Carol Evans says she’s ‘scared to death.? As president of the Springfield Township-based Smith’s Disposal, Evans recently went millions of dollars into debt so she could buy out her brother and business partner, Ken Smith, rather than join him in retirement. It was only a few months later, she said, when rumors about government sponsored […]
Clarkston police are looking for two boys who allegedly swiped several hundred dollars from a downtown business last week. According to Police Chief Dale LaCroix, one youth distracted the clerk at the Union General Store at 50 S. Main around 4 p.m., Thursday, April 16, while another raided the cash register. The clerk told police […]
Are two heads really better than one? Local conservationists hope the old adage is collectively true, as members of the Clarkston Watershed Group and the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy explore the possibility of joining forces. Although the idea only recently surfaced for discussion, both groups see potential benefits. ‘I think we’re looking at more […]
A lopsided budget and the need to prioritize means Clarkston police must wait another year’at least’for the new police vehicle the department’s been saying it needs for the last several years. During its most recent meeting, the Clarkston City Council approved budget amendments that lopped $27,810 from the $291,949 police budget. Of that, $4,800 had […]
Just eight days shy of her own due-date, Erica Campbell-Loewe was determined to help other mothers-to-be as much as she could. As a volunteer with the third-annual Community Baby Shower in Davisburg, Campbell-Loewe said she’s always felt grateful to have the essentials to care for her daughter’as well as her little boy, soon to arrive. […]
They say time flies when you’re having fun. For Cathy Forst, who last week celebrated 30 years as the Springfield Township Library director, the old adage rings true. ‘I love my job,? said Forst, who came to the library in 1979. ‘I feel blessed and lucky to have been in this position for 30 years.? […]
When it rains it pours. A number of sewer-related events led the Clarkston City Council last Monday to approve a 70 percent sewer rate hike. Residents will see the increase when quarterly bills arrive in May. Currently, homes and businesses within the City of the Village of Clarkston pay sewer costs billed at $57 per […]
Pokely. Kamieniecki. Staton. Heartbreak hung from every face as the final buzzer sent them across the basketball court and into the locker room. Scarlett, Verlinden, Prudhomme, Ronk. There wasn’t any ceremony; no shouting, no laughing or hugging’just a few arms draped over a teammate’s shoulder in comfort and brotherhood. Baenziger, Calvano, Kouri, Dellinger. It was […]
A rash of home invasions has police warning residents to watch for suspicious activity, especially during daylight hours. At least five homes in Independence Township have been burglarized in seemingly-related incidents, while about a dozen cases were reported in Springfield Township. ‘It’s not unexpected in a down economy like we’ve got,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s […]
Many residents living around Waumegah Lake have been ‘pooh-poohed? over the years by a lake board whose members essentially said ‘we don’t want to hear what you have to say.? That was the message of Lori Callahan, who’along with other residents’showed up to speak during the public comment section of Springfield Township’s regular Board meeting […]