Poster contest winner

Poster contest winner

NoHaz, Oakland County’s consortium of 17 communities that provide residents with a safe, reliable and environmentally responsible way to dispose of household hazardous waste, sponsors a poster contest to educate and engage fourth- and fifth-grade students about the importance of those responsibilities. Taking first place in the contest was Adelaide W., a fifth grader at […]

Ready to walk, roll for SCAMP

Ready to walk, roll for SCAMP

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The Walk and Roll event, benefiting Clarkston SCAMP, is returning live after a two-year hiatus. The event is Sunday, May 1, at Depot Park, with registration starting at 11:30 a.m. and finishing at 3 p.m.  There will be one- and three-mile loops participants can use for walking, running, biking, […]

Practice makes perfect

Practice makes perfect

Members of the Clarkston High School Drama Club go over a scene from their upcoming show “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” Photo by Wendi Reardon Price

In for the night

In for the night

The annual lock-in at Everest Academy is a night of fun, tie-dye shirts, games, movies, dancing, and more for the middle school girls. For international students, it is another important event of their final months at Everest. Several high school girls volunteered to help lead activities for the evening back on April 1. Photo provided […]

Library donation

Library donation

Clarkston Area Lions Club Treasurer Jerry Baumgart presents Clarkston Independence District Library Director Julie Meredith with a donation to The Friends of the Clarkston Independence District Library. The annual library donation is used to provide resources for the sight impaired. Past-year donations have been used towards the purchase large print books, talking books, a Merlin […]

Jehovah’s Witnesses reach Clarkston community with modified ministry

Jehovah’s Witnesses reach Clarkston community with modified ministry

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Yasmine Stahlmann would rarely go more than a few days without knocking on a door or visiting a Bible student as part of her volunteer ministry. That abruptly changed in the spring of 2020 when Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended their in-person public ministry, meetings, and large conventions. Two years later, […]

New eLibrary boosting usage at CIDL

New eLibrary boosting usage at CIDL

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Over the winter, the Clarkston Independence District Library started a new program called “Meet Your eLibrary,” an initiative to utilize the extensive eResources available through the library. The local David W. Elliott Memorial Foundation provided a $5,000 grant to the Friends of the Clarkston Independence Library to help support […]

COVID-19 Update – April 13, 2022

As of April 13, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: April 13: 48346: 5,356 cases (40 new), 67 deaths 48348: 5,867 cases (45 new), 41 deaths 48350: 1,813 cases (12 new), 13 deaths As compared to April 6: 48346: […]

Another Interact surprise to benefit local children

Another Interact surprise to benefit local children

The Clarkston Interact Club continues to astonish their sponsor, the Rotary Club of Clarkston, recently raising $350 for the cemetery restoration project in Clarkston and collecting and donating clothes, blankets and shoes for Carriage Town Ministries in Flint. Interact has now raised $735 and donated it through the Rotary Club for the Dolly Parton Imagination […]