Who’s stealing from the Clarkston Community Garden?

Who’s stealing from the Clarkston Community Garden?

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The Clarkston Community Garden and McCord Park offers a peaceful setting of trees and nature – seclusion from the everyday world. Many community members have chosen the serenity of the park to grow their own produce, feeding both the body and mind. However, in recent days, someone has been […]

Public Notice: Library budget hearing

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING CLARKSTON INDEPENDENCE DISTRICT LIBRARY BOARD CLARKSTON INDEPENDENCE DISTRICT LIBRARY Monday, September 14, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD ELECTRONICALLY. The Clarkston Independence District Library Board (“Library Board”) will hold a public hearing on the proposed Library budget for the fiscal year January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 […]

Public Notice: Public hearing postponed

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 10, 2020 POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 1, 2020 INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Please take notice that the Independence Township Planning Commission, Oakland County, Michigan, has POSTPONED a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. to Thursday, October 1, 2020, for the purpose of considering a Planned Unit Development. […]

Public Notice: Public accuracy test of voting equipment

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE ELECTION COMMISSION COUNTY OF OAKLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF VOTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE STATE GENERAL (PRESIDENTIAL) ELECTION Tuesday, November 3, 2020 To the qualified electors of the Charter Township of Independence, County of Oakland, State of Michigan: Notice is hereby given that a Public Accuracy Test […]

Public Notice: Independence Township Planning Commission meeting, Oct. 1, 2020

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 10, 2020 POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 1, 2020 INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Please take notice that the Independence Township Planning Commission, Oakland County, Michigan, has POSTPONED a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. to Thursday, October 1, 2020, for the purpose of considering a Planned Unit Development. […]

Public Notice: Van Norman Lake Improvement Board meeting

LEGAL NOTICE Van Norman Lake Improvement Board Oakland County, Michigan HEARING OF PRACTICABILITY AND HEARING OF ASSESSMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Van Norman Lake Improvement Board will hold an online public hearing at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 to determine the practicability of a five-year improvement project for Van Norman Lake. The lake […]

Local hockey star enjoying puck life in British Columbia

Local hockey star enjoying puck life in British Columbia

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor After Tim Washe graduated from Brother Rice High School in 2019, the Clarkston native found himself heading to Nanaimo, British Columbia, to play junior hockey for the Nanaimo Clippers. He had played the previous five seasons for the Victory Honda AAA organization, even committing to NCAA Division I Western […]

Genealogy meeting set for Sept. 17

The Clarkston Genealogy Society is starting off its year with a speaker on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. with an online meeting. The meeting is open to the community. Kris Rzepczynski, senior archivist for the Michigan History Center in Lansing, will be the speaker. Rzepczynski’s presentation will be on the Michigan Archives and the […]

New ambulance station in township

New ambulance station in township

A building on Maybee Road is vacant no more. Medstar, Michigan’s most integrated EMS and mobile healthcare provider, has opened a new station in Independence Township. “We chose this location because it allows us to serve several northern Oakland County communities and healthcare facilities,” said Kevin Wilkinson, Medstar vice president of clinical and educational services. […]

Assault and battery

On September 7, in the 10000 block of Horseshoe Circle, two females, a 31-year-old from Independence Township and a 19-year-old from Lapeer, were in an altercation. The Lapeer woman scratched the victim’s arm and then punched her in the shoulder/chest area after an argument. Officers arrived on scene and issued a ticket for assault and […]