BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Heading to DTE Energy Music Theater this summer for an evening concert? Better plan on getting home well after midnight. As the Road Commission for Oakland County began construction on Sashabaw Road, from I-75 to just south of Clarkston Road in Independence Twp., on Monday, April 22, commuters […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer The wheelchair-bound man who was hit by a car outside of the Clarkston Specialty Healthcare Center on the night of March 14 has died from his injuries. Albert Russell Orsette, an 83-year-old resident of Independence Township, then a patient at the facility, passed away on April 8. Authorities […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE NOTICE OF STANDARDS FOR WIRELESS FACILITIES, SUPPORT STRUCTURES, UTILITY POLES AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at its meeting on April 9, 2019, the Charter Township Board of Trustees may have introduced an Ordinance and adopted a Resolution to require that wireless facilities, wireless support structures, utility […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Later this year, expect to see three new fire engines on the streets. At the March 19 Independence Township Board of Trustees meeting, Fire Chief Mitch Petterson presented the department’s plans to spend nearly $2 million on two new trucks and a quint – a cost that was […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Deputies are looking for a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo with some type of red writing on the front of the vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run of an 83-year-old Independence Township man, 10:13 p.m., Thursday night. The vehicle should have damage to the front passenger side and possibly […]
Expired plate In the early morning of March 3, a deputy pulled over a vehicle at a gas station at Sashabaw and Maybee for an expired license plate. The driver, a 22-year-old Clarkston man, gave the officer an ID card, saying his license was suspended due to an unpaid ticket. The driver was arrested and […]