Not even high winds could stop the Clarkston Holiday Lights Parade last Saturday evening. For the first time in two years, the parade was held, put on by the Team RUSH27 Robotics team. It was also the first parade of any kind in Clarkston since the 2019 Independence Day parade. Although the wind did have an […]
Everest students in sixth through 12th grades recently submitted works of art with the winning submission printed on Everest’s Christmas card. This year’s winner was sophomore Emily Howe with a digital drawing entitled “The Holy Family.”
Dear Editor, (These comments were addressed to the two new Clarkston City Council members, Bruce Fuller and Laura Rodgers, at the November 22, 2021 council meeting.) I am sure you recognize the city’s inability to maintain its sidewalks and streets. The city faces significant financial challenges without a plan. Council has borrowed from its water and […]
Dear Editor, Recently, I viewed the PBS documentary “Storm Lake – Family-Run Newspaper Keeps Local Journalism Alive.” It reminds all of us of the importance of independent local journalism We are very fortunate to have The Clarkston News, and the work of Don Rush, in our community. Our support of them keeps us better informed about […]
For nearly two years now, our world has been turned upside down by the ongoing pandemic. We’ve had to adjust our daily lives and do things completely out of our comfort zone and normal routine. And, unfortunately, change has not been readily accepted by many people, not just locally, but across the country. In my […]
Back on December 3, Everest middle school boys were recognized for having achieved the necessary requirements to advance to the rank of herald in Everest’s Knights of the Altar program, a program designed to help students internalize the Catholic formation they receive by enabling them to participate in the liturgy as altar servers and develop […]
In the afternoon of December 4, deputies responded to the 10900 block of Clark Road in Springfield Township on the report of a missing 80-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s. The woman’s husband stated his wife had walked away from the residence on previous occasions. The OCSO Aviation Unit located the woman at 6:14 p.m. […]
Marion Ilene Regentin, of Waterford, formerly of Clarkston, passed away at home on December 11, 2021 at the age of 92. Preceded in death by her husband William. Mother of Scott (Susan) Regentin, Michael (Jane) Regentin, and Beth (Brian) Adams, grandma “Teen-teen” of 16 (including their spouses), 30 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren, sister of […]
Richard F. “Rick” “Beck” Beckmeyer, passed away Dec. 8, 2021, at the age of 67. In his passing, as it was throughout his life, Rick knew the love of family from his wife, Linda, and children, Eric and Jae. Born in Bay Village, Ohio, the only child of Owen and Irene Beckmeyer, Rick earned a […]
Robert A. “Bob” Sajdak, of Clarkston and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., passed away suddenly on December 7, 2021 at the age of 72. Born in Bay City, Bob went on to become a nationally respected leader in the trust industry. He leaves behind his wife Susan, and their two sons John, of Centreville, Va., and […]