Two years ago, Shellie and Marty Stuetzer were empty-nesters with retirement on the horizon and a brand new Harley in the garage. Their daughters Kristi and Shayla were grown, through college and out on their own. The couple had freedom to come and go as they pleased, to do the things they’d always wanted to […]
With a brand new location just a quarter mile north of the old spot, Jacque Kucyk of Keepsake Flowers is ready to expand the products and services she and her staff offer. In addition to the cut flowers, plants, wire service and gifts available at the shop, Kucyk will now work in concert with neighboring […]
It’s the taste of hand-squeezed lime and fresh cilantro that brings Mary O’Neill’s friends and family back to the bowl time and again for more salsa, and now the homemade specialty is available to the whole community. Fresh on the shelves at a growing list of local retailers, Taleo Foods Gourmet Salsa comes in mild, […]
A survey developed by the Clarkston Police Services Committee is nearing completion and will arrive in residential and business mailboxes soon, said Committee Chairman Scott Meyland in a preliminary report to the city council Monday. The committee is also in the process of organizing a public forum that will provide residents with an opportunity to […]
Practice, practice, practice. The words danced in Jim Territo’s head the moment he spotted his name on a placard at Carnegie Hall. It was May 2006 when Territo, 27, arrived in New York with family and friends to witness as a piece of music ? his music ? was directed by renowned conductor H. Robert […]
Paul Sadows sat surrounded by photographs’hundreds and hundreds of photographs’as he talked about the first time he set eyes on Carolyn 32 years earlier. It was love at first sight. ‘I walked in the door, looked at her and it was over,? he said, explaining that he’d gone into the printing house where Carolyn worked […]
Jim Territo considered a career in medicine for a brief time before deciding it wasn’t the best career choice he could make. But his motives were noble. ‘I aspire to be like my dad,? he said. ‘My dad’s a doctor. My dad’s really, really good doctor, and I used to think I wanted to practice […]
The mother who left her four children unattended and returned to find police and fire personnel converging on her lawn had been the victim of a domestic assault barely 48 hours before, police said. Deputies responding to a call in the 5300 block of Hillcrest Jan. 29 discovered four shivering children in a neighbor’s living […]
Building on the momentum of last May’s rain garden project in Depot Park, the Clarkston Watershed Group is cultivating new ideas, making plans and seeking funds as spring makes its slow approach. The group plans to focus the majority of available resources on the park, which serves as a focal point of the community as […]
The Springfield Township Fire Department was selected as one of 347 departments nationwide to receive federal grant dollars earmarked for first responders, officials announced Friday. The department will receive $90,884 from the Fiscal Year 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Of Springfield’s total award, $75,830 will fund […]