15 years ago – 1993 ‘Pouring pennies? Clarkston High School students helped to raise money for fellow classmate Jeremy Lynch who needed a bone marrow transplant in order to help cure his leukemia. Testing can cost thousands of dollars so the school held fundraisers, raffles and class competitions. ‘Home burns? A blaze destroyed a mobile […]
We have recently completed our Summer Reading Program for children at Independence Township Library. We had more than 350 children register for the program, and over 2,700 hours of reading recorded. We were entertained by jugglers, comedians, snakes and lizards, puppets, and magicians, and on sidewalk chalk day we discovered that there are dozens of […]
Thank you to my supporters for extending your continued confidence by re-electing me as your Independence Township Trustee. My congratulations extend also to newly elected board members Charles Dunn’Trustee, Shelagh VanderVeen’Clerk, and current Trustee, Dave Wagner, as our next Supervisor. Additionally, I am gratified for the overwhelming support you provided in the renewal of our […]
In response to the Phil in the Blank column ‘Rumor mill now officially closed,? Feb. 27 edition, Larry Rosso said he did not forward emails about the Planning Commission to Neil Wallace. ‘How he got a copy, I have no idea,? Rosso said. He said he agrees commissioners made the wrong decision regarding its planning […]
Dear Editor, Easter this year is Sunday, March 23. As you may know, Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, March 20. This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our […]
Dan Burke, 25, started Jan. 23 perhaps as he started many other days? with a workout and a shower; however, what happened next turned an ordinary day into something inconceivable. Burke’s wife, Melissa, painfully remembers what she would rather forget. Four months pregnant, Melissa said she was still lying in bed. ‘Danny started complaining about […]
Independence Twp. Sat., March 1 A 26-year-old Independence Township man was cited for possession of marijuana after a patrolling deputy spotted the man weaving in his lane near Clarkston Road and Eston Road around 8:15 p.m. and pulled the man over. Two illegal immigrants’a 24-year-old man and a 19-year-old man’were taken into custody after they […]
Tuesday, August 3 Officers assisted a caregiver on Moyer St. whose charge had slipped out of a chair. 911 call for a house larceny on Oxford Rd. Suspicious vehicle seen on W. Burdick St. Transformer fire on Oxford Rd. Medical emergency on Eider Way. Medical emergency on Lakesview Blvd. Wednesday, August 4 A 21-year-old resident […]
Sixteen professional engineers kicked off A World In Motion for fourth-graders Friday at Springfield Plains Elementary. MaryAnn McCracken, Kumar Papineni, Eric Doran, Sheri Rooks, Leo Leddy, Tamera Zahner, Karen Nicklin, Kelly Leddy, Deirdre Spaulding, Darek Villeneuve, John Freiwald, Debbie Bishop, and Gunars Ejupe, all engineers with General Motors, Lee Ellen Kerr and Greg Korchnak of […]
Dear Editor: Last week a letter from township resident Rudy Lozano urged residents to speak up about what is happening in our township. I too think it is important for residents to start speaking up. In his letter Mr. Lozano chastises resident Neil Wallace for his letter opposing the Planning Commission’s decision to stop including […]