Video catches robber in action

Oakland County Sheriff’s investigators hope a surveillance video will lead to the apprehensioin of a man who robbed a Clarkston State Bank branch last week. The incident took place at about 12:33 p.m. Friday, July 9 at the branch inside the Farmer Jack store at Dixie Highway and White Lake Road. The suspect approached the […]

Waumegah Lake well request returns to circuit court

The fight for an augmentation well on Waumegah Lake continues on two fronts, both through an appeal to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court. The double-strategy action by the Waumegah Lake Improvement Board came after an informal attempt to get Oakland County Circuit Judge Rudy Nichols to […]

Campaign Web sites increase, inform local voters on issues

Looking to find more information about candidates running for township trustee? Curious about local issues? The answers to these questions can often be found by simply turning on a computer. Internet Web sites are providing area residents with important information on candidates for this year’s Aug. 3 primary election and Nov. 2 general election as […]

Bomier named to fill empty seat on school board

Barry Bomier’s experience as a past school board member was cited as the primary reason for his selection to fill a vacancy on the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. The choice was made Monday, July 12 by the six other trustees after interviewing seven applicants for the seat formerly held by Tony Miller. Miller, […]

Police millage vote slated in Springfield

Springfield Township voters will be asked to renew one of two police protection millages in the Nov. 2 general election. The township board on Thursday, July 8 accepted a recommendation from Supervisor Collin Walls to ask for a 10-year renewal of 0.7289 mill. Officials believe the tax began as a 1-mill levy in 1974, and […]

Parent/child yoga class focuses on positives from within

Sometimes the best way to improve features on the outside of your body is to look at what’s happening on the inside. With that philosophy in mind, Chris Weber leads both parent and child in a group yoga course through Springfield Township Parks and Recreation that not only improves health but self image as well. […]

Gargaro’s World

Both on the national and local level the political season is beginning to hit a fever pitch., Our opinion pages have been filled with local citizens pitching in their two cents about the upcoming primary election. I am not complaining, because I love it. However, I thought this would be a great time to revisit […]

Strawberry Time In Leonard!

Yum, yummy, yum yum. Just imagine: scoop after scoop of icy-cold vanilla ice cream smothered in thick, red, sweet Michigan strawberry sauce. Yes, oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come once again for the Addison Township Firefighter’s Association’s 52nd Annual Strawberry Festival held in downtown Leonard. This year’s festivities will begin on Friday, […]

Meet the Grand Marshall

Wow. Ever since meeting Lakeville resident Joe Verajon at his island home – yes, an island home located on Lakeville Lake – that’s how I’ve begun every sentence about him. Wow. I received the unique opportunity to interview Mr. Verajon in his four-story home after being notified he was the Grand Marshall for the 52nd […]

Armed bandit strikes in Leonard, busted in Lapeer

Quick thinking on the part of two Addison Township deputies and the fast, cooperative response of the Michigan State Police enabled authorities to easily catch a suspected armed robber this past weekend. According to the police reports, around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department received a dispatch for an armed […]