A pile of 23 resumes shrunk to eight last week when Clarkston’s Police Chief Selection Committee met to officially begin hunting for the city’s next top cop. ‘The hiring of the next police chief is perhaps the most important recommendation the council will make to the city manager for the next several years,? said committee […]
It’s time to step back and take a serious look at shared services, fees and the ways those fees are calculated. That was the decision of the Clarkston City Council who voted 5-1 Monday to move ahead with a feasibility study proposed in April by Independence Township Trustee Dan Kelly. Councilman Dan Colombo was absent […]
Police found recipes for explosives written on scrap paper and notepads in the apartment’and memberships to pyromania clubs in the truck’of a 31-year-old man seriously injured in last week’s explosion at an Independence Township apartment complex. Andy Impola, 31, and Lee Marvin Impola, 32, were reportedly inside a maintenance building at Landcaster Lakes Apartments off […]
Susan Surma of Redford Township didn’t mind hanging around DTE for several extra hours last week when storms knocked out the venue’s power and held up what was, for some, a much-anticipated Toby Keith concert. Surma, who came to the concert with her husband Kevin and several other family members, said she’d been to every […]
Police knew the man they were searching for was hiding in the attic of a local home, but he remained quiet and refused to come out, despite a houseful of armed deputies waiting below. The man changed his mind when officers called for reinforcement. ‘It wasn’t safe to send anyone up,? said Deputy Lonnie Mullins […]
Take your stuff in the house at night. Week after week, people call the police to complain that someone entered their car during the night’either by simply opening an unlocked door or, in the case of more ambitious thieves, by smashing out a window. Once they’re in your car, these thieves will take just about […]
It’s just an ordinary brick, painted yellow with black letters’FBINA #229’stenciled on top. But for Lt. Dale LaBair, the brick symbolizes 10 weeks of intense academic and physical training at the FBI National Academy in Virginia. As commander of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Independence Township substation, LaBair is among an elite few to attend […]
Leaving valuables in the car while running errands is not a good idea. That was a lesson learned by residents who left a purse or other items in plain view and returned from shopping, working out’even church’to find thieves smashed a car window and ran off with loot found inside. Although thieves make a fairly […]
Scores of people searching for tasty homegrown tomatoes or the sweet crunch of locally grown corn showed up at the Clarkston Farmers? Market on opening day. About 1,110 customers strolled through the market, located in the parking lot across from Depot Park in downtown Clarkston. ‘This is our best opening yet,? said Chris Hardman, Clarkston […]
How do you distinguish a true Harry Potter devotee from a wannabe? ‘Fanatical,? said Clarkston resident Melanie Larson, 28. ‘It’s those extra letters on the end of ‘fan.?? And Larson definitely considers herself a fanatic. At midnight Friday she was out with fianc? Chris Castle’and her collector’s edition Harry Potter doll’to pick up a copy […]