Joe Steger helps a SCAMPer with proper baseball form. Photo provided Clarkston Area Optimist Club members filled SCAMPers with hot dogs and summer fun at their annual field day. “We have to prepare 400 hot dogs in two hours because of the staff, the volunteers and the SCAMPers,” said Optimist Robin Brose at the July […]
With temperatures in the 90s today and into the weekend (and north of 100 potentially with the humidity and heat index), summer is getting hot and uncomfortable in Clarkston. Today, a high of 88 is expected with a chance of storms in the late afternoon. Saturday’s high is forecast to be 96 degrees with […]
Toni Smith, executive director of the Clarkston Community Historical Society, and Alex Gilford stand with the watercolor painting that was transformed into a mural at Union Woodshop in downtown Clarkston last year. Photo provided Clarkston native Alex Gilford, on behalf of the Detroit Institute of Arts, recently donated an original watercolor painting he created, “Village […]
Clintonwood Park was the place to be following the parade for Independence Fest. There were activities for kids including inflatables to climb, animals to visit at the petting farm and cool water at the spray park. Many stayed the whole day and enjoyed eating summer favorites like snow cones, buying from local crafters, listening to […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Young minds were kept busy during RUSH Junior Robotics and RUSH Robotics camps in June. The junior camp was for students entering grades first through third and is based off the FIRST LEGO League Jr. program, offered in the fall. Participants learned about robots and how to […]
The holiday fun continues at the Oakland County Fair, open through July 14. Many enjoyed rides, shows and carnival treats on the hot day including bottomless chocolate milk on opening day last Friday, July 5. The fair is located at Springfield Oaks County Park in Davisburg. Please visit www.oakfair.org for more information including a daily […]
I’ve spent some time in downtown Pontiac and gotten to know the city to our south a little bit, enough to get around without getting lost at least. I’ve lived in Michigan for the past 25 years, but up in Flint. Everything south of Clarkston seems like one confusing mass of urban sprawl to me. […]
Rapper Ryn Scott of Clarkston recently teamed up with Flint star Jon Connor on a new collaboration set to be released this summer. “The first time I met Jon was in 2011 when me and a friend of mine made the drive to Grand Rapids where Jon was performing at the Pyramid Scheme downtown, hoping […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Summer may have come too quickly for three exchange students visiting Clarkston. Esteban Granja of Equador, Angel Waranichsakul of Thailand, and Nora Beinbrech of Switzerland spent months in town with their host families in the Clarkston Rotary Club program, attending classes at Clarkston High School. “It’s just been so […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor After a quarter century as Millpond Bed and Breakfast innkeepers, Joan and Buck Kopietz have received lots of offers from guests around the world to repay their hospitality. With plans to sell the inn and retire, they’re ready to take them up on it. “We have invitations to visit […]