BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Ask Central Michigan University freshman and 2021 Clarkston High School graduate Paige Workman about commitment. Better yet, ask her father, Paul Workman. He has seen and lived it firsthand – just about every day, save for 2008-09 when he was stationed in Afghanistan at Bagram Airfield as the Headquarters […]
As of October 13, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: October 13: 48346: 2,731 cases (179 new), 47 deaths 48348: 2,916 cases (223 new), 24 deaths 48350: 839 cases (99 new), 10 deaths As compared to October 6: 48346: 2,685 […]
BY ERIC HAVEN Special to the Clarkston News When you encounter a person who lives by principle, consistent in belief and action, it’s worth taking note. Nate Knapper is such a person. I remember the first time I met Nate. He walked into a Clarkston City Council meeting where I was a member in 2014. […]
A routine stop September 21 in Washtenaw County to assist a driver who had gone off the roadway turned up more than expected for Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Brandon Hartleben, and for the motorist, 63-year-old Clarkston resident George Michael Galbraith, who since has been arraigned on charges including false representation as a […]
As of October 6, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: October 6: 48346: 2,685 cases (157 new), 48 deaths 48348: 2,876 cases (206 new), 23 deaths 48350: 820 cases (85 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 29: 48346: […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor There is a saying that says the third time is the charm. After Mitch Petterson resigned as Independence Township fire chief in June, Operations Captain Pat Stamper filled in on an interim basis until David Piche was appointed the full-time fire chief on September 7. Piche retired from the […]
An unsolicited caller rings up an unsuspecting person, purporting to be a representative of some “official” entity and demands personal financial information, or else something bad is going to happen to the person. It’s a scenario all too familiar to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. “We caution our residents all of the time about being […]
As of September 29, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: September 29: 48346: 2,656 cases (164 new), 48 deaths 48348: 2,822 cases (207 new), 23 deaths 48350: 808 cases (91 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 22: 48346: […]
Independence Township firefighter Ron Bray collects a donation from a passing motorist at Washington and Main streets last Friday during the Independence Professional Fire Fighters Association union’s annual “Fill the Boot” campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters were also stationed at Sashabaw and Maybee roads taking donations. After all was said and done, […]
An Independence Township resident contacted The Clarkston News via Facebook on September 24 to share her daughter hit a pothole Maybee Road just after Dixie Highway before the cemetery. The pothole caused the car to get two flat “shredded” tires and two bent rims. The resident noted the tow truck driver said they were the […]