BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Clarkston City Council approved $300 bonuses for city staff in a split vote, Monday. “Our city people work an awful lot – they do an awful lot for us,” said Mayor Steve Percival, who recommended the bonuses. “They do the heavy lifting around here.” Percival and council members Eric […]
Tree lighting Independence Township Parks and Recreation hosts Holiday Nights Light with a tree-lighting ceremony and visit from Santa in Depot Park after the Holiday Lights Parade downtown, Saturday, Dec. 10. Free activities will also include holiday music, hot cocoa, live reindeer, and letter writing to Santa. The parade on Main Street begins at 6:30 […]
Young Five’s students in costume at Independence Elementary celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with turkey, cheese, popcorn, and corn bread, Monday morning. Photo by Jessica Steeley
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education created two new administrative positions at their Nov. 14 meeting –administrator of technology integration, $84,244-$103,609; and marketing coordinator, $72,899-$89,656. The new technology position will help determine which technology will be implemented using bond money, said Board of Education President Steve Hyer. The […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor The city’s finances are fine, said auditor Rana M. Emmons, CPA with PSLZ LLP, in her report to City Council, Nov.14. “I have a good report for you this evening,” Emmons said. “Everything is above board and properly done – I am impressed.” According to the Independent Auditor’s Report […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Clarkston City Council voted 6-0 to approve a resolution calling for a speed study on M-15 between Paramus and Waldon Road. “I know people in that area are really concerned about the speed,” said Council member Susan Wylie at the Nov. 14 meeting. It will be sent to Michigan […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer New security cameras are soon going to be seen throughout Independence Township after the Board of Trustees voted unanimously for them, Nov. 16. “We installed security cameras here at town hall and those have really worked out well,” said Treasurer Paul Brown at the meeting. “We have, from […]
The City of the Village of Clarkston and the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy are collaborating to restore the wetlands at Depot Park. Three years ago, Clarkston began controlling phragmites around Middle Lake. The city hired a contractor to treat the remaining phragmites this past fall. Krista Hughes, an independent contractor paid by NOHLC and […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer This year Clarkston elementary schools are choosing to shift their focus and take a different approach by infusing play into the children’s school day, Principal Glenn Gualtieri said. Gualtieri, principal of Bailey Lake Elementary, describes it as a “conscious effort” to have students take time out of their […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer A new leadership program is working to empower students throughout Clarkston elementary schools. Andersonville Elementary Principal Kim Fletcher describes the program, entitled The Leader in Me, as a way to allow children to find the leader and the greatness in themselves. The Leader in Me program is based […]