On Friday afternoon, separate juries found Joseph Wells Stapleton and Lance Allen Schmitt, both 21, guilty of the second degree murder of Lapeer resident Peter Richard. The Clarkston men were charged after Richard, 44, died from a pulmonary embolism prosecutors linked to a 2002 beating by the defendants outside the Sashabaw Road McDonald’s. Last week, […]
11 Letters Long of Clarkston will open the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce’s Concerts in the Park series Friday. The band, composed of all Clarkston High School students, performs in the Local Talent Spotlight before the headliners take the stage. Band members include: Jon Brown, drums; Brandon Boozer, rhythm guitar and vocals; Greg Davis, keyboards; […]
The Michigan Supreme Court appointed Judge Robert A. Benson as master to Formal Complaint No. 78 filed against 52-2 District Court Judge Dana Fortinberry. Benson is a retired judge from Kent County Circuit Court. This action by the Michigan Supreme Court is the latest step in the formal proceedings against Fortinberry. As master, Benson will […]
Recently, a game show host asked a contestant how she’d spend her prize money. Her response: ‘Get some plastic surgery.? This isn’t a rant on cosmetic surgery, but a scarier observation. Decades of technological know-how and good old American ingenuity have left us flawed. Not flawed in a physical sense, God knows we can fix […]
During the Springfield Township Board Meeting June 9, changes were made to the Springfield Township Fire Department application process allowing officials to hire people who have committed felonies. As Fire Chief Charles Oaks noted, the application was not updated in years, and the paper application and hiring process needed to be realigned. An application for […]
As part of an agreement approved June 9, Springfield Township trustees approved a plan to pay 12.5 percent of the cost of a new traffic signal at the Andersonville and White Lake Road intersection. The agreement is contingent on the Road Commission for Oakland County paying 75 percent of the total cost and developers paying […]
With more development and subdivisions in the Clarkston area, Denise Sprock noticed an increased amount of traffic through her neighborhood. She is particularly concerned with the traffic going by bus stops in the neighborhood.. Sprock is not alone. Many once quiet neighborhoods now deal with frustrations from increased traffic. ‘We have people cutting through our […]
Nearly three years after signing the paperwork to bring a tanning salon to Clarkston, District Manager Nadia Lossia is ready and Island Sun Tanning is open. Island Sun Tanning is one of eight tanning salons managed by Lossia in the Metro-Detroit area. Lossia discussed the aspects of Clarkston that made the three year wait worthwhile. […]
Some things do not change much from one year to another. This could be said about Clarkston’s 2006 budget. On June 13, city council members discussed a proposed budget of $771,025 in expenditures, up $43,945 from 2005. In revenue, the 2006 proposal alots for $779,900, also up about $21,228. However, Clarkston Clerk Art Pappas cautions […]
Several of the pictures are filled with blank stares. The Haitian children don’t smile for the camera in some cases. Why would they? Many of them have no idea about the flashing gray box the missionaries hold up to their eyes and point at them. Father Don Duford and Church of the Resurrection parishioners returned […]