Mr. Eric Haven recently resigned as mayor of the City of the Village of Clarkston.Mr. Haven brought civility, stability, and commitment to the office during his tenure. Eric approached the position with a passion that was unparalleled. He was able to listen to both sides of a discussion with an open mind.Under Eric’s leadership, volunteerism […]
As we close our 75th anniversary year of the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club, we thank you for the support the community has given us through the years.Because of your generosity in buying wreaths, roping and grave blankets and attending our Garden Walk in July – 500 of you – we are able to give […]
News of a new restaurant is always exciting, but what if that restaurant also included a bar and happened to be your neighbor?This is what the owners of Mel’s Grill and Buckshots are proposing with Fireside Kitchen.They say that they “will ensure that the presence of a restaurant will not be a nuisance of any […]
I feel that the freedom to vote is one of our most important rights.As a city clerk, Election Day is wonderful, hectic, and rewarding. And now with my first election in the books, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all my hard-working, dedicated election workers that made it all happen: Evelyn Bihl, […]
In the Oct. 18 Clarkston News article (“Waldon Village Market project progressing”), it claimed that the criticism against why you can clearly see the mass grading on the Waldon Village project was due to MDOT clearing the road right of way.The township does not use adjacent properties as a buffer for the one being developed […]
Back in Nov. 2018, a road millage was passed to repave 28 miles of county-controlled roads in Independence Township.Residents approved this millage and were assessed two mils of taxation on residential and commercial property over a four-year period. The tax was listed as a “Road Maintenance Fund” on each resident’s “Winter Taxes” for the calendar […]
With our 51st annual Art in the Village now in the books, the Clarkston Community Historical Society Board of Directors thanks all who helped make this sellout show a huge success.Special thanks go to the City of the Village of Clarkston Council for allowing us to use Depot Park – the city’s jewel and the […]
I would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to the awesome, anonymous gentleman who paid my entire grocery bill in full at the Kroger on Sashabaw Road on Friday, Sept. 15, around 3:30 p.m.I hugged and thanked him profusely while his only comment to me afterward was “Jesus loves you.”This very generous act of […]
The Aug. 30, 2023 Clarkston News article about Village of Clarkston sidewalk repairs is almost exactly the same as in the city manager’s August 28 report to the city council.The problem with both is that I have yet to see any documentation of where the 301 broken or heaved sidewalks are and what criteria was […]
The efforts of Jose Aliaga and Sam Moraco to exclude qualified persons from serving on the township zoning board of appeals reflect a myopic and overtly politicized form of leadership which potentially harms township residents – and a squandering of township resources to exclude candidates who can offer valuable expertise in township development.Of course, it […]