Funds were included in the city’s new budget (which took effect July 1) to utilize ARPA funds to repave Depot Road and parking funds to replace approximately 300 sidewalk slabs. City Engineer Hubbell, Roth and Clark is currently researching road and sidewalk projects in other municipalities in an effort to piggyback on one of those […]
The city’s sign contractor, ASI Signage, will soon be installing the new Depot Road directional sign, pointing the way to City Hall, Depot Park, and the Optimists Playground. “Only time will tell if the new signage will help reduce the crazy DoorDash delivery attempts to City Hall,” said Clarkston City Manager Jonathan Smith. “I’m hopeful.” […]
By Jeff Hogan County Press Editor LAPEER COUNTY — At least 40 golf carts have been stolen from golf courses in Lapeer, Genesee and Shiawassee counties since late May, the most recent thefts reported last weekend. Police urge golf course owners to be on high alert and to secure their golf carts in the overnight hours, […]
By Jeff Hogan County Press Editor Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the July 2, 2023 edition of The County Press. LAPEER — Chadwick Mobley, 42, a suspect in the 2011 murder of Andrea Eilber was arrested Wednesday by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in Montana following a tip from a local […]
By Matt Mackinder Clarkston News Editor INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Dale Bond still drives, still uses his cell phone, and will talk your ear off about the history of local communities, especially Clarkston. Not too shabby for the Independence Township resident who turned 94 in April. “I’ve lived here for 60 years, and I came out […]
Paid parking will officially begin in the city’s Depot Road parking lot today, July 5. As recommended by the Parking Advisory Committee, the parking fee and the hours of operation will be identical to those in the existing Washington and Main paid lot at $1 per hour from 4-9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 […]
Burning restrictions for Independence Township and Clarkston have been lifted. The Springfield Township burn ban was lifted June 14.
The Clarkston Farm and Garden Club honored scholarship winners at a luncheon on June 26. Scholarship winners for 2023 are recent 2023 graduates Phoebe Savoie, Kayla Cole, Kara Bowles, and Bedford Muzzy. Savoie will be going to Cornell University for health sciences. Cole heads to Adrian College for pre-veterinary studies. Bowles will be attending Northern […]
Samantha Bertelsen kicked off summer practicing her slides on the last day of softball camp, June 21. Photo: Wendi Reardon Price
By Matt Mackinder Clarkston News Editor The Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce was without an executive director for just five days. After announcing Jennifer Fair Margraf’s departure on June 15, the chamber named Kendal Petzold, formerly the assistant executive director, the new exective director on June 20. “The Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce Board of […]