Clarkston Area Lions Club Treasurer Jerry Baumgart presents Clarkston Independence District Library Director Julie Meredith with a donation to The Friends of the Clarkston Independence District Library. The annual library donation is used to provide resources for the sight impaired. Past-year donations have been used towards the purchase large print books, talking books, a Merlin […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Yasmine Stahlmann would rarely go more than a few days without knocking on a door or visiting a Bible student as part of her volunteer ministry. That abruptly changed in the spring of 2020 when Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended their in-person public ministry, meetings, and large conventions. Two years later, […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Over the winter, the Clarkston Independence District Library started a new program called “Meet Your eLibrary,” an initiative to utilize the extensive eResources available through the library. The local David W. Elliott Memorial Foundation provided a $5,000 grant to the Friends of the Clarkston Independence Library to help support […]
BY BRANDON KATHMAN Special to the Clarkston News The Boy Scouts of America’s Pontiac-Manito District has partnered with local television networks, including Independence Television, to produce a monthly show, “Scouting on Air,” which is hosted entirely by youth. According to the district, the program features service projects in the community, product reviews, cooking segments and […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Susan Bisio’s name has been in the news many times over the past few years in the City of the Village of Clarkston. And the Michigan Coalition for Open Government (MICOG) has certainly noticed recently, awarding her the Jane Briggs-Bunting Transparency in Government Award. Senator Ed McBroom earned the […]
I am optimistic spring is right around the corner. Despite the cold temperatures and dare I say…snow. It feels it’s getting close. I feel it in the need to open the windows to let the fresh air. I feel it in the need to spring clean, a good detailed spring clean. Though really with having […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 “A real celebrity reader” Detroit Lions quarterback and Clarkston resident Scott Mitchell stopped by Andersonville Elementary to read to students during March is Reading Month festivities. “Councilman hot about M-15” It wasn’t on the official agenda but the Clarkston City Council spent around 40 minutes […]
The Clarkston-based Blue Heron Headwaters Conservancy has a new face on its staff. The conservancy announced last week it has hired Justin Kellner as the new director of donor engagement. A Davisburg native who served in the U.S. Navy for six years, Kellner is now pursuing a Master’s in Public Administration from Oakland University, located in […]
We received the news last Tuesday that our company had been sold (See Pages 1, 4, and 5 in this edition.) And while my three years here pales in comparison to a great deal of my colleagues, I have grown to deeply enjoy the folks I work with and the Sherman family as a whole. […]
The month of April has arrived and with it comes the Clarkston Area Youth Assistance Pinwheels for Prevention program. Since 2016, this program has been coordinated for the Clarkston community and coincides with the nationwide campaign for April that is Child Abuse Prevention Month. The pinwheels campaign proactively promotes the health and well-being of local […]