BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Crispelli’s Bakery and Pizzeria is coming to Clarkston. The Independence Township Board of Trustees formally approved the restaurant coming to the Clarkston Dix Plaza at the corner of Dixie Highway and M-15 at the regular meeting, April 23. “Three years ago, we approached Clarkston, and couldn’t find a […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Community Schools recently received a 2018 Distinguished Facility Award from the American Sports Builders Association. The honor was for the renovation of the multi-purpose synthetic turf field at Clarkston High School. The turf field was replaced in the spring of 2017 with a brand-new turf system and […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The Renee Przybylski Memorial Spray Park was not open last summer at Clintonwood Park, but that will all change on May 18 with the park’s grand opening at 10 a.m. A ribbon cutting will take place at 10:30 a.m. as part of Kids Day in the Park. “Renee’s […]
I’m going to put myself out there and say that I’m a lifelong fan of pro wrestling. Anyone else out there with me? When I say pro wrestling, I mean I grew up watching the spectacle most weekends on TV, and once in a great while, on pay-per-view. Mostly WWF, some NWA/WCW, USWA and GWF, […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Heading to DTE Energy Music Theater this summer for an evening concert? Better plan on getting home well after midnight. As the Road Commission for Oakland County began construction on Sashabaw Road, from I-75 to just south of Clarkston Road in Independence Twp., on Monday, April 22, commuters […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Since cell phones have become a way of life for much of the population, this has trickled down to schools. Clarkston Community Schools does not have a district-wide on student cell phone usage, but each school distributes and discusses a school specific code of conduct to each student […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Junior High School Leadership is hosting a Color Run for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, May 18, at the Clarkston High School trail. This year, CJHS Leadership will be granting the wish of Addyson, a local fifth-grade student with Down Syndrome who loves princesses, Barbies, dogs, and cats. The […]
Fourth and final feature in a series on a pillar of the community, Mel Vaara, as he remembers more than a half century of Clarkston history, and looks to the future. BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer There’s an old saying that goes, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” Mel Vaara has […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education recently approved the district’s plan to expand open-enrollment specialty academic programs for the 2019-20 school year. And while the district has offered select open-enrollment specialty academic programs for several years – meaning out-of-district students can apply to attend CCS – new […]
Third in a series on a pillar of the community, Mel Vaara, as he remembers more than a half century of Clarkston history, and looks to the future. BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer One of the last times Mel Vaara was in the Clarkston public eye was when Clarkston High School basketball coach […]