Your friendly, local editor’s take on the news of the past week: ? Burger King introduces bunless Whopper: The low-carb craze hits an all-time low as Burger King unveiled a bunless Whopper. Somewhere in the home offices of Burger King, in an attempt to make their product a healthy alternative, they looked at their menu […]
Thank you to The Clarkston News for your generous donation to Lighthouse Emergency Services? Adopt-A-Family/Senior Program. Your donation has certainly brightened the holidays for a low-income Oakland County family in need. On behalf of our clients, volunteers and staff please accept our sincere appreciation. With unemployment rates skyrocketing, over 73,000 residents in Oakland County live […]
As a senior citizen and resident of Independence Township, I frequent the Senior Center on Clarkston Rd. a couple of times a week and at times volunteer my services. As I enter the doors of this ancient farmhouse, also known as the Senior Center, I have to ask myself why a township of this stature […]
Two new schools will debut in fall 2005, but not in new buildings. Based on preliminary staff discussions, their curriculum and philosophy will have a facelift to accompany the renovated buildings. When school officials proposed a $84.7 million bond issue in 2003, it included the premise of realigning grades as part of the plan to […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer For the students at Clarkston Schools? Post-High AI program, venturing to Chicago over night is more than a simple field trip. For most of the students it’s a chance at sampling independence for the first time. Post-High was recently awarded a grant from the Autism Society of America, […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer The amount of snow on the ground isn’t the only deciding factor when it comes to closing Clarkston schools during the winter season. Reports and information start moving at 4 a.m. for school administrators, according to Dr. Al Roberts, superintendent for Clarkston Community Schools. Weather reports and storm […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer ‘Really nice.? ‘Wanted freedom.? ‘A good guy.? These were just some of the words that appeared on the dry erase board in Kathy Noble’s second grade classroom as students at Bailey Lake Elementary celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19. ‘We talked about Dr. King and […]
BY ALICIA DORSET Clarkston News Staff Writer Last Sunday the bright sun only masked the fact that the low temperature for the day was 14 degrees. But that didn’t keep Jim Meloche from heading out to the ski trails. Meloche, a resident of Clarkston, is one of the volunteers who make up Oakland County Parks? […]
BY HARRY KNITTER Clarkston News Staff Writer Christmas is over, but the Clarkston Wolves tried their best to give away a gift-wrapped basketball game to Pontiac Northern Friday night at the Pontiac gym. Fortunately, the clock mercifully ran out and their largesse was stopped dead in its tracks. Clarkston edged the Huskies, 68 to 65. […]
The overhead speaker at the Detroit Skate Club blasted Bachman Turner Overdrive’s ‘Taking Care of Business,? and that is exactly what the Clarkston hockey team did last Saturday night as they shut out Bloomfield Unified 6-0. The Wolves remain in first place in the league, three points ahead of Birmingham, with a 6-0-1 record and […]