Oxford Township and Village are taking action to combat the West Nile Virus this summer. The township has contracted the services of the Fenton-based Advanced Pest Management, which has more than 18 years experience conducting municipal pest control programs. The $24,200 contract calls for the weekly spraying of an ‘adulticide? (designed to kill adult mosquitoes) […]
Administrators, teachers, staff and volunteers worked together this past week to prepare for the final ‘BIG? moment – the point at which Oxford Middle School would become Oxford High School. This past weekend the grand change over to turn OMS into OHS became complete as moving crews transported box after box, furniture and numerous pieces […]
The Clarkston Medical Group is getting ready to welcome two hometown doctors to the practice. Dr. James O’Neill, founder, Medical Director and Managing Partner of CMG, recently announced Dean Moscovic and Renny Abraham will join the medical group with a dual specialty in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. Both Moscovic and Abraham grew up in Clarkston. […]
Leonard Elementary student Kelsey Hockenberry (left) got to transform gym teacher Mike Sudrovech into a giant human sundae ? complete with whipped cream and chocolate syrup ? because she was the top pledge-collector in the school’s Jump Rope for the Heart event.
The organizers for Clear Lake Elementary’s Building-Wide Event have once again out done themselves. Staff and students were treated to a day full of their favorite school activities ? ‘Especially Specials,? a day focused on the special courses (music, art, gym, etc.) students take throughout the school year. The day included presentations by: Jesse Swartzmiller […]
Two 17-year-old Clarkston men waived their right to a preliminary examination this week, and 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry forwarded their burglary case for a yet-to-be scheduled date in Oakland County Circuit Court. Dwayne Allen Metcalf and Robert Allen Sauerwald were returned to the Oakland County Jail in shackles Monday, June 14 after Fortinberry denied […]
A little idea turned into a big fund-raiser for Clarkston’s SCAMP thanks to Tammy Layton. Layton is the driving force behind an upcoming rummage sale hosted by the Clarkston Community Schools transportation department from June 17-19 at the historic Ellis barn in Springfield Township. The idea to do a rummage sale developed when Layton, a […]
History was made June 12 for the Clarkston varsity softball team. The Wolves captured their first regional title under coach Al Land with a 1-0 win over Birmingham Groves at Groves High School. The Wolves faced Lake Orion June 15 in the state quarterfinals. Results were not available at press time. Should the Wolves beat […]
You could think of it as the rubber match between two of the state’s best baseball teams the last few years. It was the third time in the last three years that Clarkston and Brother Rice have met in post season action. Each team had one once, Clarkston two years ago and the Warriors last […]
Permit me to respond to Kyle Gargaro’s editorial comment of June 9 ‘Communication Breakdown,? which I found to be unjust, disrespectful, erroneous and sleazy. How could anyone who professes any degree of intelligence and fairness listen to our President’s eulogy given at the Reagan memorial service and perceive it as ‘stumbling and bumbling of the […]