Thanks to a faulty memory and fondness for booking nonrefundable hotel room, I’m spending two weekends in a row in Columbus, Ohio, this month. I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, so it’s almost my hometown. It’s the home of my alma mater, the Ohio State University. I’m also a Wolverine grad and have lived here […]
Emily Ziesmer of Independence Township took advantage of a nice summer day, Aug. 14, to create some art in Depot Park. “I had the day off so I thought I would go out to paint,” said Ziesmer, a 2015 Clarkston High School graduate who has been painting for about four years. She creates abstract, marbleized […]
Impractical Jokers James “Murr” Murray, at left, and Sal Vulcano perform at DTE. Photos by Phil Custodio BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Performers on tour experience many odd things. For James “Murr” Murray, performing at DTE Energy Music Theatre with The Tenderloins troupe, one of those was kids coming up to him with action […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Buried in the dirt, treasure and pieces of history can be found, and James Stottlemyer has found many while digging. Stottlemyer, a 2016 Clarkston High School graduate, has turned his hobby of metal detecting and digging up relics into a passion, especially after he digs up item […]
Being a reporter may seem like a cake job, but let me be the first to tell you it’s more than typing words into a file and sending it to the editor for publication. In fact, the first thing a reporter has to realize – and I learned this when I first started in this […]
Last year, our administration read the book, Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service by the Disney Institute. We used our monthly team meetings as a time to discuss a chapter or two, and consider how the practices laid out in the book apply to our work as an educational community. As the […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor A year into their two-continent bike trip, Clarkston grad Chris Haag and his wife Sophie George have traversed North and Central America. “Central America was amazingly diverse for as small of an area as it was,” Haag said in an email from the road. “It was much more densely […]
Several people help make Clarkston SCAMP the wonderful program it is and five awards were presented during SCAMP’s Welker VIP Day at Independence Oaks, July 30. “It’s the one time of the year we can say thank you to the people who donate time and money to allow the camp to happen,” said Aimee Baker, […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The calendar might read 2019, but on July 26, it felt like the late 1980s and early 1990s again. Hammer’s House Party – a conglomeration of old school rappers Biz Markie, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Coolio and MC Hammer – took the stage that night at DTE Energy Music Theatre, […]
Lois Seddon of Independence Township won $100 from The Clarkston News, presented to her by editor Phil Custodio on Monday. Her name was drawn from those of the many readers who voted for their favorite 2019 Best of the Best businesses this summer. “There are so many things to spend it on,” Seddon said. “My […]