BY PHIL CUSTODIO Special to the Clarkston News A two-year, 20,000-mile bike ride from Alaska to Argentina has come to a close for Chris Haag of Clarkston and his wife, Sophie George “I’m looking forward to seeing my dog, and there is something appealing about not having to find a place to dig a hole […]
Clarkston Family Farm continues to keep their Sunflower Market open on Wednesdays with a few changes. It’s open from 12-4 p.m. for pre-order curbside pick-up with Executive Director Chelsea O’Brien with her daughter, Delaney, and son, Aiden, putting orders together and delivering to vehicles. “It’s wonderful,” Chelsea said. “It’s just four hours and we will […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Family Farm, the Flying Rhino Cycling Club and Kinetic Systems Bicycles invite the community to Make a Donation and Ride. Clarkston Family Farm and Flying Rhino Cycling Club planned to do a Mother’s Day event but when the event had to be cancelled a new idea […]
A column by Rep. Andrea Schroeder We are a month into Michigan’s ‘stay home’ orders to combat the spread of COVID-19. Reports on the declining number of daily positive cases are encouraging, but everyone recognizes we still have a long way to go until things return to “normal” — whatever that will look like. Our […]
Being a basic tightwad, leaving any amount of money on the table drives me nuts. Leaving $211,788,000 on the table falls into the “insane” category. The percentage of Independence Township folks who have been counted as of April 19, 2020 in the 2020 Census is 68.2 percent. Using 37,000 as a conservative township total, 68.2 […]
With Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enacting the “stay home, stay safe” executive order on March 23, Clarkston-area residents are staying busy in many ways. “It changes my view on humanity. (Gov. Whitmer) is doing this because too many individuals failed to stay home.” – Terra Durnen “Going for walks with the dogs and mom.” – Dawn […]
Eli and Drew Kaltz of Clarkston are spending their stay-at-home time learning math with toy money and cooking, physical education and science outside in the woods, and art with chalk drawings in the driveway. Photo provided by Michele Przybylski, their grandma
It goes without saying that we are living in, quite frankly, some really crazy times. We all know this. The coronavirus is on our minds, in our news feeds, on our radios, on our TVs, talked about daily – you name it. This issue is encompassing our lives. People are working from home or told […]
How is everyone doing out there in lockdown land? For us, it hasn’t been too bad. With a 15-month-old and 4-year-old who stay at home most of the time, it’s not a change for them. The change will be adventures out of the house. There will be more of an impact as the weeks go […]
Libby Larkins and Harley the dog enjoy the spring weather at the north entrance to Independence Oaks County Park. Park programs and activities are cancelled due to the coronavirus, but outdoor recreation is allowed, with social distancing. To encourage this, Oakland County has waived all entrance fees to county parks until April 30. Photo provided