More than a few Clarkston school employees will take advantage of a one-time severance incentive, leading to significant savings in next year’s district budget. The monthly personnel report at Monday’s school board meeting also contained two ‘terminations? which led Trustee Tony Miller to vote against approval of the entire list. The board routinely approves new […]
Numerous witnesses contributed to the description of a man who took $7,000 from the Dixie Highway branch of TCF Bank Sunday. He was wearing a disguise, however, so the search for the suspect has been difficult. The incident occurred at about 2:20 p.m., when a man handed a teller a note saying he was armed […]
Clarkston High School Principal Jan Meagher said she could not accept the award alone. Students, administrators and community leaders joined for a Monday ceremony awarding one of 13 awards in the 2004 Michigan Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Program. Meagher recognized former principals for their work building a strong foundation at Clarkston High School, as well […]
Three high-profile local cases involving sexual conduct are making their way through the judicial system. Independence Township resident Guy Robert Lendrum was sentenced by Oakland Circuit Judge Rae Lee Chabot to 18-3/4 to 30 years in prison on March 23. Lendrum, 32, was charged last December with 12 counts of sexual assault on children ranging […]
It’s not quite a full slate, but a group calling themselves Citizens for a Progressive Springfield has recruited three candidates for the township board. They came together to file their nominating petitions last week amid a small group of family and friends, announcing their intention to challenge incumbents. Bill Sahutske, an engineer with Ford Motor […]
When he began his teaching career in 1966, Howard Webster was Clarkston High School’s only special education teacher. Now he supervises 15 special education teachers as chairman of the high school special education department, and he works directly with about 25 students in a quest to help them excel. ‘What makes special education so interesting […]
Two Clarkston High School custodians, fired by school administrators March 9, and included on an April 5 school board personnel report, claim they were fired unjustly in ‘retaliation? for their union-related activities. Steve Partlo, an 18-year-employee and custodian representative to the Clarkston Association of Support Personnel (CLASP), and Diana Webb, a five-year employee who works […]
Independence Township officials have plans for a rejuvenated ‘community garden? without the participation of the criminal justice system. The concept of a garden worked by people with ‘alternative? sentencing is not dead, however, with advocates hoping to seal a deal for use of another piece of property. The township board on Tuesday, April 6 approved […]
Springfield Township resident Thomas Dittrich, 36, received a sentence of 95 months to 15 years for his sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Oakland County Circuit Judge Deborah Tyner handed down the sentence on Friday, April 9, following a Feb. 26 guilty verdict on six counts of third degree criminal sexual assault and one charge […]
A denial from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will not deter those hoping to install an augmentation well to raise the level of Waumegah Lake. An April 1 letter from MDEQ district supervisor Mary Vanderlaan said the well, if approved, ‘would have significant adverse impacts on the natural resources associated with Waumegah Lake and […]