The Michigan-Michigan State rivalry can divide families, friends and now local business owners. For the ninth consecutive year, Don Brose of Brose Electric and Gary Metzger of The Print Shop had some good natured fun at a tailgate party the Friday before the big game. Brose, Metzger and a lot of their friends got together […]
CBS gave in to public pressure last week and decided not to air a four hour miniseries on former President Ronald Reagan. It was a strike against freedom of speech and quite a disappointment. Conservatives had been flooding the air waves for the past few weeks screaming the series was in poor taste and should […]
The 17th Clarkston Community Expo was the ‘best expo ever,? according to Chamber Executive Director Penny Shanks. ‘I had several people who come every year tell me this one was the best,? Shanks said. The expo showcased 117 exhibitors which was significantly higher than the 91 from last year. Shanks stated they lost count on […]
Not everybody is looking forward to the upcoming holiday season and Kathy Garwood wants to help those people. Counselor Garwood, from Garwood and Associates, is offering a ‘Help for the Holiday? program to help individuals cope with recent losses during this holiday season. ‘This is the third year we have done this through the clinic […]
Clarkston residents are being asked to eat out to benefit the Renee Przybylski Spraypark Foundation. The foundation solicited the help of local restaurants in their cause. Many restaurants agreed to participate in Eat Out Clarkston and will donate 10 percent of their sales for the entire day to the Clintonwood Spraypark. ‘We really got a […]
The community service garden on the old McCord farm has been shut down and that is a shame. The program, which was only a year old, was implemented by 52nd District Court Judges Dana Fortinberry and Michael Batchik. The garden allowed nonviolent and first time offenders to serve their debt to society by working in […]
With the holidays right around the corner, the Clarkston Lighthouse is once again counting on the community to come through with donations. This year, for Thanksgiving, the Lighthouse will be providing dinner for 345 families and 125 seniors. Each will receive a box with everything needed to make a holiday dinner so they can prepare […]
The Clarkston Community Band is playing good music and having a great time doing it. The group, which started in 1996, is now up to 45 members. Originally it was a 25 member band. The members simply enjoy to play. That is the case with both Fred Sarmiento and Philip Satterthwaite. Both have been members […]
Welcome to the obligatory farewell column by your friendly, local editor. I debated whether to write this or not because a good-bye column seems so cliche. I wondered who would really care about me moving on in my career. (Save for Dale Stuart who if he heard the news would probably be up here at […]
The Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce promised a bigger and better ‘Taste of Clarkston? this year and they delivered. Approximately 10,000 people attended the seventh annual event on Sunday, Sept. 26. For the first time ‘Taste? was held on Sunday afternoon instead of Saturday night. ‘We are very pleased with how the event went,? Chamber […]