By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Drew Salkowski is a young man who simply wants to help his local community.The Clarkston Junior High School ninth grader recently created a hammock garden at the Clarkston Independence District Library for his Eagle Scout project with Boy Scout Troop 185. The garden is on the lawn […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — On Nov. 2, Independence Township finalized the purchase of nearly 39 acres of vacant land on Perry Lake Road from local resident and landowner BJ Rumph.This property is connected to Clintonwood Park and serves as a branch of the Clinton River headwaters and contains significant wetlands. A […]
From left, Ken Boback, Derek Arnold, Jesse Luoma, Don Cremer, Jeremy Lopetrone, and Dave Turner take part in the Veterans Day ceremony at the American Legion Chief Pontiac Post 377 last Saturday, precisely at 11:11 a.m. Photo: Matt Mackinder
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Each year at Clarkston Junior High School, a local veteran is honored during the school’s Veterans Day celebration.This year, Clarkston native Donald Steiner was front and center during the Nov. 9 event inside the Performing Arts Center.Shortly after his 17th birthday, on June 13, 1942, Steiner left […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — The holiday season is generally known as a time for giving.For Sarah Schneider, owner of The Fed restaurant on Main Street, she has her eyes set on giving $10,000 to Clarkston SCAMP, a five-week summer day program developed and designed for children and young adults with special needs […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — On Oct. 24, the Independence Township Board of Trustees voted at their regular meeting in favor of requesting a pilot program for transportation services from Oakland County and the North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA).NOTA responded Oct. 27 that it is willing to discuss. Township officials are currently […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Allegedly on the night of Oct. 30, portions of the Story Walk on the grounds of the Clarkston Independence District Library were damaged.No one has been arrested or charged and the incident remains under investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Independence Township Substation.“The responding deputy informed […]
By Joette KunseSpecial to the Clarkston News INDEPENDENCE TWP. — The community has the opportunity to honor the 1,152 veterans buried at Lakeview Cemetery.The Sashabaw Plains Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution will be partnering for the first time with Wreaths Across America to honor and remember the veterans buried at the […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — The city was recently the subject of an anonymous complaint against Depot Park.In the complaint, Clarkston City Manager Jonathan Smith said at the Oct. 23 city council meeting that debris in the park may be having a negative impact on nearby wetlands.The complaint was made to the state […]
Due to a lack of business, there will not be a regular meeting of the Independence Township Planning Commission on Nov. 9.There will be a special meeting on Nov. 30.The next regular meeting will be Dec. 14.