BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor After presenting their first production in a year and a half this past September, Clarkston Village Players will now get set to preform the classic play “Bus Stop,” by William Inge. The show opens this Friday, November 5 and runs through Saturday, November 20. Emotions run high when a […]
Boots and flannel were de rigueur at the ribbon cutting of the Michigan Humane Center for Farm Animal Care at the Abraham Ranch in Clarkston, located west of M-15 and south of Weidemann Drive, on October 25. This facility, soon to be serving hundreds of farm animals and livestock each year, is the next phase of Michigan […]
Mary “Jane” Ives (See), of White Lake, passed away on October 30, 2021 at the age of 88. Mother of Steve See, Bill See, and Paul (Leah) See, like a mother to Lori (John Matas) Welch, grandma of Alyssa See, sister of Ellen (late Doug) Labadie, Cecilia (Don) See, Madonna Putch, and Lynn Richter, and […]
Charles Eugene Gavette, of Clarkston, passed away October 30, 2021 at the age of 89. He was born on September 17, 1932 in Pontiac, son to the late Miller and Elsie Gavette (nee Donaldson). Loving husband of Beverly for 64 wonderful years, dear father of Chelli (Marty) Mazer and Craig Gavette, proud grandfather of Amber […]
Cheryl Ann Quisenberry, of Ortonville, was called home by her Lord and Angels on October 27, 2021 at the age of 67. Cheryl was born March 13, 1954 in Flint, to the late Houghtby and Loretta (nee: Krolicki Czischke) Shrapnell. She married Theodore Quisenberry on April 20, 1979 in Ortonville. She is survived by her […]
Charlotte A. Maybee, of Waterford, formerly of Clarkston, passed away on October 25, 2021 at the age of 94. Survived by several second cousins and a host of friends. Preceded in death by cousins Isabelle (Donald) Stark, Marion Roush, James (JoAnne) Hodges, and Martha (Stan) White. Charlotte was a member of the Clarkston United Methodist […]
Dear Editor, Clarkston city council candidate Laura Rodgers claims she is legally qualified to serve on the council even though she hasn’t lived here for more than a year (“Clarkston city council candidate clarifies qualifications,” Clarkston News, October 27, 2021). She was responding to my letter noting that (1) the Clarkston charter requires a council […]
Mary Lou Giles, of Houghton Lake, formerly of West Bloomfield, passed away October 24, 2021 at the age of 94. Preceded in death by husband William “Bill.” Mother of William (Shelley Toombs) Giles Jr., Suzanne (Michael) McCarrey, and Wayne Giles, grandma of Keri (Eric) Williams, Kristy Giles, Brendan (Deanna Brinker) McCarrey, and Rory (Christina Reinhardt) […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor It took longer than anticipated, but Independence Township unanimously appointed Gerald Fisher as its new supervisor at the October 19 regular meeting of the board of trustees. Had no one been appointed by October 24 in the wake of former supervisor Pat Kittle’s resignation last month, a costly special […]