American Legion Campbell-Richmond #63 is searching for juniors in high school who may be interested in attending Girls State. Every year, the Girls State and Boys State program teaches students in their junior year of high school the function of government, a glimpse of life in a college dorm setting, leadership, management, and communication skills. […]
By Matt Mackinder Clarkston News Editor Rena Starr is a third generation female small business owner who is bringing together more than 50 small businesses for two days of shopping and fun March 31-April 1 for the Rust and Retro Vintage Market event in Davisburg at the Oakland County Fairgrounds’ activity center. There will be […]
Clarkston Village Players will next present “Blithe Spirit,” by Noel Coward, which opens March 10 and runs weekends through March 25 at the Depot Theatre, 4861 White Lake Road. The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, […]
Geese stroll near the water at Depot Park last Wednesday when temperatures reached the high 40s and melted much of the accumulated snow and ice at the downtown Clarkston park. Photo: Matt Mackinder
By Matt Mackinder Clarkston News Editor Upgrades and improvements will soon be coming to the Independence Township Senior Community Center and Brady Lodge, thanks to the township applying for and being approved for grant money from the American Rescue Plan Act. Local county leaders joined Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter March 2 in Madison Heights […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Special to the Clarkston News The year 2023 marks 50 years of the Mentors Plus program through Oakland County Youth Assistance, and mentors are needed across the county, including Clarkston with Clarkston Area Youth Assistance. “Mentors for Mentors Plus provide ‘mentees’ (youth) with a reliable, supportive friend with whom they can have […]
On March 2 at 3:44 a.m., deputies were dispatched to 7650 Ortonville Road (Sunoco gas station) for an alarm. Upon their arrival, several Breeze vapes and miniature shot bottles of alcohol were observed laying on the ground outside the front entrance door. The deputies went inside but found nobody inside the gas station. The front […]
Rhianna Hensler, Clarkston resident and junior at the University of Notre Dame (Ind.), earned Dean’s List honors for the Fall 2022 semester. Hensler is also a member of the university’s swim team. *** Hannah Hitchcock, of Clarkston, has made the Dean’s List during the Fall 2022 semester at Lee (Tenn.) University. Dean’s List recognition is […]
Dear Editor, After a week of clean up of downed tree limbs from two ice storms, Clarkston DPW workers handled 10 inches of heavy, wet snow Friday night. This snow is not easy to move. I know from blowing my driveway and front walk twice in about four hours that evening. Even heavy equipment is […]
Dear Editor, I want to give a shout out to Clarkston’s DPW and the Oakland County Road Commission for the assistance they provided following the ice storm last week. On Feb. 27, I received a call from our dog sitter, staying at our house, that a large part of one of the front trees had […]