BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer A free concert next month will honor all local veterans and active-duty military at Springfield Plains Elementary School. Jessica Tomaszycki is the music teacher at Springfield Plains and has planned a free Veterans Day concert on Monday night, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. “I’ve […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Need to dispose of old electronics? A recycling event is coming to Sashabaw Middle School next month. From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 2, the event will run in the front parking lot. Donations will benefit Academic Service Learning projects at SMS. “This project was started […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer When Ty Gallagher was offered a spot on USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program last spring, the Clarkston native quickly accepted. Now almost two months into his first season playing for the NTDP’s Under-17 Team in Plymouth, Mich., the 16-year-old defenseman beams with pride. “This has been one […]
Time to get sappy, folks. There’s a saying I happened upon recently that goes, “Behind every great man is not a woman. She is beside him. She is with him, not behind him.” This could not be truer as it pertains to my wife, Stephanie. Today is our 15th wedding anniversary. Yes, a milestone, for […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Alaina Grace Hopkinson, a 2019 Clarkston High School graduate who died Sept. 28 at the age of 17, is being remembered as a positive person in every way. She survived 17 years with cystic fibrosis, graduating with honors this past spring and visiting both Germany and Switzerland in […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Independence Township applied for almost $5 million in state grants this year, but with strings attached. In order to improve its chances of approval, the township purchased 2.07 acres on Parview Drive for $110,000. The property, which will be used as a pedestrian entrance to the Bay Court […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer When Jason Aldean took the DTE Energy Music Theatre stage on Sept. 28 – not that he needed more cheers from the raucous fans – he did so in a Bob Seger T-shirt. And for an hour and a half, the country music superstar kept all his fans […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer School, church, and community gathered to offer comfort and support as the tragic news of a classmate’s suicide spread last week. Clarkston High School Principal Gary Kaul and a support team of counselors stayed in close contact with the Oakland County Crisis Response Team and put a plan […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer It was a whirlwind 24 hours for Gage Stamper. The 2018 Clarkston High School graduate and paratrooper private in the United States Army returned home for the first time in nearly a year on Sept. 26 and surprised his brothers at Clarkston Junior High. “It took a lot, […]