COVID-19 Update – December 29, 2021

As of December 29, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: December 29: 48346: 3,747 cases (527 new), 53 deaths 48348: 4,189 cases (670 new), 30 deaths 48350: 1,297 cases (226 new), 12 deaths As compared to December 22: 48346: […]

Township resident hoping to fill role in Michigan House

Township resident hoping to fill role in Michigan House

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Andrea Schroeder was proactive, even in the face of death. Schroeder, who passed away October 1 while serving as the local 43rd District’s representative to the Michigan House of Representatives, could see her successor coming from within. Independence Township resident Heidi Warrington, a Republican activist and former district representative […]

New city council members address challenges

New city council members address challenges

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Back in November, Laura Rodgers and Bruce Fuller were elected as new members to the Clarkston City Council. After a close vote for the open seats had to be certified by Oakland County due to a large number of write-in votes, the three open seats officially went to Gary […]

COVID-19 Update – December 22, 2021

As of December 22, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: December 22: 48346: 3,702 cases (522 new), 53 deaths 48348: 4,103 cases (647 new), 30 deaths 48350: 1,272 cases (235 new), 12 deaths As compared to December 15: 48346: […]

City council notes

At the December 13 Clarkston City Council meeting, council voted to approve two races through the city in 2022, the Angels’ Place Race on May 14 and the Waterford Bank Half-Marathon on November 12. A motion to utilize a recently obtained $3,000 grant from the Clarkston Area Optimists to construct and install a small footbridge […]

Clarkston schools coping with Oxford tragedy

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The well-documented events at Oxford High School back on November 30 were truly horrific. In neighboring Clarkston, the school district is taking steps to provide coping mechanisms and assurances all students and staff will be safe at all Clarkston Community Schools buildings. “As a district, we’ve spent a lot […]

Spreading Christmas cheer

Spreading Christmas cheer

After their half day of school on December 17, Girl Scout Troop 75949 of Clarkston made over 50 Christmas and holiday cards for the residents at Addington Place of Clarkston, an assisted living facility. Pictured top, left to right, are Raquel Pena-Aguilera, Scarlet Anderson, Charley Bousho, and Kierston Furness, and bottom, left to right, are […]

Storm drain repair

Storm drain repair

Clarkston’s storm drain repair crew was able to take advantage of last Thursday’s unseasonably warm weather to complete the reconstruction of the collapsing storm drain on Depot Road.

To the dear lady I love: A poem by Judy Wilson

People coo over plump babies; the soft unlined skin of a young child seems to ask to be caressed. Firm, flexible, and smooth are the bodies of the young, and much admired. But I, I am drawn to the faces and bodies of the old. To me, they tell a story more fascinating than the […]

Giving back for Advent

Giving back for Advent

Every Advent, students at Everest seek to find meaningful ways to support the local community in this season of giving. The Everest Collegiate student government has adopted two families this year in cooperation with Lighthouse of Oakland County. They collect items from the families’ wish lists, and then made a trip to Target to purchase […]