Olivia Baker, of Clarkston, has been awarded the Thomas M. Seykora Award for Outstanding Contribution from Grand Valley State University. Baker is a 2016 graduate of Clarkston High School and is the daughter of Richard and Aimee Baker. The Seykora Award recognizes seniors who, through their involvement, have made significant contributions to the GVSU campus […]
Crews are continuing work on building throughout Clarkston Community Schools. The work is from the 2016 bond approved by voters for $76 million and includes parking lot improvements. Check progress on the 2016 bond at www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/community/bond.
Officers responded to the 5000 block of Clarkston Road in the early morning hours of August 7 for a report of indecent exposure. The caller told police that he had been woken up by the doorbell and someone attempting to open the front door. The caller then discovered a completely naked white man who said […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Mac Diver played three seasons of junior hockey in two states and two countries. This fall, the soon-to-be 21-year-old Clarkston native is off to another adventure after recently committing to play NCAA Division III hockey for Lebanon Valley College, a private college in Annville, Pa. “My process in committing […]
FLYING INTO CLARKSTON: Butterfly expert Debbie Jackson holds aloft a Monarch butterfly as it emerges from its chrysalis and begins a new stage of life. Jackson was the featured speaker at the July 29 meeting of the Clarkston-Area Backyard Birders Club, hosted monthly by The Gateway. Observing the rare moment are Paul Dolza, right, a […]
Dear Editor, I feel compelled to respond to a letter published a few weeks back in regard to safety paths. There were a number of accusations and innuendos which need to be addressed. First, the writer has submitted requests for a Cranberry Lake Road pathway through her residential neighborhood which was forwarded to the Safety […]
On December 9, 2019, the City of the Village of Clarkston City Council adopted a resolution “to establish a local Historic District Study Committee to update the existing Historic District inventory to reflect the current resources.” The Clarkston Historic District Study Committee will be conducting a photographic inventory as well as research all on structures […]
Dear Editor, I have been a resident of Clarkston for nearly 40 years. I am an avid reader of The Clarkston News along with many other local papers. I frequently see complaints regarding the traffic in downtown Clarkston with complaints about the speed limit. I truly just do not comprehend the misdirected worry about public […]
With the help of Independence Township, repairs were completed last week to the White Lake Road safety path bridge over the Deer Lake to Middle Lake stream to address eroding pavement and safety concerns.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Dr. Amy Engelhardt-Kalbfleisch, of Clarkston, to the state’s Certificate of Need Commission, succeeding Tressa Gardner, whose term expired April 9, 2020. The chief medical officer at Henry Ford Hospital, Dr. Engelhardt-Kalbfleisch will represent physicians licensed under part 175 to engage in the practice of osteopahic medicine and surgery. Her term […]