In a recent competition, Frank Morse’s pumpkin took first place with a weight of 2,007 pounds. Another one was 1,800 pounds. They will be outside 5022 Paula Avenue in Independence Township and there will be a 3D carving done of one on Oct. 27. Morse’s four-year-old son Beckham is in the picture with Frank. Photo: […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Late last year, the Waldon Village II development took the next step in getting a Meijer-owned market as part of the project when it was approved at the Nov. 15, 2022 Township Board of Trustees meeting.Nearly a year later, the project is still moving along.“The market has […]
Clarkston SCAMP Jingle & Mingle, Nov. 4, home of Tyler Sajan and Angel Staugaard, strolling dinner, cocktails, music, silent and live auction. To register or sponsor or for more information, visit clarkstonscamp.org/jingle-mingle or email amdarnell@clarkston.k12.mi.us.
From left, Melissa Rykse, Jessica O’Rorke, and Quinn O’Rorke take part in the annual fall road clean up on Clarkston Road between M-15 and Sashabaw Road as part of the Clarkston Education Association’s participation in an Adopt-A-Road event on Sept. 22. “This is one small way Clarkston teachers give back to the community to thank […]
State Rep. Mike Harris hosts Sashabaw Middle School sixth-grader Levi Baldwin and his mother Anne at the State Capitol, Sept. 27. The mother-son duo from Independence Township co-authored a children’s book, “What Makes Me… Me,” about Levi’s life with Tourette Syndrome. Photo: Mike Quillinan
Kenadie Barringer, of Clarkston, graduated from the University of Hartford in May of 2023 with a BSE in Acoustical Engineering. Nearly 200 Albion College varsity student-athletes – and three from Clarkston – were named to the 2022-23 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll, reserved for student-athletes who maintain a 3.5 GPA for the academic […]
By Laura HaynesSpecial to the Clarkston News AUBURN HILLS — Independence Township officials had the opportunity to spend the day of Oct. 6 learning much of what goes into a firefighter’s day at Oakland Community College’s CREST Training Center.This exercise, put on by OAKWAY, the local mutual aid association, was designed to give elected officials […]
By Emily CaswellBrand Manager CLARKSTON — Each year in the United States, about 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women, according the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.In early 2023, longtime Clarkston resident Vicki Wigand was one of those cases.Although she has no history of breast cancer in her family, Vicki, 78, has […]
Clarkston High School seniors Tavi Butki and Lucas Richert were crowned 2023 Homecoming Queen and King during the Wolves’ varsity football game on Oct. 13. Students enjoyed the Homecoming dance the following night at the high school. Photo: Wendi Reardon Price
By Shelby Stewart-SoldanSpecial to the Clarkston News INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Since she was three years old, Kristy Robinett. has heard and seen dead people.Though she prefers to call them “those on the other side.” “I was about three or four years old when a spirit came through to me, a woman, and told me to tell my […]