Music aficionados looking to escape the loud bass beats or screeching guitars of contemporary music may want to visit Depot Park July 15 for some classic vocal harmony. Filling the Local Talent Spotlight at 6:30 p.m. is The Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Barbershop Chorus. Consisting of 58 men from the Oakland County area, the chorus performs […]
A van heading north on M-15 was struck by another vehicle heading west on Waldon and attempting a turn south onto M-15. A 20-year-old male driver was injured and treated. The vehicle turning on M-15 was cited for running a red light.
Much has changed over the last 60 years as people and places come and go, leaving some to wonder if anything stays the same. Through all the years, the Oakland County area has relied on just one thing ? Bill Pascher will be singing in the Pontiac-Waterford Big Chief Chorus. After celebrating 62 years of […]
Too often, the people who created so many of the activities communities enjoy are forgotten as age and time pass. The July 15 Concerts in the Park program will change all that with Senior Appreciation Night, an acknowledgment and message of thanks to seniors whose participation allowed the event to flourish for the past 26 […]
After a childhood of 4-H dog shows and experience with horses in the Clarkston area, Nancy Caruso was on her way to veterinary school when she noticed something that bothered her. Caruso saw animals undergoing exploratory surgeries or being put on pharmaceuticals for the rest of their lives with no thought to the causation or […]
There’s a time and place for everything. On July 22, Depot Park is the place for family fun, complete with a moment acknowledging those brave men and women serving in the military. Kevin Tee and the Firebirds bring the Concerts in the Park series to an enthusiastic close during 50’s Night. The band, founded in […]
The make-over of the section of Dixie Highway serving as the gateway into Springfield Township continues. On July 14 the Springfield Township Board approved the final site and landscaping plan for Harrington Funeral Home with the understanding a few concerns will be addressed. Those concerns include: providing a landscape buffer along the lakeshore, allowing the […]
Clarkston Cafe took more of a town hall feel June 12 as area residents gathered for breakfast with a few special guests. Attending the breakfast with Michigan Senator Mike Bishop, Michigan businessman Dick DeVos fielded questions from area residents concerned about Michigan’s current state of affairs. DeVos, a potential future opponent of Governor Jennifer Granholm, […]
Get ready for poodle skirts and muscle cars on July 22. Depot Park will look more and more like a scene from ‘Grease? minus John Travolta, of course. The last night of this year’s Concerts in the Park series has a 1950’s theme Chamber Event Planner Terri Bendes hopes brings Clarkston residents out in their […]
In an attempt to stop the seemingly endless demands of their children, generations of parents have said ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees.? Apparently, someone who did not get the message is trying to pass counterfeit twenty dollar bills in the Clarkston area. In recent weeks, many local fast food restaurants reported receiving fake money. Some […]