The kindergarteners in the Springfield Plains Elementary Daisy Troop #77949 are in their first year of Girl scouts and already making a footprint in the local community. They took the old Buddy Bench at school that was falling apart and helped earn their friendly and helpful pedal by bringing it back to life for all […]
Nick Wilson is sworn in by Independence Township Clerk Cari Neubeck as the Independence Township Fire Department’s new staff lieutenant/fire inspector during the Township Board of Trustees regular meeting on Oct. 10. Watching on in the background is Township Trustee Ron Ritchie. Photo: Independence Firefighters Local 2629
The Rotary Club of Clarkston’s annual beer, wine, spirits, and food tasting event is Oct. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Bordine’s, 8600 Dixie Highway.Tickets are $55 in advance or $65 at the door.For more information, contact any Clarkston Rotarian or call 248-625-4244.
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Area Backyard Birders Club President Bill Haney says tonight’s meeting (Oct. 25) will not be one to miss.“We’re going to close out 2023 on a high note, literally,” said Haney. “Even though many of our favorite songbirds have fled the friendly confines of our backyards, some of their melodies will linger […]
State Sen. Jim Runestad is hosting a community hour Oct. 27 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Clarkston Independence District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, providing policy updates and answering questions.RSVP by calling or texting Teresa at 586-713-5252.
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor OAKLAND COUNTY — Clarkston’s Andrew Morehead started at Oakland Technical Early College (OTEC) three years ago to get ahead in school.Three years later, he’s doing just that.“The reason why I enrolled in OTEC was I never thought I was going to be able to be successful in a college setting, […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor DETROIT — David Smith is moving up in the religious sector.On Oct. 7, the Independence Township resident was ordained to the permanent ministry of the diaconate at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Detroit.Archbishop Allen Vigneron ordained Smith, a member […]
DTE has replaced the leaning light pole in Depot Park next to the gazebo, scheduling an emergency replacement as the old pole was at risk of falling.
Martha Ann White, of Ortonville, passed away very peacefully on March 6, 2023 at the age of 74.Mother of Mike White and Mark (Sherry Barnes) White, grandma of Emily (Carson) Kunnen, Dane White and Cali White, sister of Barney Brown, and aunt of Sarah and Wesley.Preceded in death by her parents Allan and Olga Brown.Martha […]
Ruth Evangeline Mast, nee’ Davies, formerly of Clarkston, passed away peacefully at her home on Oct. 7, 2023 at the age of 93 in Naples, Fla.She was born on February 19, 1930, in Flint, to her late parents Farmer E. Davies and Carrie Davies, nee’ King, and grew up in Clarkston, where her father F. […]