A 37-year-old Waterford Township man was killed when he was hit by a train in Springfield Township Tues., April 10. The incident was ruled a suicide, said Sgt. Mark Gardner of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Springfield Township substation. According to police reports, the conductor and engineer saw the man sitting on the tracks from […]
Longtime Clarkston resident Tom Stone was honored Saturday for three decades of effort, advocacy and commitment to local conservation efforts. Stone and his wife Arlene became involved with the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy when they moved into the area about 30 years ago. Saturday, he received the NOHLC’s Thomas K. Bullen award for outstanding […]
Renowned naturalist and author Kay Charter shared expertise and love of birds with local residents Saturday as the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy celebrated its 35th birthday. The NOHLC is a non-profit organization that works to encourage good land stewardship and ensure scenic areas, wetlands and wildlife habitats in North Oakland County are protected into […]
The Clarkston City Council sent a clear and united message to Independence Township representatives Monday: We’re not interested in consolidating. Township Trustee Dan Kelly, Clerk Shelagh Vanderveen, and Treasurer Jim Wenger attended the Clarkston City Council meeting for a face-to-face discussion on the issue of consolidating the two municipalities. Although the council made it clear […]
The pews at Clarkston United Methodist Church filled with proud family and friends Thursday as caring young people from across the area were honored by the Clarkston area Youth Assistance group. Every year, the group contacts area schools and service organizations asking for nominations of youth who volunteer time and talent to help make a […]
If it’s not illegal, immoral or unethical, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office will give Clarkston residents any type of police service they want. That was the message of Undersheriff Mike McCabe as he spoke to the Clarkston Police Committee Wed., April 18. ‘We provide services based on the needs of the particular communities we go […]
Gini Schultz remembered a time when neighbors were concerned about the welfare of a mentally challenged young man living alone. ‘There wasn’t a day a Clarkston police officer didn’t stop, knock on the door, check on him and make sure he was fine,? Schultz said, noting that she has also known the department to check […]
A million-dollar make-over set to begin this week will more than triple the size of Springfield Township’s No.2 fire station, adding new amenities and much needed space to the crowded building. The expansion will include the addition of a 1,532 square-foot multi-purpose room, plenty of new storage space, and a special hose-drying room. Two additional […]
I owe readers in Clarkston an apology. For nearly seven months I’ve been traipsing between substations in Springfield and Independence townships to pour over piles of police reports in an effort to keep residents apprised of crime and other goings-on. You name it, I’ve read it and reported it. Drunken drivers, pummeled partners, neighborly nonsense; […]
BY LAURA COLVIN Clarkston News Staff Writer Several hundred students watched as a young man on stage in the Clarkston High School’s auditorium tried to explain his way out of a jam. But it was no play, and the young man was no actor. It was real life, and after a failed attempt to explain […]