Letter to the Editor: City should be resolving financials

Dear Editor, Mayor Eric Haven’s recent communications emphasize what is important in Clarkston: authenticity, charm, our brand and things historical. Unfortunately, these are the very things at risk due to council not acting to resolve the critical issue of city finances. I hear no one, I emphasize, no one, expressing feelings antagonistic to authenticity, charm, […]

Letter to the Editor: Clarkston parents group creating ignorance

Dear Editor, Last week’s published letter from Clarkston Parents United (“Opinion: Parents seeking respect, questioning CCS curriculum“) represents another Trojan horse effort by the organization to undermine the local school district’s initiative to provide students with the critical thinking skills so necessary to ensure their success in an increasingly competitive and diverse global economy. CPU […]

Welcome to Clarkston

Welcome to Clarkston

Lindsey Joslyn, owner of the Sisu + Tyyli beauty studio, cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the establishment, Sept. 25, located at 5730 Bella Rose Boulevard, to officially join the local Clarkston business community. Photo provided by Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce

Pet costume contest

Pet Costume Contest, Clarkston Area Youth Assistance (CAYA) is having its second annual event. Deadline for entries is this Friday, October 29. Upload your pet’s photos to CAYA-MI.org/petcontest. Proceeds benefit Clarkston youth and families with scholarships for extracurricular activities, family education programs, camp, Homework Club, youth recognition, and more. First place is a $75 gift card […]

Bird club meeting

Clarkston Area Backyard Birders Club, Wednesday, October 27, 6:30 p.m., St. Trinity Lutheran Church, 7925 Sashabaw Road. The documentary “Winged Migration” will be shown. Free event, all invited, casual dress, complimentary refreshments. Contact Bill Haney, cabbclub@gmail.com, for more info and to be added to the club’s monthly newsletter.

Student leaders

Student leaders

This year’s Everest student government is comprised of President Lucia De Nigris, Vice President Celeste James, Secretary Sally McGrath, and Treasurer Kathleen Thibodeau, in addition to class representatives Sarah Bradley and Madelyn Krappmann (freshmen), Joseph Milosch and Lucille Thewes (sophomores), Amelia Shripka and Luke Walker (juniors), and Nathaniel Beggs and Andrea Gonzalvo (seniors). Photo provided

Davisburg Road closure

Davisburg Road will be closed in Springfield Township for a culvert replacement project on Saturday, Oct. 23. The road will close from Dixie Highway to Bridge Lake Road. The detour for this closure is Dixie Highway to Rattalee Lake Road to Bridge Lake Road, back to Davisburg Road and vice versa. Davisburg Road will reopen […]

Cemetery walk shares early history

Cemetery walk shares early history

History came alive on October 10 at Lakeview Cemetery. Community members attending the Lakeview Cemetery Walk that day met Richard and Jemima Brokenshaw, an early shoemaker from Clarkston and heard about his family’s life. Other early settlers such as Nicholas Bonaparte Smith, the local druggist and dry goods storekeeper as well as one of the […]

Mural maker

Mural maker

Madden Owczarzak, Everest Class of 2021, recently completed a mural in the upstairs high school hallway, developing the project for Carrie Mazure’s Intermediate Visual Arts course. The imagery of the mural represents the four dimensions of Everest’s educational pedagogy of Integral Formation. The dove represents spiritual formation, the medal – intellectual formation, the clasped hands […]