Local businesses surviving, thriving

Local businesses surviving, thriving

BY JACK MUELLER Clarkston News Intern Snow is on the ground, it’s now 2021, and cash is still zipping out most of our wallets. Seems like a typical year, but it is far from that as masks hide our smiles and an economic shutdown decays our years of savings. Clarkston, close to heart and home […]

Clarkston grads embrace COVID times with drive-thru wedding shower

Clarkston grads embrace COVID times with drive-thru wedding shower

Wes Petrimoulx and Ally Reynolds are getting married in June and had their wedding shower venue cancel recently. Not to be deterred, the 2017 Clarkston High School graduates and Grand Valley State University students, who have been together six years this month, enjoyed their shower on Saturday, January 9, at the Independence Township Senior Center […]

New ice rink

This Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Depot Park, the Clarkston Area Optimist Club is presenting a $1,850 check to the Clarkston Community Schools Construction Trades Program for the co-purchase, along with the Optimists, of a new ice rink at the park. The new Clarkson Area Optimist Club Ice Rink will be dedicated Thursday, along with […]

COVID-19 Update – January 13, 2021

As of January 13, 2021, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and new cases in the past 30 days for the following ZIP codes: 48346: 1,257 cases (205 new), 26 deaths 48348: 1,274 cases (212 new), 8 deaths 48350: 346 cases (55 new), 5 deaths As compared to the numbers from January […]

‘Your Speed’ signs

City efforts to reduce speeds on Main Street is nearing completion with the installation of the electronic “Your Speed” signs on North Main Street.  The northbound sign is located near the spillway (at approximately 20 N. Main) and the southbound sign is located near the entrance to the city (at approximately 177 N. Main).  “This […]

Restaurant grant

Over the holidays, Clarkston was approved for a grant through Oakland County for products to assist the city’s local restaurants expand their outdoor seating during COVID.  “In the next week, we anticipate receiving and distributing three greenhouses, an igloo, 18 propane heaters, five sanitizing sprayers and more to our restaurants,” said Clarkston City Manager Jonathan […]

‘Our path forward starts with a single step together’

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Clarkston Community Schools students will be back in buildings for the second semester. At the time of Superintendent Dr. Shawn Ryan’s last update to the community before Christmas, virus rates in the immediate community were increasing. The Clarkston school district transitioned to a temporary distance learning contingency and this […]

Letter to the Editor: Reader against online sports betting

Dear Editor, Recently, my TV and radio has been flooded with sport betting commercials by numerous vendors promoting online and casino sports betting with such ferocious intensity it left me wondering where all of this started, and why? Upon further examination, you’ll find the Republican state legislature is to blame for introducing and then passing a […]

Words from the Sup’t: Finding hope for CCS students, staff

When our schools dismissed for winter break in December,  we had just completed six weeks of distance learning, virus rates in our immediate community were on a steady incline, and the threat of a holiday spike loomed large. Since that time, our administration has been in near-daily communication as a team, and with Oakland Health […]

An open letter to Rep. Schroeder on U.S. Capitol events of Jan. 6

Dear Representative Schroeder, Thank you for your statement (January 6) that “Breaking and entering are illegal. And breaking and entering into OUR nation’s Capitol Building is unacceptable. The violent protesters who breached the capitol in Washington DC are un-American and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” I completely agree and support […]