BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Heading to DTE Energy Music Theater this summer for an evening concert? Better plan on getting home well after midnight. As the Road Commission for Oakland County began construction on Sashabaw Road, from I-75 to just south of Clarkston Road in Independence Twp., on Monday, April 22, commuters […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Since cell phones have become a way of life for much of the population, this has trickled down to schools. Clarkston Community Schools does not have a district-wide on student cell phone usage, but each school distributes and discusses a school specific code of conduct to each student […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Junior High School Leadership is hosting a Color Run for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, May 18, at the Clarkston High School trail. This year, CJHS Leadership will be granting the wish of Addyson, a local fifth-grade student with Down Syndrome who loves princesses, Barbies, dogs, and cats. The […]
Fourth and final feature in a series on a pillar of the community, Mel Vaara, as he remembers more than a half century of Clarkston history, and looks to the future. BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer There’s an old saying that goes, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” Mel Vaara has […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education recently approved the district’s plan to expand open-enrollment specialty academic programs for the 2019-20 school year. And while the district has offered select open-enrollment specialty academic programs for several years – meaning out-of-district students can apply to attend CCS – new […]
Third in a series on a pillar of the community, Mel Vaara, as he remembers more than a half century of Clarkston history, and looks to the future. BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer One of the last times Mel Vaara was in the Clarkston public eye was when Clarkston High School basketball coach […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program has boasted the top Under-17 and Under-18 players in the country over the past 23 years, developing them for NCAA hockey and the NHL. Next season, the Plymouth-based program will have a local flavor as Clarkston native Ty Gallagher was recently named […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The wheelchair-bound man who was hit by a car outside of the Clarkston Specialty Healthcare Center on the night of March 14 has died from his injuries. Albert Russell Orsette, an 83-year-old resident of Independence Township, then a patient at the facility, passed away on April 8. Authorities […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Community Schools was recently awarded nearly a quarter-million dollars in state grant money from the Competitive School Safety Grant Program to improve the safety in school buildings. “Absolutely nothing is more important than the safety and protection of our kids,” State Rep. Andrea Schroeder said. “These grants […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Independence Oaks for a photo story that ran in last week’s edition of The Clarkston News. And while the park was lots of grays and browns, there were some signs of green. Yes, while the calendar tells us spring […]