By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — After Eric Haven resigned as Clarkston mayor on Oct. 16, the city council meeting a week later on Oct. 23 did not yield an immediate decision for his replacement.Mayor Pro Tem Sue Wylie (pictured) said at the meeting that she is interested in serving as mayor until the […]
The Clarkston Farm and Garden Club will host two programs at its Nov. 6 meeting at the Clarkston United Methodist Church, 6600 Waldon Road.Sue Julian, executive director of the Blue Heron Headwaters Conservancy will speak and Team Mobile will talk about tips and tricks on your phone, including apps for plant identification.Community members are welcome […]
The Calvary Lutheran LIFE Team is sponsoring an International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, which includes breakfast and healing, on Nov. 18, from 8 a.m. to noon, at Clarkston Calvary Lutheran Church, 6805 Bluegrass Drive.Register at clarkston-michigan.isosld.afsp.org. Walk-ins also welcome.For more information, call the church at 248-625-3288.
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — The Clarkston Village Players are back on stage, starting this weekend at the Depot Theater, 4861 White Lake Road, with “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol,” by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin, Jr., presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, […]
The Clarkston Farm and Garden Club is hosting its Holiday Greens Sale, including wreaths, roping, and cemetery blankets.Order online by Nov. 6.For more, visit clarkstongardenclub.org or email your name and phone number to clarkstongardenclub@gmail.com.
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — It’s almost Election Day, and locally, three candidates are running unopposed for Clarkston City Council two-year terms on Nov. 7.Gary Casey and Laura Rodgers are current council members, while Ted Quisenberry is running for his first term. Casey has been on council since June 2020 when he was […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor OAKLAND COUNTY — A Belleville man who was on parole from a 2014 federal bank robbery conviction is being held on $1 million bond after he was charged Oct. 23 with robbing an Independence Township credit union.Shannon Donald Sexton, 53, was arraigned in 52-2nd District Court with a single count […]
By Jim NewellManaging Editor ORION TWP. — For 70 years Dort Financial Credit Union has had the mission to serve the needs of the communities in which they operate, and now the credit union has turned its sights on Orion Township.Dort Financial opened a new branch location on Brown Road in Orion Township, and President […]
Another telephone scam is happening locally.A Waterford Township woman said recently she received a phone call from someone identifying himself as “Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.” The caller ID displayed a number used by the Sheriff’s Office. This is a common ploy with phone scams, known as spoofing the number.The imposter asked the woman if […]
Due to a lack of business, there will not be a regular meeting of the Independence Township Zoning Board of Appeals tonight (Nov. 1).The next regular meeting will be held Dec. 6 at 6 p.m.For more information, visit indtwp.com.