The Clarkston High School auditorium is set to ring with voices of youth and hope for a better future. On June 29 at 7 p.m., the African Children’s Choir (ACC), hosted by the Clarkston Free Methodist Church, will perform in hopes of bringing attention to the AIDS pandemic in Africa. The choir consists of approximately […]
Now is not the time to contract full-time police services from Independence Township ? unless it’s the first step in getting rid of the city government as a whole. With stagnant revenues and rising costs it’s inevitable the Clarkston government will fold down the road unless the city is deemed important enough by residents to […]
With the Fourth of July set on a Tuesday this year, many people will make celebrating Independence a four-day event ? that has Independence Township Fire Marshal Greg Olrich worried. ‘Because this year is kind of a four-day weekend, I’m real concerned we’re going to have people shooting off fireworks for all four days,? said […]
Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting attorney Greg Townsend often sees children going through the law enforcement system struggling with the loss of a parent. With that in mind, on June 24, Townsend and the other members of the Clarkston Eagles #3373 are hosting a charity event to benefit the SandCastles Grief Support Program to help people […]
Whether it’s trying to coordinate an automobile executive’s entrance on stage driving a car or recreating a vehicle crashing through a video wall from a previous marketing campaign, Independence Township resident Arsey Miller has seen all the international car show world has to offer. Miller is senior vice president in Client Services for The George […]
Discussions of educating the public about the library millage question on the August ballot in Springfield Township were held on June 20. The group, which has met three times this month, included the library board, employees, Friends of the Springfield Township Library and other interested members of the community. ‘We met to figure out how […]
For the second time in just over two weeks, an indecent exposure by an adult male towards a young girl was reported in an Independence Township store on Dixie Highway. The most recent incident occurred on June 23 at around 3 p.m. when a 7-year-old girl informed her mother that a man allegedly exposed himself […]
Police arrested a man during a concert at DTE Energy Music Theater after he allegedly struck a police officer following a dispute with venue security. The 57-year-old Highland Township man was arrested for disorderly persons, assault and battery of a police officer, and resisting and obstructing arrest around 9:30 p.m. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were […]
For racecar drivers zipping through the twists and turns at Waterford Hills race track things can change in a split second with unexpected crashes and equipment failures. During races this summer, visitors to the track, on Waterford Road in Independence Township, can raise money to fight lung cancer and honor the memory of a local […]
An Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) deputy for the Independence Township substation was injured and transported to the hospital following an accident at Sashabaw and Maybee roads. The accident occurred around 4:58 p.m. on June 22 while the 33-year-old male deputy was responding to another accident near that location. ‘The officer was responding to an […]