Letter to the Editor: Let’s keep Line 5 Pipeline open

Dear Editor, With a lot going on in the world, I wanted to write of the importance of not letting politicians close the Line 5 Pipeline. Governor Whitmer ordered Enbridge to close the 68-year-old line, revoking a 1953 state easement.  At least our neighbors in Canada are helping when they invoked a 1977 treaty with […]

Letter to the Editor: Why we need to support Ukraine

Dear Editor, With the most recent invasion of Ukraine by the Russian dictator Putin, unfortunately, history is repeating itself. As a Ukrainian-American, I am appalled at how Putin is acting like another infamous dictator, Adolf Hitler. Before Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, he bullied and threatened his way into the occupation of the Rhineland (1936), […]

Local initiative aiming to find solutions to bullying problem

Local initiative aiming to find solutions to bullying problem

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The unspeakable tragedy that took place more than three months ago in Oxford is something no family wants to ever experience. For Clarkston resident Jeff Chamberlain, he has started a campaign – Operation Prevent – with hopes of curbing bullying and violence that can lead to what happened November […]

Cutting the ribbons

Cutting the ribbons

A pair of ribbon cutting ceremonies took place in Clarkston over recent weeks. At top, Alex’s Gourmet Market & Bistro celebrates becoming a Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce member while below, The Farm House partakes in a similar ceremony. Photos provided by Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce

Back on stage

Back on stage

The thriller “Deathtrap” by Ira Levine opens this Friday, March 11, at Clarkston Village Players and runs weekends through March 26. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness that will keep audiences spellbound until the very last moment. Pictured, from left, are Nik Khator (Clifford Anderson), Ryan Ernst (Sydney Bruhl), and Sara Sanger (Myra Bruhl). […]

Sexual assault charge

Western Michigan University student and hockey captain Paul Washe, a Clarkston native, is facing a sexual assault charge after an incident at a Dec. 5, 2021 party, according to published reports. A fellow WMU student said she was sexually assaulted by Washe on that night and Washe did admit to having sex with the woman, […]

Clarkston grad finding way on, off ice at New York college

Clarkston grad finding way on, off ice at New York college

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor For Paul Bryer, hockey has been the one sport he fell in love with at an early age, and his dedication to improvement has taken him to AAA-level youth hockey, Tier II junior hockey, and for the past two season, to NCAA Division III college hockey. Bryer just recently […]

Collegiate milestones aplenty for Clarkston students

Grant Burgess and Alyssa Schroeder, both of Clarkston, have been named to the Miami University Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. Burgess is earning a BS in Business in Marketing and Schroeder a BS in Kinesiology and Health in Kinesiology, Premedical Studies. Miami students who are ranked in the top 20 percent of undergraduate […]

Public Notice: Notice of public accuracy test of voting equipment, Independence Township

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE ELECTION COMMISSION COUNTY OF OAKLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF VOTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2022 – SPECIAL ELECTION To the qualified electors of the Charter Township of Independence, County of Oakland, State of Michigan: Notice is hereby given that a Public Accuracy Test for […]