BY JOETTE KUNSE Special to the Clarkston News With donations and trade by property owners and community groups, lawyers are expected to have an agreement to change ownership of the Bailey House. The Bailey home on Sashabaw Road in Independence Township was owned by Oakland County Parks. Preservation Clarkston offered two different parcels of land […]
The Clarkston Optimist Club is promoting patriotism by selling flags to be placed in area yards. For a $40 fee, the flag will be delivered on six different holidays – Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Veteran’s Day, Labor Day, and Sept. 11. “If you were to drive through our village now, you can […]
The draft of the2020-21 fiscal year city budget and capital improvement plan is in the process of being reviewed by the finance committee and will be presented to the Clarkston City Council on Tuesday, May 26, in a public hearing. Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained on or after Tuesday, May 19 by […]
Former Clarkston DPW Supervisor Mike Speagle has accepted a position in the Independence Township Department of Public Works. Replacing Speagle is James “Jimmy” Turner, who started in April. Turner is a Clarkston native, grew up in Clarkston and attended Clarkston schools. He has supervisory experience and extensive mechanical experience, but also has experience in construction, landscaping and […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-77 to extend Michigan’s Stay Home, Stay Safe order to May 28. The governor’s order will allow manufacturing workers, including those at Michigan’s Big 3 auto companies, to resume work on Monday, May 11 as part of her MI Safe Start Plan. “This is good news for our […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-75, which extends a previous Executive Order that allows public bodies to conduct remote public meetings during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Order 75 expires on June 30, 2020. “As we continue to flatten the curve, it’s important to give public bodies the flexibility they need to conduct […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), in partnership with Independence Township, expects to begin resurfacing roads within the township beginning Friday, May 8. The projects are being paid for mostly with special property-tax millage dollars that were approved by township voters for this purpose in 2018. As a result of the millage, nearly all […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-76, extending and building upon her earlier executive orders expanding eligibility for unemployment benefits during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Order expedites benefits for tens of thousands of Michiganders who have filed for unemployment benefits by allowing the state to review only an individual’s most recent job […]
The latest to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is SCAMP. In a message to The Clarkston News Thursday, North Oakland SCAMP Funding Corporation Executive Director Aimee Baker said SCAMP will next happen in 2021. “We are heartbroken to inform you, that due to the pandemic, SCAMP will be cancelled this summer. We have […]
In support of giving back to the local community, the David W. Elliott Memorial Foundation donated $5,000 to the First Congregation Church of Clarkston for their food ministry. The foundation arranged with Pastor Chappell and Nate Nieman of Nieman’s Markets to use the $5,000 to purchase gift cards to supplement the non-perishable food distributed by […]