 guests come to the school. Students could show off their classrooms, as […]
Logan Babbish, Kaitlin Woodward, Carson McIntyre and Evan Schneider are pumped for the Fun Run. Photo by Jessica Steeley BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Children collected Popsicle sticks for each lap they completed during the Pine Knob Elementary Fun Run, Oct. 13. “The fun run is a way for us to raise money,” […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Independence District Library Board voted unanimously, Oct. 16, to drop out of the Corridor Improvement Authority (CIA) plan to widen Sashabaw Road from Flemings Lake Road to Clarkston Road. The decision is expected to cost about $250,000 out of the $7.2 million project, said township Supervisor Pat […]
CAYA Family Education Chair Jamie Graves with seventh grade volunteers Avery Sealey, Carly Graves, and Amy Wade-Tiffner, from the CAYA family education committee. Photo by Jessica Steeley BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Nervousness, restlessness, panic, increased heart rate, rapid breathing—all these are symptoms of anxiety. Last week the Clarkston Area Youth Assistance (CAYA) […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer The Clarkston Board of Education took a field trip at their Oct. 9 meeting to check out the new biodiversity lab completed by Renaissance High School students. RHS science teacher Suzie Miller and student Jordan Stepp gave the board a tour of the lab on the walkway outside […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Teachers’ unions are appealing a ruling of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC), saying they violated the state Right to Work Law. “We disagree with the finding,” said David Crim, spokesperson for the Michigan Education Association. “We are appealing the ruling and plan to let the legal process […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Golfers at the seventh annual LaLonde Charity Open in July hope to help a lot of veterans with $132,918.23 in donations. “The amount of money they’re able to raise is absolutely amazing,” said the Hon. Kelley Kostin, judge in the 52/2 District Court and the Veterans Treatment Court. […]
Independence Township Trustee Jose Aliaga kicked off his run for state representative of the 43rd district during a campaign fundraiser at Via Bologna, Sept. 26. Aliaga is running for the Republican party on a platform of lower taxes, less regulation and smaller government. “No matter if it’s election season or not, I’m still knocking on […]
Parent Volunteers, from left, Lauren Middleton, Rochelle Tersigni, Allyson Hemsworth, Melissa Tillier, Kelly Duty, and Dorine Klages helped make the Independence Elementary fun run burst with color this year. Photo by Jessica Steeley