Dear Editor, While Superintendent Rod Rock is certainly eloquent about the impact of budget cuts on students in the Clarkston schools (“Some ‘cheese and whine’ about school budget,” March 16), his criticism of the governor’s proposed budget, like that of so many other critics, offers no constructive solution to the state’s budget problems. And it […]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Oakland County Michigan, will hold a Public Hearing on: April 8, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. Located at the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan, 48346 to consider the following: PC #2003-034 TEXT AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE #83 SECTION 5. 03. Accessory Buildings, Subsection […]
CHARTER TOWNSHIP Of INDEPENDENCE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Oakland County Michigan, will hold a Public Hearing on: Thursday, April 8th, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. At the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan, 48346 to hear the following: PC #2004-007 Richard D. Linnell, South Oakland Dev., Petitioners rezoning […]
Dear Editor, While Superintendent Rod Rock is certainly eloquent about the impact of budget cuts on students in the Clarkston schools (“Some ‘cheese and whine’ about school budget,” March 16), his criticism of the governor’s proposed budget, like that of so many other critics, offers no constructive solution to the state’s budget problems. And it […]
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to “Big classes way back when,” Bob Klemmer’s letter to the editor in the March 16 edition of the Clarkston News. Mr. Klemmer, how dare you try to compare education in 1951 to the process of today. I am appalled to think that classrooms of that […]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Oakland County Michigan, will hold a Public Hearing on: April 22nd, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan 48346, to consider the following: FILE PC#2004-019 Mr. Steven Collin, Rison Construction, Petitioner REQUEST REZONING FROM: R-1R (Rural Residential District) […]
The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Oakland County Michigan, will hold a Public Hearing on: April 8, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. At the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, Michigan 48346, to consider the following: FILE #PC 2004-015 Jim Anderson, Huron Sign Co., Petitioner REQUEST SPECIAL LAND USE APPROVAL 2nd Wall Sign for BEST […]
Story book characters came to life at Pine Knob Elementary reading Night, March 21. Parents and teachers dressed as characters from “The Cat in the Hat,” “The Magic Tree House,” “The BFG,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “Harry Potter,” and “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief,” and read to students.
Clarkston Area Optimists Club honored elementary students at its Youth Recognition breakfast, March 17. “A big thank you to everybody here,” said Springfield Plains Elementary Principal K.C. Leh. “Nothing is better than working with great kids and great parents. That’s what this district is all about.” The Optimists honored Andersonville Elementary students Casey Quigley and […]
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Date: April 6, 2004 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Township Library 6495 Clarkston Road Clarkston Mi The Charter Township of Independence has received petitions from the record owners of more than 50% of the land within a proposed special assessment district requesting the extension and construction of public sanitary sewer improvements (the “improvements”) […]