15 years ago – 1998 ‘Group seeks change in custody law? Perry Russo, an Oakland County membership chair of Parents for Children, a family support group, had personal experience with the way Michigan handled child custody. Russo and the group was working on a way to revolutionalize child custody starting with requiring judges to start […]
Time seems to go by quicker now-a-days, have you noticed? Just a few months ago we were prepping and getting the Winter Sports Section ready to hit the printer and now we are in playoffs. Wrestling has already gone a few rounds in playoffs, winning a district championship and sending three, Chris Calvano, Adam Myers, […]
When two local business owners decided to revive a forgotten program and help send young women to college, they didn’t anticipate their biggest problem would be money. Until recently, Michigan’s only local Junior Miss programs were taking place in Houghton Lake, Inkster, Plymouth-Canton and Wayne-Westland. But Debbie Wertz and Kathy Chojnowski, both of Clarkston, set […]
Dear Editor, There was a rumor going around Clarkston I was leaving the area. Well, that rumor has come true. My wife and I have decided to move up north to our lakefront home in St. Helen, approximately 150 miles north of Clarkston. We have had this home for more than 30 years and only […]
Dear Editor, How fortunate you are to be having a Neiman’s Family Market coming to your city. After retiring from Clarkston Community Schools, my husband and I returned to our hometown. We now live near Alpena, Mich. We do not have a Kroger or Meijer’s store up here in God’s Country. We do, however, have […]
Learning about World War II history, ninth-graders at Clarkston Junior High School heard from men who fought it, Feb. 6 at the junior high. “Combat was awful ? I’m glad to tell you how terrible war is,” said Mike Keith, who was a radio operator with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater of the […]
Cedar Lodge No. 60 of Clarkston officers for 2013 include, first row from left, Ken Stone, Paul Plunkett, Coy Hall, Doug Cundiff, and Tom A. Braun; second row from left, Mike Sorrentino, Billy McCain Sr., Sean Miller, Erik Wheatley, Dave Hunt, and Tim Drinkard, and third row, from left, Tom King, Billy McCain Jr., Tom […]
This Feb. 22 we mark a date of embarrassment in American government. On this date in 1902 two esteemed members of the United States senate got into a fistfight in the floor of the senate over bias expressed on the Philippine tariff bill. The Philippine Tariff Bill? Really? A schoolyard fistfight about? the Philippines? How […]
Spikers defeated Birmingham Lasher 3-2 on Tuesday night, (25-22, 25-17, 26-28, 23-25, 15-12). The girls will be back on the court next Thursday as they travel to Rochester Adams. * * * Runners from both the boys and girls cross country teams took third place at the second OAA Jamboree on Tuesday. * * * […]
Oh deer On Sept. 16, at about 9:30 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to a car/deer crash on W. Seymour Lake Road. The injured deer was euthanized. Regifted On Sept. 17, a woman filed a complaint at the Brandon substation after her purse was taken from her unlocked vehicle. Her wallet was found near Seymour […]