Crowds of people enjoyed the sunshine and blue skies of Saturday and Sunday as they walked the streets of Clarkston going in and out of the historical houses for this year’s 26th Annual Home Tour to benefit Clarkston SCAMP. Local artist created unique benches for each house. Two of the benches were raffled off at […]
When families from Everest Academy spent a week in Jerusalem this past March, it was more than just a vacation. The point of the trip was to bring people closer to their faith as they visited sites where Jesus Christ is believed to have lived and taught, said Father Daniel Pajerski, St. Daniels Catholic Church. […]
Downtown Clarkston shoppers may have noticed changes on Main Street, with The Chocolate Moose now gone and Essence on Main opening soon. Main Street is experiencing what Mayor Sharron Catallo calls ‘transition.? ‘It isn’t a new thing for us to have a business go out and a new one coming in,? said Catallo. ‘It’s always […]
Beaumont Hospital has decided to give Independence Township one more try, after meeting with township planners and Building Department. Beaumont is working on a re-submittal of the project on M-15 at I-75, in hopes of finally moving ahead. ‘I think we’re making some progress,? said Eric Hunt, vice president of operations for William Beaumont Hospital […]
After 12 times on the agenda and almost a year of discussion, Clarkston City Council still has not made a final vote on their much debated sidewalk ordinance. However, through an informal vote and discussion, they did make some headway on width. Johnston, who wrote the ordinance, said five feet is the minimum recommended width […]
A challenger for township clerk has risen. Joseph Lawrence, Independence Township planning commissioner, is taking on incumbent Shelagh VanderVeen for the Republican nomination. ‘The reason I am running for clerk is because I really have a deep profound interest in this community,? said Lawrence. He and his family moved to Independence Township in 1991 from […]
Trustee Dan Kelly has a plan to ‘bridge the gap? between the Independence Township Board and non-union government employees. Instead of unionizing, their interests could be protected by subcommittee, Kelly proposed at the May 20 board meeting. ‘The board would pass as a general policy that whenever adverse actions were taken as regard to employee […]
The public will have a chance to comment on Independence Township’s Master Plan, July 10. The Township Board voted unanimously May 13 to set the public hearing. ‘The substance of the plan has not changed significantly,? said Richard Carlisle, township planning consultant. ‘There has been some tweaking here and there, there has been some fine […]
When Sue Wilson, Academic Service Learning coordinator for Clarkston Community Schools, organized a project for her students, she knew what to do. ‘I’ve had a relationship with Margaret Bartos (directos, Independence Township Senior Center) for many years doing projects and I knew they had built a new Senior Center, so I wanted to do something […]
Twenty-five students from Jonathan Paddock’s student leadership class at Clarkson Junior High showed up at Clintonwood Park, May, 21, to do some good. ‘It was suggested that the kids could come over and do some service learning,? said Paddock. ‘So my kids wanted to have a two part ? spend half the day here at […]