SYNOPSIS ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 24, 2025 – Regular Meeting CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL APPROVED: Agenda as Presented PRESENTATION: 2025 Financial Audit, Yeo & Yeo, P.C. APPROVED Consent Agenda as Presented Board of Trustees Regular/Closed Session Meeting Minutes of May 20, 2025 June 17, […]
Road now closed to through traffic until date determined by supervisor By Megan Kelley Editor mkelley@mihomepaper.com INDEPENDENCE TWP. — At its meeting on June 24, the Independence Township Board of Trustees voted to authorize a resolution to allow for the permanent closure of Bluegrass Drive to through traffic, allowing access for residents only, effective immediately […]
By Megan Kelley Editor mkelley@mihomepaper.com INDEPENDENCE TWP. — During its meeting on June 24, the Independence Township Board of Trustees heard a presentation on its 2024 Financial Audit from Alan Panter, a Partner at Yeo & Yeo, P.C. where they were informed they had received an unmodified opinion, the highest opinion available. “It means, first […]
The Trese Family home. Photos Provided After six decades family of 19 home for sale By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Independence Twp. — If a house could speak, the Trese Family home would never be silent. The 135 year old farmhouse that straddles the border between Clarkston and Ortonville along Oak Hill Road was home to […]
Dear Editor, At the June 12 Independence Township Planning Commission meeting, the commission established that on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m., the township planning commission will address the proposed new township tree ordinance. It is scheduled to be on the agenda, discussed and perhaps voted on. This important item, in my opinion, is a […]
Dear Editor, I read with interest the June 25, 2025, article on the Clarkston Community Schools budget approval (Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education approves 2025-26 budget from the June 25, 2025 issue of The Clarkston News). I’m quite aware that it is expensive to run a school district and the teachers are doing their […]
If the recent heatwave proved anything it’s that the dog days of summer have arrived early this year. While the warm, sunny, long and sometimes lazy summer days provide the perfect opportunity to take a well-deserved break from some things (hint: screen time!), one thing no brand should take a break from this summer is […]
Matthew Langlois, a recent graduate of Renaissance High School, was awarded the RHS Clarkston Area Optimist Club Senior Scholarship. Photo provided The Clarkston Area Optimist Club recently announced that Matthew Langlois is the winner of its Renaissance High School Clarkston Area Optimist Club Senior Scholarship. Langlois accepted his scholarship at the RHS Student Award Ceremony. […]
From left, Marian Emery member of the P.E.O Chapter AW-Clarkston and Marian Emery Scholarship winner McKenzie McDaniel. Photo provided P.E.O. Chapter AW-Clarkston honored their 2025 Marian Emery Scholarship recipient, McKenzie McDaniel, a senior from Clarkston High School. McKenzie joined Chapter AW at a recent meeting and gave an inspiring program on her journey of loving […]
Margaret Elizabeth “Beth” Ladd of Clarkston; passed away on June 27, 2025 at the age of 90. Preceded in death by her husband, James and her parents Douglas and Margaret McEvoy. Loving mother of Brian (Christine) Ladd and David (Laura) Ladd. Proud grandmother of Nicole, Nolan, Brendan, Ian, Thomas, Megan, and Madalyn. Margaret graduated from […]