On Monday, May 24, Brandon High School students are invited to attend the first meeting of prospective swim participants for the 2004-05 school year. The meeting will take place at the BHS Performing Arts Center beginning promptly at 6 p.m. Details: 248-627-1827.
Candice Ide and Brenden Fahy are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Together with family and friends, they plan to share their special day on June 25, 2005. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Sandra and Donald Ide of Beverly Hills. She is a graduate of Oakland University and is employed with BBDO […]
Dear Editor, It’s ironic that Independence Township Trustee Dan Kelly, who is now a candidate for the 44th district’s state representative, would claim in his recent letter in your paper that if elected he would push for a part-time legislature with reduced salaries and benefits for legislators to save taxpayers money. Unfortunately, Independence Township taxpayers […]
Dear Editor, Tuesday, Nov. 6, is Election Day. In the City of the Village of Clarkston there are no issues on the ballot and all three candidates for office are running unopposed. The city council recently approved the only nominee for the council position vacated by former council member Bill Rausch. This means that a […]
Dear Editor, Clarkston City Manager Art Pappas has written a letter to the City Council indicating that he will retire within the next 12 months, after around 50 years of service to the City. He will be sorely missed! It has been my distinct honor and privilege to have known Art for nearly 40 of […]
15 years ago – 1992 ‘Bush takes township, city? Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential election, but George H.W. Bush won Clarkston, and Independence and Springfield townships. Local congressional candidate Megan O’Neill also overwhelmingly received the Independence Township vote, but was defeated overall by Dale Kildee. ?76 percent turn out in Clarkston? Out of about […]
Independence Twp. Sun., Oct 14 A 21-year-old Independence Township woman called police to report several credit cards and $200 in cash was missing from her apartment after she and a friend invited three men they just met to her home after the bar they were at closed for the night. Thurs., Oct 18 The mother […]
Ortonville Department of Public Works employees Dan Hickman, Kevin Booms, and Shane Eliassen repair a sidewalk section at Mill and Ball streets after heavy downpours washed out a section underneath the walkway. The repairs are expected to take about three days. Several inches of rain fell during the week across much of Oakland County. Photo […]
Liberty Dynamite Cheer Team from the Stars and Stripes Gymnastics Academy of Clarkston needs help. The cheer team hosts a fundraiser 4-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at Pete’s Coney Island, 6160 Dixie Highway. The cheer team will be in uniform while they bus tables, seat customers, and assist the wait staff. Tips will benefit the […]
Kim Banycky of Lapeer and Steve Roberts of White Lake announce the engagement of their daughter Cortney Elizabeth Roberts to Troy Douglas Smith. The bride elect is a 2000 graduate of Clarkston High School, and 2004 graduate of Michigan State University. She is a first-grade teacher in Grand Ledge. The future groom, son of Doug […]