With two Saturdays remaining for the Clarkston Farmers? Market, the organizers are already looking ahead to next year while vendors jockey to be part of the event. ‘We have people calling to sell for next year,? said co-founder Anissa Howard. ‘There’s a list of close to 40 (vendors) for next year. I get a call […]
Overall Female Winners: 1. Andrea Butler, 12, Clarkston, 26:32. Women 12 and under: 1. Kelley Fitzpatrick, 9, Clarkston, 31:46; 2. Rosemary Magidsohn, 12, Clarkston, 44:01. Women 13 to 18: 1. Amber Fullmer, 13, Clarkston, 28:28; 2. Annie Castillo, 13, Clarkston, 29:08; 3. Bailee Braunreuther, 13, Clarkston, 29:11. Women 25 to 29: 1. Amanda Yarber, 25, […]
The gloomy fall clouds have tempered the sun as I drive to Ottawa Park Cemetery on Maybee Road eager to meet Bill Walker of White Lake, a 79-year-old man who in the past 17 months has missed visiting his deceased wife’s grave only once. As I drive up to the cemetery, I see Bill right […]
Eyebrows usually raise skeptically when comparing a small community like Clarkston with Washington, D.C. Elly Spinweber, of Reingold Inc., works in Washington D.C. and has experienced those parallels. Before launching her career in public relations, she traipsed around Independence Township covering meetings and other community events as a Clarkston News intern in the summer of […]
A couple of weeks ago I attended a presentation by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton who spoke on the horrors of war and his advocation of nonviolence at St. Daniel Catholic Church. Gumbleton’s presentation was pretty good. His discussion of the changing nature of warfare and the effect of war on all parties has unbridled relevancy. His […]
After a hard fought first half at CHS Friday, one could anticipate a battle for the final two quarters. Instead, the ball landed in the arms of senior Kyle Cummings whose 79-yard touchdown return made the score 21-6 and opened up a second half of domination culminating in a 35-6 win for the Wolves. Clarkston’s […]
Green dragons need just the right pumpkin. Joey McGowen, 15 months, searches through the pumpkin patch at the Harvest Celebration held by the Davisburg United Methodist Church.
A 25-year-old Clarkston man was arraigned in 52 District Court on Oct. 19 on felony charges after allegedly shooting his friend in the abdomen the day before. Dominic Demetrius French faces up to nine years in prison on charges of felonious assault, reckless discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm and two […]
In front of mostly empty chairs, three of the four candidates for seats on the Clarkston City Council answered questions from a small audience on Oct. 24 at the Carriage House in Clintonwood Park. Hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Oakland Area, the candidates? night was meant to help residents understand candidate […]
Ben Soltisz II, 16, of Independence Township, spent Oct. 22 reversing the damage done to land off Forest Valley Road by removing trails created by all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s). Completing the project serves Soltisz’s Eagle Scout project necessary in becoming an Eagle Scout and helps restore the land which is currently a North Oakland Headwaters Land […]