BY DON RUSH Oxford Leader Editor It’s been one heck of a run for one local newspaper publishing family, and this week that run comes to an end. For 67 years, members of the Jim and Hazel Sherman family have had their hands in publishing weekly, community newspapers under the Sherman Publication, Inc., banner. As […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Steve Percival was a lot of things over the course of his 58 years. The 1981 Clarkston High School graduate, who passed away on March 31, was a former mayor of Clarkston, played Santa Claus in the city’s Holiday Lights Parade and for private parties, tree lighting ceremonies, and […]
As of April 6, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: April 6: 48346: 5,349 cases (39 new), 66 deaths 48348: 5,857 cases (44 new), 41 deaths 48350: 1,809 cases (12 new), 13 deaths As compared to March 30: 48346: […]
In partnership with Independence Township, the Road Commission for Oakland County expects to begin the third year of resurfacing roads within the township this month. The projects are being paid for primarily with special property-tax millage dollars approved by township voters in 2018. As a result of the millage, nearly all main roads in the […]
Fresh off a strong first-place showing at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional two weekends ago, several members of the Clarkston High School Team RUSH27 robotics team spent last Friday night at Clarkston High School working on and preparing robots for this coming weekend’s competition at Troy Athens High School, which will be held March 31-April 2. […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Justin Pintar has always had a passion for coaching since he was a child. It carried on in high school when he would sit in his classes and draw out plays. “For some reason, it’s been something I have always wanted to do,” Pintar said. “My brother […]
As of March 30, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: March 30: 48346: 5,343 cases (41 new), 65 deaths 48348: 5,845 cases (47 new), 40 deaths 48350: 1,807 cases (13 new), 13 deaths As compared to March 23: 48346: […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — In monitoring current events and political updates, community newspapers continue to grow in trustworthiness (7.38/10) and newspaper readers are voters (96%), Susquehanna Polling and Research Inc. found in a March 2022 survey. The survey of 1,000 adults from rural and urban communities across the U.S. conducted for the National Newspaper Association and NNA […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently appointed two Clarkston residents to state board and commissions. Arthur J. Weiss, of Clarkston, an attorney and the president of Athur Jay Weiss & Associates, P.C. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Weiss is reappointed to […]
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate […]