Latfiah Gobah, Mission Point of Clarkston administrator, left, and Sherry Hodge, former administrator, share ribbon cutting duties Oct. 10 at the 4800 Clintonville Road location celebrating the recent renovation and opening of the rehabilitation and physical therapy center. Photo: Matt Mackinder
This house is all set at Algonquin Blvd. and Vinewood Ave. See more photos on page 28 of this week’s print edition. Photo provided
By Wes SmithView Newspaper Group Publisher and Michigan Press Association President When there was a change in leadership in Michigan’s legislature earlier this year, hope rose again in the hearts of citizens who want a more transparent state government.Maybe, it was thought by those citizens, the time has finally come for Michigan to join almost […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor DETROIT — David Smith is moving up in the religious sector.On Oct. 7, the Independence Township resident was ordained to the permanent ministry of the diaconate at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Detroit.Archbishop Allen Vigneron ordained Smith, a member […]
October is usually the time I slowly get ready for November – it’s a busy month.Up until 2020, I would use time prepping for National Novel Writing Month, which runs all November, and for a 12-hour scrapbook crop, which usually the first Saturday of the month.But the last week, I have worked on a project […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1998King and Queen for a day: Clarkston High School students Ricky Williams and Michelle Wilson were chauffeured in downtown Clarkston during the Homecoming Parade.City cracks down on truck traffic: The Clarkston City Council unanimously approved an amendment to its existing truck ordinance and had first readings […]
In a recent competition, Frank Morse’s pumpkin took first place with a weight of 2,007 pounds. Another one was 1,800 pounds. They will be outside 5022 Paula Avenue in Independence Township and there will be a 3D carving done of one on Oct. 27. Morse’s four-year-old son Beckham is in the picture with Frank. Photo: […]
State Rep. Mike Harris hosts Sashabaw Middle School sixth-grader Levi Baldwin and his mother Anne at the State Capitol, Sept. 27. The mother-son duo from Independence Township co-authored a children’s book, “What Makes Me… Me,” about Levi’s life with Tourette Syndrome. Photo: Mike Quillinan
By Laura HaynesSpecial to the Clarkston News AUBURN HILLS — Independence Township officials had the opportunity to spend the day of Oct. 6 learning much of what goes into a firefighter’s day at Oakland Community College’s CREST Training Center.This exercise, put on by OAKWAY, the local mutual aid association, was designed to give elected officials […]
By Emily CaswellBrand Manager CLARKSTON — Each year in the United States, about 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women, according the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.In early 2023, longtime Clarkston resident Vicki Wigand was one of those cases.Although she has no history of breast cancer in her family, Vicki, 78, has […]