Kimberly Lambouris will soon take the commander post at the Clarkston American Legion. Photo by Phil Custodio BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor As the American Legion Post 63 prepares for Memorial Day remembrances on Monday, Kimberly Lambouris of Davisburg is preparing to assume her duties as leader of the post. “I am very proud […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Community Board of Education hosts a public hearing Monday, May 22, at 6:45 p.m. about the district’s proposed 2017-2018 property tax millage rate. Board of Education President Steve Hyer said they’re proposing the same millage they’ve had for several years, 18 mills for non-homestead properties and seven […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The arts are blooming along with May flowers throughout downtown this spring. This weekend, the Gateway hosts an atrium filled with artwork at the Clarkston Cultural Arts Council’s second annual Art in the Atrium silent art auction. The May 20 event helps fund the council’s ongoing efforts to sponsor […]
Daejah Sotelo, senior, points at her art work at the Clarkston Community Schools art show. Photo by Jessica Steeley
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor On-street parking on East Church Street is no more. Clarkston City Council voted unanimously, May 8, to prohibit East Church Street parking east of Buffalo to the city limits. E. Church Street residents have been complaining to the city for months about restaurant employees parking in their neighborhood late […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Winds gusting to 20-25 mph intensified a parking lot fire destroying seven vehicles on May 8, investigators say. “That definitely contributed to the rapid spread of the fire,” said Fire Inspector Greg Brandt of the Independence Township Fire Department. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, a motorist stopped to […]
Respect for Law students checks out the court from the judge’s point of view, courtesy of the Hon. Joseph Fabrizio and the Clarkston Area Optimist Club. Photo provided Students learned about the law in local courts during Clarkston Area Optimists Club Respect for Law program this past April. Fourth graders visited Judge Joseph Fabrizio’s courtroom […]
Board shelves open enrollment The Clarkston Board of Education further discussed limited Kindergarten open enrollment at their May 8 meeting. Though most members of the board weren’t against it, no one was enthusiastically in favor of the idea. They decided to shelf the discussion to be held again next year. Clarkston resident Kevin Webster made […]
Peg Roth, Alan Partington, and Jessica Hall display some Clarkston Art Connection artwork, displayed in the CNews office. Photo by Phil Custodio BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor More than 500 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other works of art decorate downtown Clarkston this spring, thanks to Community Art Connection. Local businesses volunteered their storefronts and […]
A parking lot fire in which seven vehicles burned was caused when a motorist stopped to check on his overheating car, 3:39 p.m., May 8. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the driver pulled into the parking lot of McLaren Clarkston Medical Center at 5701 Bow Pointe Drive, opened the hood, saw flames coming from […]