From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Enjoying a laugh over a good story: Clarkston Optimist president and business owner Don Brose got a rise out of first-graders reading “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse” during Celebrity Readers Day at Springfield Plains Elementary, March 23.Real estate office denied parking variance in city: […]
25 years ago – 1999Springfield okays Westwood Hills concept plan: The next step in making Westwood Hills subdivision a reality was made possible when the Springfield Township board unanimously approved the concept plan presented by developer Barry Stulberg, March 25. The board entered into a consent agreement with Stulberg, rezoning the 113-acre parcel at Dixie […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Teen finds man stranded in area lake: Thirteen-year-old Cameron Banworth saw Douglas Williams, 56, in the icy waters of Walters Lake, 40 feet off the shore and told his parents, Sue and Jeff Banworth, who ended up calling 9-1-1. Independence Township Fire Engineer Bob Cesario said […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Planners say ‘do not disturb’ to Holiday Inn: Following more than two hours of discussion, which drew a packed crowd of over 100 residents at the Carriage House, the Independence Township Planning Commission nixed first plans for a Holiday Inn on M-15. The commissioners voted 4-2 […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Rezonings put township on the hot seat: The rezoning ball had been bouncing from court to court as the Independence Township Board tabled the Knights of Columbus rezoning, March 2. Back in February, the planning commission referred rezoning for a proposed Holiday Inn back to the […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999City council resists senior living project: Representatives from Sunrise Development, the new owners of the property at the corner of Waldon and Main Street, got their first chance to pitch their idea for an elderly assisted-living facility to city council members. But council members, and some […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Holiday Inn proposed for M-15: A new hotel was proposed for property on M-15 north of the City of Clarkston. The future of the project hung in limbo due to a proposed rezoning of the site. According to records from the building department, Flint based Eagle […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Independence Elementary School it is!: Over 165 names for Clarkston’s new elementary school were submitted to the school board by community members. During their regular meeting, the Clarkston Board of Education chose Independence Elementary School because it was suggested the most and honored the township name.City […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Ryder truck facility driven out: Residents opposing the 450,000-square-foot facility proposed for 30 acres at the end of Bow Pointe Road had their prayers answered when Independence Township Planning Commissioners turned it down, 6-0. It was nearly three hours of discussion in which the commissioners heard […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1999Prevention is the key to safety for new fire inspector: New Independence Township Fire Department Inspector Bill Thompson called himself “the arm of the public.” Out in the field, he periodically inspected existing and newly constructed commercial buildings in the township and City of Clarkston.Beating the […]