BY BRIANNA HAYES Clarkston News Intern As society slowly gets back to normal, the local Cub Scout Pack 163 is hosting Zoom recruitment meetings, looking for new members. The meetings are September 15 and October 6 at 6:30 p.m. Links to the meetings will be shared within a week of the meeting on their Facebook […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor The secret to a long, healthy life is faith, according to longtime Clarkston resident Jeane Vanaman, who turned 93 on August 14. “Trust God and allow Him to lead you,” said Vanaman, who has lived in town for nearly 70 years. On her birthday, Vanaman was a popular woman. […]
BY BRIANNA HAYES Clarkston News Intern Admittance into the United States Air Force Academy is a long and grueling process. With its 12 percent acceptance rate and high demand for well-rounded cadets, it’s not a basic application. Clarkston siblings Alan “Benny” Benson and Katrina “Katy” Benson are part of that 12 percent. Benny, a 2017 […]
As this summer comes to an end, so does my internship with The Clarkston News. Although I am extremely excited to see what this next and final semester holds for me at Grand Valley State University, I will miss the time I spent while being a part of this newspaper. I want to extend a […]
Kids brought their stuffed animal buddies to the Teddy Bear Picnic at Bay Court Park, Aug. 14. This year’s event, held by the Independence Parks, Recreation and Seniors, was themed The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The fun included a craft, an interactive story, playing games, visiting with Luna the Bear and lunch. See more photos in […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer “Lighthearted” is the one word Kate MacInnis would describe her newest novel Distant Heart Sounds, which is available this month. Distant Heart Sounds follows Morgan Cutler, a Detroit emergency center nurse. She believes she has seen just about everything in her 20-plus years on the job Then, […]
It seems everywhere you turn and look these days, someone is mad or angry about something. I get it. This COVID-19 pandemic has turned all of our lives upside down. We have ALL had to adjust to a new way of life, new regulations, and new ways of protecting ourselves from this virus that is […]
Sometimes I can’t believe we are already in August and school, in one form or another, will be starting soon. The summer that is…what it is. We have been doing what we can with the boys during a pandemic. They need sunshine and need to get out of the house. We need sunshine and to […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Evelyn Passejna swooped her net through the meadow and caught a monarch butterfly. Passejna, one of the counselors for Camp Wild at Clarkston Family Farm, let each of the campers take a peek at it before releasing the butterfly back in to the wild. Camp Wild was […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer From colorful paintings to black and white drawings to photography, the community was able to view what artists in grades 6-12 have been working on during the virtual edition of the 12th Annual Imagine That Teen Art Show. “I always love seeing the wide range of pieces […]