What type of development will Springfield Township see in the years ahead, and where will it go? Will township leaders continue to protect the area’s natural resources and rural character? How will tax dollars be spent, and what services will’and won’t’be available for residents? Sixteen candidates want a shot at answering these questions, filing nominating […]
BY LAURA COLVIN Clarkston News Staff Writer Ramon Pineda climbed into the witness box last week, raised his right hand and promised to tell the truth. Speaking through a translator, Pineda told jurors he knew he’d run his Camaro into Vincent D’Anna’s motorcycle on Sashabaw Road Aug. 26, and he knew the bike and rider […]
The man accused of snatching purses from unsuspecting Kroger shoppers’including a 92-year-old woman’told police he needed the money after he was fired from his fast-food job. Independence Township resident Damian Jonas Buitkus, 24, was arraigned May 7 in 52-2 District Court on three counts of larceny from a person. Buitkus allegedly confessed to the deeds […]
The words leered from the pages of my notebook as I returned from court and sat down to write the story. I can’t put this in the newspaper, I thought. We just don’t write like this. The click of my keyboard fell silent. I wondered what to do. Can I not put this in the […]
The man convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the death of Vincent D’Anna didn’t actually own the Camaro that rear-ended D’Anna and trapped him underneath while the driver revved the engine on Sashabaw Road Aug. 26. Legally, the car belonged to Ramon Pineda’s wife. Dawn Pineda, 38, served a 93-day sentence in Oakland County’s Work […]
Breeders from 75 alpaca farms arrived at Springfield Oaks last week to showcase nearly 200 alpacas during the Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show and Fiber Fair. Demonstrations included shearing, spinning, weaving, felting and alpaca sock-making. The show also included a parade, halter show and performance event. Alpacas are cousin to, but about half the size of […]
The bulky package’wrapped in brown paper and wound with orange ‘evidence? tape’sat behind the prosecution table most of the morning Monday as testimony began in Oakland County Circuit Court. But when prosecutors lifted a scraped and dirty, yet distinctive motorcycle helmet from inside, a flood of emotion washed through the courtroom. Off-duty Flint police officer […]
After nearly 18 months of research, analysis, and planning, three University of Michigan graduate students delighted onlookers who came to watch the trio unveil the newly-developed master plan for Clarkston’s Depot Park. The students, all Master’s of Landscape Architecture candidates at the UM School of Natural Resources and Environment, were recruited by the Clarkston Watershed […]
Hundreds of supporters hit a home run for SCAMP when they showed up at Sunday’s annual Walk and Roll event in downtown Clarkston. The event raises money to help support SCAMP, a non-profit six-week summer day camp for children and young adults with special needs. This year, Paws’the fun-loving, jersey-wearing Detroit Tigers mascot’stopped by to […]
A jury of eight women and four men took less than three hours Friday to find Ramon Felix Pineda guilty of second-degree murder in the Aug. 26 death of off-duty Flint police officer Vincent D’Anna. Sentencing was scheduled for June 4’Pineda, 26, an illegal Mexican immigrant, faces a term of anywhere from 15 years to […]