How difficult life can be! Think of all the things put on our plate on a regular basis. First, there is the full schedule, then having to work overtime to complicate matters even more. There are the sports schedules or the recreation times, making sure we get to the Club and spend time with our […]
Enroute to his art exhibition at Royal Oak’s Ariana Gallery, up-and-coming impressionistic painter Juan Carlos Zeballos Moscairo made sure to stop by the Clarkston area. That’s where his godfather, retired Jesuit priest Ben Morin, lives. ‘Father Ben is, with my mother, the most important person in my life,? Zeballos said. Morin, serving as a missionary […]
Katelyn Garvin, 7, visited with the Easter Bunny last week at Egg Mania, a family event hosted by Independence Township Parks and Recreation. Photo by Laura Colvin
Mary Keck joins The Clarkston News as the newest addition to its reporting staff. She moves to Oakland County with her husband, Lance Farrell, from the southernmost tip of Indiana this past week. “I’ve noticed that while the temperature is a bit cooler, the warmth of Michiganders is in abundance,” Mary Keck said. “Before saying […]
Father Chris Maus was recently installed as the new pastor of St. Daniel Catholic Community in Clarkston. He moved to the Clarkston area from southwest Detroit, where he has lived the past six years while serving as pastor of St. Hedwig. Although he misses his previous home in Detroit, Maus says he is really beginning […]
The story ‘Explosive year for cheer team,? March 19 edition, should not have stated the team won all their competitions. In the story ‘Township takes over historic cemetery,? March 19, photos should have been credited to the Clarkston Community Historical Society, for the Old Sashabaw Presbyterian church, and Lydia Strnad, for cemetery photos.
There is only one appropriate word for Judge Dana Fortinberry’s ill-timed, vicious attack on Kelley Kostin, who is running for the second judgeship in district court 52-2 in Independence Township come November 2: Outrageous. In her hateful, single-spaced, 5-page letter to Dave Curtis, vice-president of the Oakland County Sheriffs? Association, Fortinberry demonstrated that her emotions […]
Cagers are champions after their Michigan Recreation Parks Association state tournament. The Independence Township Parks and Recreation had one of their men’s basketball teams win in Midland the end of March. They won by 15 points during their first game and 20 points in their second game. During the last game they won by 20 […]
The Oakland County Historical Commission presents The History of the Railroad in Oakland County, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday, April 14, Springfield Oaks County Park’s Activities Center, 12451 Andersonville Road. Activities include workshops on the Interurban Rail System and lighthouses along the railroads and a tour of the Ellis Barn.? Admission is free. For more information, […]
Voters not yet registered for May 6’s Board of Education election have until Monday, April 7, to sign up. Clarkston votes register at city hall, 375 Depot Road, 248-625-1559. Independence Township voters, register at Township Hall, 90 N. Main St., 248-625-5111. Springfield Township, register at Township Offices, 12000 Davisburg Road, 248-846-6510. Five candidates are running […]