Donna Clancy’s voice overflowed with emotion as she accepted an accolade naming her Citizen of the Year during the Clarkston Community Awards Breakfast last week. The event, now in its 22nd year, pays tribute to local individuals, groups and businesses who contribute to community enhancement. Clancy was one of 11 individuals honored during the breakfast […]
Owners of 10 historic homes in Clarkston will sweep off the welcome mats and open their front doors this weekend during the annual Clarkston SCAMP Home Tour. This year’s event features a record number of homes?10’each within the Village of Clarkston’s celebrated historic district. Eight of the homes are on North Main Street and three […]
Hundreds showed up to honor America’s veterans Monday at Clarkston’s annual Memorial day parade. The Parade, sponsored by American Legion Post 63, moved through downtown Clarkston and ended with a ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery. The event featured the Clarkston High School Marching Band, a two-jet military fly-over, and medallions for every veteran in attendance. Participants […]
Every Thursday, Paul Ulrich climbs into his car and steers north on M-15 to Genesys Hospice, where he spends his day visiting with the terminally ill. It’s a volunteer endeavor he began some two years ago, six months after his wife Mary Ann passed away. ‘We lived the American dream,? said Ulrich, 71, a retired […]
The Clarkston Police Department expects to officially reclaim its midnight shift and resume a 24-hour presence in the city beginning at 11p.m. June 30. After nearly six-and-a-half years of outsourcing midnight services, the city council voted unanimously to cancel a subcontract with Independence Township for midnight policing provided by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Returning […]
Eleven resumes from applicants interested in serving as Clarkston’s next police chief had arrived in the city mailbox as of Monday, and will be turned over to a committee appointed to begin the selection process. Advertisements were placed with two sources, said City Manager Art Pappas, including the Michigan Municipal League. Resumes will be accepted […]
The Clarkston Watershed group hopes interested volunteers will show up in the city’s downtown area Saturday, June 9 with shovels, trowels and gloves to help install a new garden in celebration of River Day. The group will work between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to install native plants and flowers along the Mill Pond parking lot located […]
A Springfield Township man was arraigned in 52-2 District Court on two counts of aggravated indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person after he was allegedly seen exposing and fondling himself inside Independence Township Library last week. Andrew John Hamilton, 23, was confronted by a male library staff member on May 20 after two 14-year-old […]
Every Thursday, Paul Ulrich climbs into his car and steers north on M-15 to Genesys Hospice, where he spends his day visiting with the terminally ill. It’s a volunteer endeavor he began some two years ago, six months after his wife Mary Ann passed away. ‘We lived the American dream,? said Ulrich, 71, a retired […]
The sharp detective work of area youngsters helped bring a teen boy safely home recently after he fell prey to a smooth-talking Internet predator. Although the teen’a fictional character called Zackman’was part of an interactive computer game, his pretend dilemma helped Sashabaw Middle School seventh-graders learn some very real lessons about staying safe online. Students […]