By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — In a letter to Clarkston City Manager Jonathan Smith dated Oct. 16, Clarkston Mayor Eric Haven resigned, effective immediately.“Because it has become apparent to me, increasingly and recently, that my vision for Clarkston differs significantly from that of several on city council,” said Haven in the letter. “For […]
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives made quick work of an Independence Township bank robbery last Saturday, arresting a suspect less than 24 hours after the heist.The suspect, a 53-year-old man from Belleville who has an extensive criminal history which includes a prior conviction for bank robbery, was expected to be arraigned on […]
The kindergarteners in the Springfield Plains Elementary Daisy Troop #77949 are in their first year of Girl scouts and already making a footprint in the local community. They took the old Buddy Bench at school that was falling apart and helped earn their friendly and helpful pedal by bringing it back to life for all […]
Nick Wilson is sworn in by Independence Township Clerk Cari Neubeck as the Independence Township Fire Department’s new staff lieutenant/fire inspector during the Township Board of Trustees regular meeting on Oct. 10. Watching on in the background is Township Trustee Ron Ritchie. Photo: Independence Firefighters Local 2629
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor OAKLAND COUNTY — Clarkston’s Andrew Morehead started at Oakland Technical Early College (OTEC) three years ago to get ahead in school.Three years later, he’s doing just that.“The reason why I enrolled in OTEC was I never thought I was going to be able to be successful in a college setting, […]
DTE has replaced the leaning light pole in Depot Park next to the gazebo, scheduling an emergency replacement as the old pole was at risk of falling.
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Late last year, the Waldon Village II development took the next step in getting a Meijer-owned market as part of the project when it was approved at the Nov. 15, 2022 Township Board of Trustees meeting.Nearly a year later, the project is still moving along.“The market has […]
Clarkston High School seniors Tavi Butki and Lucas Richert were crowned 2023 Homecoming Queen and King during the Wolves’ varsity football game on Oct. 13. Students enjoyed the Homecoming dance the following night at the high school. Photo: Wendi Reardon Price
By Shelby Stewart-SoldanSpecial to the Clarkston News INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Since she was three years old, Kristy Robinett. has heard and seen dead people.Though she prefers to call them “those on the other side.” “I was about three or four years old when a spirit came through to me, a woman, and told me to tell my […]
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor CLARKSTON — The Clarkston High School Environmental Club has been out and about, working on a bioswales project on Middle Lake Road with the Clarkston Biophilic Team and the Clinton River Watershed.Jim Brueck received a grant from Pure Oakland Water, funded by Jim Nash and the Oakland County Water Resources […]