In case you were unaware, Clarkston raises the most amazing children. Each year, Clarkston Community Schools creates a spreadsheet listing our graduates. We ask our teachers and staff to write their memories of each graduate. We then print these off and send them to students in the form of a letter. Here are some examples […]
Jake Harless, a firefighter from Springfield Township Fire/Springfield Fire Rescue, fits a helmet to one of the students. Photo provided Approximately 500 Clarkston second graders left school ready for a safe summer with brand new bike helmets and a lesson in potentially life-saving seasonal safety advice from representatives of McLaren Oakland’s department of trauma services […]
Madeleine Foslien and Danny Billette pose on the pedestrian bridge over the millrun. Photo by Phil Custodio Depot Park was filled with high schoolers in colorfully dazzling dresses and suave, stylish suits for prom, May 30. The weather was bright and sunny at the traditional spot for Clarkston High School prom goers to go for […]
Eighth in a series on the families who helped build Clarkston and the descendants who still live here, carrying on their legacy. BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Jacob Petty helped create the United States of America as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army before settling in Clarkston. Eight generations later, many of his descendants […]
Clarkston Boys Lacrosse celebrates their regional championship against crosstown rivals Lake Orion. Photo by Wendi Reardon Price
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer The atmosphere as Renaissance High School seniors collected their diplomas can be best described by the last line of student speaker Mason McIntyre’s speech: “We did it!” “These graduates have worked hard, they have overcome adversity that most of us have never had to endure,” Renaissance Program Director […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer A warm, sunny evening pervaded the commencement ceremony of Clarkston High School’s Class of 2017. “Commencement is more than simply an annual event, particularly in Clarkston. It’s a moment shared between faculty, families and students,” Principal Gary Kaul said. “It’s a time when the school and the community […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The Michigan Press Association and Detroit Free Press weighed in on a Freedom of Information lawsuit against the City of the Village of Clarkston, filing an amicus curiae brief in support of Clarkston resident Susan Bisio’s lawsuit against the city. Bisio is appealing a decision by Oakland County Circuit […]
Tricia Land of Ortonville was driving into town to take her daughter to school at Independence Elementary, Monday morning, when she was stopped unexpectedly. A woman whose parked car was on the side of M-15 near Oak Hill Road waved her down. “The area they were in on M-15 had no cell service,” said Mary […]
Budget hearing Clarkston City Council hosts a public hearing on the 2017-2018 budget, 7 p.m., Monday, June 12. The $862,513 budget includes $8,000 for one parking kiosk for the city parking lot at Washington and Main streets, $8,500 for sidewalk repair on Miller Road, $16,000 for asphalt pavement overlay on Miller Road, and $12,000 for […]