FLINT — In what has become as much of a holiday tradition as parades, football and a Thanksgiving turkey, the 12th Annual Skaff Save & Share event will once again take place Nov. 24-27.Over the past 11 years, this annual event has helped raise more than $200,000 for local charities. That’s money that has stayed […]
From left, Ken Boback, Derek Arnold, Jesse Luoma, Don Cremer, Jeremy Lopetrone, and Dave Turner take part in the Veterans Day ceremony at the American Legion Chief Pontiac Post 377 last Saturday, precisely at 11:11 a.m. Photo: Matt Mackinder
Is it already time to play Christmas music?You bet it is!And I know, I know. There are people out there that say Thanksgiving Day or the day after is the official start to the Christmas season.That could very well be true, but I’m that guy that watches “Elf” in July. I’ve done it. And I’ll […]
As we close our 75th anniversary year of the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club, we thank you for the support the community has given us through the years.Because of your generosity in buying wreaths, roping and grave blankets and attending our Garden Walk in July – 500 of you – we are able to give […]
News of a new restaurant is always exciting, but what if that restaurant also included a bar and happened to be your neighbor?This is what the owners of Mel’s Grill and Buckshots are proposing with Fireside Kitchen.They say that they “will ensure that the presence of a restaurant will not be a nuisance of any […]
I feel that the freedom to vote is one of our most important rights.As a city clerk, Election Day is wonderful, hectic, and rewarding. And now with my first election in the books, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all my hard-working, dedicated election workers that made it all happen: Evelyn Bihl, […]
Sashabaw Middle School and Clarkston Junior High FIRST Robotics teams are holding a community event at Clarkston Independence District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon.The students and coaches will have a short presentation on how origami is used to create versatile and expandable technologies in the real world.The Technadoes and Electric Mayhem of […]
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Colleen Cambridge is The New York Times bestselling author of the “American in Paris Mysteries” and the Phyllida Bright Mysteries, the first of which, “Murder at Mallowan Hall,” was an Agatha Award finalist.And she’s coming to the Clarkston Independence District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, for the next Author Talk event on Nov. […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Each year at Clarkston Junior High School, a local veteran is honored during the school’s Veterans Day celebration.This year, Clarkston native Donald Steiner was front and center during the Nov. 9 event inside the Performing Arts Center.Shortly after his 17th birthday, on June 13, 1942, Steiner left […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — The holiday season is generally known as a time for giving.For Sarah Schneider, owner of The Fed restaurant on Main Street, she has her eyes set on giving $10,000 to Clarkston SCAMP, a five-week summer day program developed and designed for children and young adults with special needs […]