The Clarkston Mill Ponds Lake Improvement Board just issued its annual budget and assessment calculation for 2023. The bulk of the proposed budget is for aquatic plant management. Only Lower Mill Pond parcel owners are invoiced, and for reasons not described, there are no provisions for plant management/removal in the Upper Pond. I encourage the […]
A special thanks to the Clarkston High School National Honor Society and their members and advisors. The Lakeview Cemetery Restoration Project is in its third year of cleaning and restoring the historic portion of the cemetery. Each Tombstone Cleaning Day during the school year (second Saturday of the month), National Honor Society students have been […]
Dear Clarkston Community, Our 25th Annual Rush for Food was a success! Every year, our Clarkston football and cheerleaders enjoy the opportunity to give back to the community that faithfully supports them. Football players and cheerleaders, from seventh grade through varsity, volunteered their time at grocery stores, the Sept. 1 varsity game, and at Lighthouse […]
The city council approved an “explanatory caption” for the medical marijuana charter amendment that will be on the November ballot. Unfortunately, instead of informing voters of the true nature of the one-sided marijuana industry-drafted proposal, the council opted for a weak statement that may or may not actually appear on the ballot. It says only […]
Thomas Paul Silvey, CHS Class of 2018, has graduated from Kettering University, Summa Cum Laude, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. We are so very thankful to the Clarkston community for supporting Tom in his growth and development. How do you thank a community? Thank you, Independence Township Library, Independence Township Parks and Rec, Clarkston […]
I recently read the article “Speeding an issue on Pine Knob Road” in your Aug. 3 publication. I live on Whipple Lake Road and I also have an issue with the posted speed limit. Unlike Pine Knob Road, Whipple Lake Road is posted at 45mph. Like Pine Knob Road, these are residential roads without sidewalks. […]
Kudos to Fire Chief Dave Piché and his staff at the Independence Fire Department! I was visiting friends in Clarkston on Monday, Aug. 1. At 6:30 p.m., my friend and I were involved in a head-on collision on Sashabaw Road. Unit A102 with two attendants arrived at 6:41 p.m. and tended to my colleague and […]
Perhaps the Independence Township Board of Trustees should only speak for themselves instead of the entire township (“Township not in favor of public transit millage,” Aug. 17, 2022, Clarkston News) and let the people decide. To say, “The Charter Township of Independence opposes the 2022 Oakland County Public Transportation Millage…” may be true, but the […]
The Clarkston Garden Club thanks all the community that came out to view the beautiful gardens during the Clarkston Garden Walk. The Garden Club is so thankful to the great gardeners, Rob and Michelle Bennett, Laura Diver, Tom and Tami Lowrie, Mike and Monica McGraw, John and Paula Orminski, and Roger and Beth Riegel for […]
Re: “GM donates $500K to new Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint for STEM exhibits, programs,” Clarkston News, July 6, 2022. To tell the truth, it is so cool that General Motors donates $500,000 to the new Sloan Museum because it opens so many opportunities for this museum and helps it fulfill the potential in […]