EDITORIAL: Make Reynolds your sole vote for City Council

When Clarkston voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they’ll be told to vote for no more than three out of four candidates for City Council. We recommend voting for no more than one – Scott Reynolds. Reynolds is running for his first term on the council on a platform of independent thinking and transparency, […]

Marching in state championships

Clarkston High School’s marching Wolves take the field at the Michigan Competing Band Association State Championship at 4:15 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4. The band is competing in Flight I at the competition at Ford Field. Awards will be at 6:45 p.m. Forty-eight high school bands from across the state are competing in four flights. Check […]

Road care

Teachers worked hard to clean Clarkston Road during Clarkston Education Association’s fall Adopt a Road day, Oct. 1. They split into two teams, cleaning the road from the high school to M-15, and from the high school to Sashabaw Road.  

City bids awarded

Clarkston City Council voted 7-0, Oct. 23, to award the bid for 8,000 feet of road crack filling, using hot rubber, to True North Asphalt for $4,000. Bids were also received from Oppman Construction and A&R Seal Coating, all for $4,000. A resolution to award the bid to repair a retaining wall at 80 Robertson […]

Make up magic

Make up magic

Matt Decker, Independence Township Fire Department engineer paramedic, applies some stage blood to Grace Murphy, Clarkston High School Drama Club member, to make her appear severely injured for a realistic paramedic training exercise at Clarkston High School, Oct. 20. Photo by Phil Custodio

Tamm talk — lawsuit discussion in open city council session

Tamm talk — lawsuit discussion in  open city council session

BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor After nearly an hour of discussion in open session with attorney James Tamm, City Council member Sue Wylie learned something. “The lesson I take from this is continuously question all the bills that come in,” Wylie said. “I do not want to see this happen in the future.” Tamm, […]

All can nominate

BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The city has a new way of appointing members of the Historic District Commission after a split vote of City Council, Monday. Council approved second reading of the ordinance revision in a 5-2 vote. Mayor Steven Percival and council members Sharron Catallo, Eric Haven, Jason Kneisc, David Marsh, and […]

Library drops out of CIA funding

BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Independence District Library Board voted unanimously, Oct. 16, to drop out of the Corridor Improvement Authority (CIA) plan to widen Sashabaw Road from Flemings Lake Road to Clarkston Road. The decision is expected to cost about $250,000 out of the $7.2 million project, said township Supervisor Pat […]

Looking to help those with anxiety

Looking to help those with anxiety

CAYA Family Education Chair Jamie Graves with seventh grade volunteers Avery Sealey, Carly Graves, and Amy Wade-Tiffner, from the CAYA family education committee. Photo by Jessica Steeley BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Nervousness, restlessness, panic, increased heart rate, rapid breathing—all these are symptoms of anxiety. Last week the Clarkston Area Youth Assistance (CAYA) […]

Volunteers to make impact on community

BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Organizers hope for more than a thousand volunteers throughout the area during Clarkston Davisburg Community Impact Weekend, Nov. 4-5. “A sea of yellow shirts,” said the Rev. Jonathan Heierman, pastor of Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church. Impact Weekend, organized twice a year, includes projects for seniors, low-income families, homeless, hungry, […]