It took three games to get the job done, but the defending Genesee Area Conference Red Division Goodrich volleyball team started their league season on a positive note. The host Martians defeated Lake Fenton 15-2, 11-15, 15-9 on Jan. 12 to improve their overall mark to 6-7-2. Tara Garman had 13 kills, six solo blocks, […]
After winning the first seven games of the season, the Brandon hockey team has came down to earth. The Blackhawks dropped two recent games against Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central and Lapeer West to fall to 7-2 on the campaign. Despite the two losses, Brandon coach Brian Moore said he is optimistic the Blackhawks will turn […]
It was a case of too little, too late for the Goodrich hockey team. After being shut out the previous two periods in their Jan. 12 game against visiting Marysville, the Martians scored three goals in the third period. However, Marysville staked out a three-goal lead on their way to a 6-3 win. Marysville took […]
The Brandon-Oxford boys ski team split their matchups against Saginaw Garber and Carmen-Ainsworth Jan. 12 at Mt. Holly Meanwhile, their female counterparts had an easier time of things, defeating Saginaw Garber and winning by forfeit against Carmen-Ainsworth. The boys team lost to Saginaw Garber 32-41 and defeated Carmen-Ainsworth 35-38. Brandon’s Tim Smith led the team […]
The resignation of an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputy who was stationed at the Springfield Township caught fellow deputies by surprise, and they are waiting with the public to see if he will be charged in connection with a multi-state Internet child pornography operation. The resignation came Friday, Jan. 2, several days after Waterford police […]
Residents packed the meeting room at the Springfield Township Library last week to voice concerns about a proposed ‘augmentation well? on Waumegah Lake. Many learned, however, that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality cannot legally respond to their concerns. Many protesters fear the augmentation well will threaten their private wells, but MDEQ officials at the […]
The school year runs a bit different from the calendar year, so officials already knew most of the challenges of 2004 months ago. Karen Foyteck, president of the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education, said the district is actually at mid-year, with budget challenges, bond construction and federal mandates at the top of the agenda. […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer 2003 was a good year for Clarkston. Mayor Sharron Catallo can attest to that. The completion of new water lines and pavement was by far the biggest accomplishment for the city last year, according to Catallo. The project had been in the works for two and a half […]
If the people in Birdland get more than 10 percent contribution from the township for repaving of their streets then the amount more than 10 percent should be given to the people on Cramlane Drive. If the people in Birdland think they have outside traffic they should look to Cramlane Drive. Cramlane should be renamed […]
On Friday, Jan. 2, my 17-year-old daughter was driving on I-75 under the M-15 overpass when something struck her moon roof, pouring shattered glass over her head and the inside of her Volkswagon beetle. It was foggy and raining at approximately 8 p.m. Fortunately, she wasn’t injured and handled herself beautifully by getting off at […]