The Student Council from Bailey Lake Elementary launched a fundraiser to help the victims of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. They hosted a ‘Wear a hat for a $1.00? day and provided a Jelly Bean Estimation Jar during lunch. Students could make guesses for 25 cents. They also set up a table with collection canisters […]
Clarkston Optimist Club honored three Clarkston High School students in its Essay Contest with medals and gift certificates, March 30. The winners, Jacqueline Gipe, first place; Nicholas Pike, second; and Chloe Smiley, third, wrote about the importance of education in their lives and future. Gipe’s winning essay was forwarded to the district level, competing for […]
About 1,000 Future Problem Solvers from around the state filled Clarkston Junior High School for the Michigan Future Problem Solving State Bowl, March 26-27. “We have to be very creative and think outside the box,” said Phoebe Morris, Clarkston Junior High ninth grader, who competed against students in grades 10-12 with her team members, 10th […]
As a lifetime resident of Clarkston, I was beaming with pride to know that our local resident and superb performer Kid Rock had the honor to introduce the magnificent Bob Seger as an inductee into the Hall of Fame. Bob Seger is our original hometown hero. His music encompassed our young lives. His concerts at […]
For those of us interested and sincerely concerned about our retirements, it needs to start with our kids. If you save tons of money and have a generation of kids who have no respect for themselves or their parents, money won’t fix their lives. What Keith Clement and the Clarkston Athletic Boosters are doing provides […]
Ed Davis’s article, in the March 17 edition of The Clarkston News, covering the Clarkston/Waterford Kettering basketball game was very good. But, a statement on the second page states, ‘The Wolves have never gone further than the quarter-finals? is incorrect. Around 1980 the Wolves lost to Highland Park in the semi-finals at Michigan State University’s […]
BRANDON TOWNSHIP SEYMOUR LAKE CEMETERY TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION Fencing around graves at the Seymour Lake Cemetery will no longer be allowed. All fencing must be removed by May 15, 2011. All fencing not removed by that date will be removed and disposed of by the maintenance crew. Fences get tangled in the maintenance equipment; they […]
To The Citizens of Atlas Township: ATLAS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Wednesday April 20, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. regarding Parcel # 02-17-400-003, 7386 S. Gale Rd. to receive public input regarding an application for a Conditional Use for the purpose of constructing a Wireless Communication Support Facility (monopole tower) for […]
BRANDON TOWNSHIP SEYMOUR LAKE CEMETERY TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION Fencing around graves at the Seymour Lake Cemetery will no longer be allowed. All fencing must be removed by May 15, 2011. All fencing not removed by that date will be removed and disposed of by the maintenance crew. Fences get tangled in the maintenance equipment; they […]
BRANDON TOWNSHIP SEYMOUR LAKE CEMETARY ANNUAL GROUNDS CLEAN-UP Seymour Lake Cemetery will undergo spring clean-up in April 2011. Please remove any personal artifacts, artificial flowers, wreaths and holders, etc. that you wish to retain PRIOR TO APRIL 15, 2011. After April 15th, all winter remains including wreaths, grave blankets and faded floral arrangements including the […]