If all goes as planned and the McLaren Health Care Village on Sashabaw Road is built, thousands of employees would go there to work. One neighborhood association wants them to avoid the commute and move here to stay. ‘We want them to move here ? this is a great place,? said Donna McDonald, sales associate […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Diners will have the opportunity to sample the newly renovated Mesquite Creek restaurant and help local seniors get a new place. The Senior Center Extreme Makeover Fundraiser is set for 6-9 p.m. on March 12 at the restaurant, 7228 N. Main Street in Clarkston. It will also serve as […]
Almost two years, two months after its first presentation to Independence Township, McLaren Health Care Village may be a week away from final government approval. An abbreviated Township Board voted unanimously to approve first reading of the $600 million project. Trustees Daniel Kelly and Charles Dunn, both lawyers with firms that work with McLaren, had […]
Dipping into savings, the Independence Township Board rescued Deer Lake Beach for the summer. Board members stayed until past midnight Feb. 20 to hammer out budget issues plaguing the township for months. In a series of discussions and votes, the board reinstated Deer Lake Beach programs, set fund-balance limits, and amended the 2007 budget. Mike […]
More than $4 million in cuts to the Clarkston Community Schools budget may not be enough. The Board of Education called on Dr. Al Roberts, Superintendent, to come up with two additional plans for more cuts, one with $500,000 more, and the other with another $500,000, for $1 million total. ‘We need to move the […]
Budget reductions under consideration by the Clarkston Board of Education may become official at next Monday’s Workshop Meeting. The board is considering $4.2 million in cuts to the $78 million budget. Combined reductions in staff would cut about $1.4 million. These would include nine classroom teachers, eight special-education teachers and staff, and 13 support staff […]
Tax increases succeed in increasing state aid. No raises for administration. Freeze in health-care costs. A $1 million windfall. The Clarkston Board of Education at its Feb. 12 regular meeting reviewed these and other scenarios, some more likely than others, as it continued a budget process that won’t end until the end of the school […]
Hundreds of community activists and leaders put the ‘fun? in fund-raiser at Open Your Heart to Lighthouse this past Thursday night. ‘It’s a worthwhile cause,? said Carolyn Hemphill. ‘We’re delighted to do it.? Carolyn and her husband, Jerry Hemphill, offered their Clarkston home for the fund-raiser for the second year in a row. Dozens of […]
I remember when the Commodore 64 was state of the art. It’s an early 80’s thing, when I was in junior high going into high school. I was envious of friends whose families had shelled out the $500 or so. Loaded with BASIC, these powerhouses had 64 kilobytes in memory, or 64,000 bytes, one byte […]
The past returns at the 11th annual Early American Living History Show this weekend at Springfield Oaks County Park. Hosted by the Chief Pontiac Trail Boy Scouts, the show will feature Michigan reenactment groups from the Civil War, Revolutionary War, and French and Indian War eras. Southeast Michigan was a key, strategic position in the […]