From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 No more gas on Main: Though Morgan’s Service planned to continue to run its thriving repair, maintenance and engine service downtown Clarkston, residents had to tank up someplace else after Labor Day. Dick Morgan, and his son, John, who owned Morgan’s at the corner of […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Who should pay?: With the opening of the new Clarkston High School just a year away, tempers were beginning to flare over expected traffic problems approaching the Flemings Lake Road site. Members of the Independence Township Board of Trustees criticized the school district for its […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Previewing middle school: For the second year in a row, Clarkston sixth-graders were invited to attend a free orientation called “Making the Most of Middle School.” The event, sponsored by the Clarkston Area Optimist Club and its middle school Junior Optimist clubs with the support […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Parke Lake yields a piece of local history: A piece of the colorful past of Clarkston history may have resurfaced. Richard Niethammer, a White Lake diver, found an old buggy in Parke Lake. Working with the Clarkston Community Historical Society, Niethammer and volunteers raised the […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 This is BEAR Country: Clarkston kids used their imagination in dressing up their favorite Teddy bears for a picnic as part of the summer reading program at the Independence Township Library, July 10. The program, dubbed BEAR (Be Eager About Reading) Country, brought kids something […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Owner of unfinished Main St. house receives ultimatum: The Independence Township Board of Trustees voted 7-0 at their July 1 meeting to have the township attorney draft a document, ordering township Bob Martin to complete exterior construction on his Main Street home within 30 days […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Carol’s Village Grill, building sold: Regulars at Carol’s Village Grill said their good-byes to Don and Carol Borngesser, who had owned the restaurant at the corner of Main and E. Washington streets in downtown Clarkston for 12 years. Carol’s was officially sold to new owner […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Kids, seniors connect: An end-of-the-year outing for 18 second-graders from Andersonville Elementary turned out to be not only educational and fun, but a first-time intergenerational experience for some of them as well. The students visited Hart Community Center where they shared stories on everything from […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Local man counts beans – literally: Al and Andy Welch accepted the keys to a snazzy red Ford Explorer after Al correctly guessed the number of coffee bags inside the parked car as part of the Clarkston Farmer Jack store’s grand re-opening. For doing so, […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 It’s yes: A proposal for a new elementary schools and renovations at most existing buildings was narrowly approved by Clarkston voters. The $57,650,00 bond proposal passed 2,897 to 2,676. Results were received around 9:25 p.m. during the regularly scheduled Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education […]