One of the many events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic was the summer SCAMP program. The organization still wanted to do something special for their campers so they held a drive-through ice cream social for them at the Clarkston Community Schools Administration Building, July 28. A DJ played music as many came out to […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Through the years, Clarkston resident Mary Lou Snyder has been inspired by her family and her faith and she put the inspiration into poetry. She wanted to compile the poems to give to her five children so they would have them, but her daughter, Carol, had another […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor It’s amazing what happens just by reading the paper. Jimi Turner did that and found himself a job as Clarkston’s new DPW supervisor earlier this summer. “It was rather typical, really,” Turner said. “I just happened to see the job posting in The Clarkston News one day, felt that […]
Admittedly, I knew very little about Clarkston when I came aboard with The Clarkston News in Feb. 2019. Now, almost 18 months later, I have learned several things about the area. I have learned most people actually live in Independence Township or Springfield Township or even Davisburg. Less than 1,000 people technically live in Clarkston […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Over the past quarter-century, professor Maureen Tippen has taken more than 250 University of Michigan-Flint nursing students on service-learning journeys to Africa, Asia and Latin America. From providing clinical trainings in orphanages and educating nurses and lay people about CPR in Cambodia to developing a partnership with a safe […]
More transparency, not less needed, and it starts right here in Clarkston Just this past Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court, with a 6-1 decision, ruled on a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought to the high court on a road which started in the City of the Village of Clarkston. (To read that story, […]
Last Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a new face mask/covering order that requires all people in Michigan to wear a mask when in an indoor business or when in a crowded outdoor space. Anyone found to be in violation of this order faces a $500 fine but no jail time, and businesses must refuse entry […]
BY BRIANNA HAYES Clarkston News Intern Local art instructor and owner of The Artist’s Apprentice, Pamela Palmer, has fun activities for children to this summer. Palmer teaches many different art camps and lessons throughout the year. After being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic much like other summer camps, Palmer received the green light from […]
BY BRIANNA HAYES Clarkston News Intern Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most gyms still have their doors closed in the state of Michigan. While some have moved to virtual classes for their members, others have remained patiently waiting for the ‘OK’ by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to reopen. Nicki Warner, a Clarkston resident and an instructor […]
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to The Clarkston News readers. My name is Brianna Hayes and I am the summer intern at our local paper. I have lived in Clarkston since elementary school, attending Sashabaw Middle School, Clarkston Junior High, and Clarkston High School, class of 2017. During my time at […]