Assuming he accepts the appointment, Clarkston’s new city manager will bring a great deal of experience to the table when he steps in to fill the shoes of retiring Art Pappas. The Clarkston City Council voted 6-0 Monday to offer the city’s top position to resident Dennis Ritter, who they hope will replace Pappas beginning […]
I’d just unloaded Ryan into his Exersaucer and gone back to the car for his diaper bag, my computer bag, camera gear and purse when the phone rang. It was my editor, Phil. ‘They found a couple of bodies on the side of I-75,? he said. ‘Can you get down there?? Bodies? The details were […]
Police continue to follow leads and seek information as they investigate the homicide of two men discovered dead in the brush near I-75 in Independence Township last week. After seeing the possible identity of the two men in local media, an Independence Township woman told Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies she and a friend may have […]
An Independence Township woman was bound over for trial last week after witnesses testified about injuries’including cuts, bruises, fractured ribs and missing teeth’sustained by her 2-year-old adopted daughter. Malini Rao, 42, faced a three-day-long preliminary exam before Judge Kelley Kostin in 52-2 District Court, and is charged with second and third-degree child abuse. Authorities were […]
It was standing room only at the 52-2 District Court’s graduation ceremony for Sobriety Court participants Thursday. It was the fifth graduation since the program’s inception nearly four years ago, and last week’s ceremony honored the largest number of graduates thus far?14. All in all, more than 40 individuals have completed the program, and facilitators […]
About 230 people ate, drank, laughed and looked for clues Saturday at ‘Murder Midst the Magnolias,? a murder mystery event written by Patience Beer to support the Clarkston-area Optimist Club. While the event was set at a 1973 Magnolia Academy reunion in Magnolia, Mississippi, it actually took place at the Knights of Columbus Hall in […]
Clarkston officials hope to allow plenty of time for a new city manager and clerk-treasurer to learn the ropes before Art Pappas retires June 30. The first round of interviews begins this week. In October, Pappas announced plans to retire and will leave his tri-fold position as city manager, clerk, and treasurer after 45 years […]
A sleepy McKenna Lenz, 4, rests her head on her mom, Tracy Lenz, Saturday while waiting in line for face-painting at Independence Township Parks and Recreation’s Egg Mania, a spring-themed family event. Photo by Laura Colvin
If efforts begun by one local businessman pay off, downtown Clarkston may soon see changes that bring more people into the city’s 80 or so businesses. Rob Bondy, who owns Contemporary Computer Concepts on Main Street, met with members of the city council in March to discuss ideas for new signs, a business directory and […]
Beverly Weddle was watching an episode of Oprah’The Pay it Forward Challenge’when she got an idea. On the show, Oprah challenged 314 people to come up with inspiring and creative ideas for helping others, and gave each participant $1,000 to turn ideas into reality. Weddle went to work at the Independence Township Rite-Aid Located near […]