Mueller’s Musings: Instagram vs. Reality

“Say cheese” whips everyone into attention to put on their best smile and look at the camera. The lens snaps an image, and everything looks civil and joyous. Pictures come out great, the memories behind them tell a whole other story. Whether you have two siblings showing teeth just moments after they clubbed each other […]

With adjustments, improvements, Clarkston Family Farm ready for 2021

With adjustments, improvements, Clarkston Family Farm ready for 2021

Dylan Reis spearheaded the efforts to create the many harvest baskets that the farm filled with over $100 worth of produce and merchandise in its Holiday Harvest Gift Basket project this past December. Reis and Boy Scouts Troop 199 not only built these baskets but helped financially with the donation of the supplies needed to […]

A Look Back for January 27, 2021

From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1996 “Juniors face new state test this year” Beginning with the Class of 1997, Michigan students would have a new hoop to jump through en route to graduation. They were the first class to take the High School Proficiency Test, a series of tests covering writing, […]

What ‘MATT’ers: Talking pro wrestling

Anyone around here a pro wrestling fan? Just wanted to test the audience here. I have been a fan for most of my 42 years, and I’m not ashamed to admit that fact. When I was growing up in the 1980s and early 1990s, wrestling was bigger than life to me. Saturday morning meant cartoons, […]

Wendi’s Word: Home office tales

I like to think of my personal office as a little haven even when it is being used for work. It might be the only place in the house there aren’t any toys laying about. Might… I could have missed some during the weekend. I have let the boys more into my little haven in […]

A Look Back for January 20, 2021

From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1996 “School’s out for Haner in June” Clarkston Community Schools Superintendent Gary Haner announced he was retiring from public education at the end of the school year. “No raises for township officials” For the second consecutive year, Independence Township’s top officials would not receive a raise. […]

Clarkston grad shares personal experiences in songs

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Zoe Nygaard finished working on her first EP last week and released her first single “Don’t Fall” in December 2020. “Working on my first EP was one of the most incredible experiences of my life,” said Nygaard, a 2018 graduate of Clarkston High School, who can be […]

What ‘MATT’ers: Making 2021 positive

Personally, this time of year more times than not has me kind of in a hazy funk. I always look forward to Halloween because that means Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which feeds into the Christmas season with kids home from school and extended family time. And let me just say – there is […]

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