In a country of seven million people, where quality medical care is scarce and often unaffordable, one Clarkston resident has dedicated herself to doing what she can to make a difference. Every February for the past nine years, Maureen Tippen has travelled to the Dominican Republic for a week, as part of the Midwest Medical […]
“Let’s have a garage sale,” my brother said to me this past weekend. Like most college students, Dan wanted some extra cash. Not to mention rid his bedroom of some needless clutter. (Though, believe me, in his room, it’s not gonna make a dent.) Seeing as I, too, could use some extra money, with a […]
Robertson Brothers Community Builders has been “specializing in high-quality residential housing since 1945.” With detached, attached and stacked condominiums as well as single-family homes in suburbs such as Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Troy, Royal Oak, Oakland Township, Northville, Ann Arbor, Lake Orion , Canton and Detroit, the company is now coming to Clarkston. The Links of […]
Just two weeks after an official dedication ceremony where local district judges, law enforcement officers and politicians praised the new community service garden, its neighbors are speaking out with concerns. In fact, they want to “squash the project,” resident Tim Smith said. He and Pine Knob Road neighbors don’t feel safe with people convicted of […]
During the day, they’re bus drivers for the Clarkston Community School district. By night, they’re star athletes for Independence Township Parks and Recreation’s inaugural adult kickball season. It was school bus driver Renee Stiff who saw a flyer about the sport, and began to turn colleagues into teammates. “We all wanted a little exercise and […]
It’s all about community for Dr. James O’Neill. He learned that growing up with the American Indians in Williston, North Dakota, 13 miles from where Sitting Bull surrendered. “One thing I will never forget is where I came from. I think people who forget where they came from have no roots. And that’s unfortunate. That […]
Bill Kunse is tired of stepping into his backyard and hearing gun shots fired nearby. The Independence Township resident, who has lived on Reese Road for 13 years and in the township since 1967, wants what he feels are outdated gun laws in our state reviewed. “It’s kind of disconcerting to be walking out and […]
They remember a time when they could take their families out on the boat, go swimming or fishing. But that time is no more. Lake Waldon Village residents, living on Gulick Lake, are saddened that the water has near dried up, and they want something done about it. “It’s gone. There’s no more lake. We […]
Jodi Yeloushan simply hopes to make a difference in the lives of the students she works with daily. Now Dean of Students at Clarkston High School, Yeloushan, prior to entering education, had a very different route planned for her life. Growing up in Ohio as the daughter of an avid sports fan who held Cleveland […]
When most students were enjoying a summer off from school, 26 Clarkston High School journalism students went back into the classroom to better their skills. With no requirement to do so, the students attended their choice of three publication workshops at Michigan State University and Oakland University to practice journalistic writing, desktop publishing, photography, graphic […]