Canadian National Railway Company finished resurfacing the railroad crossing between Big Lake Road and Andersonville Road in Springfield Township on Aug. 4. The company had the crossing closed for five days to make the repairs. ‘We were not happy with the condition of the crossing,? Road Commission for Oakland County Public Information Officer Craig Bryson […]
Springfield Township residents might be seeing more development along the Dixie Highway corridor by fall 2007, if a Southfield development firm has its way. A standing room only crowd, estimated at more than 200 by Township Clerk Nancy Strole, saw plans to turn the property currently owned by Dixie Baptist Church at the northwest corner […]
Clarkston area residents have another reason to stay in town Labor Day weekend. The 66th annual Clarkston Rotary sponsored Labor Day parade. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson will be the grand marshal of the event, set to kick off at 10 a.m. Parade Chair Judy Livingston said those planning on participating in the event […]
A local program looking to stop drunk driving passed through a second set of graduates on Aug. 22 at a commencement ceremony at the Independence Township Library. 52-2 District Court’s Sobriety Court, a state granted program to rehabilitate repeat drunk drivers, celebrated the completion of the 18-month program. ‘If you get the (alcohol) addiction under […]
The 2006 November 7 election is far different from that of the Clarkston city council in 2004 when five people ran for three seats. This time, the city council has three seats open with one person running for re-election, and Councilman Scott Meyland not seeking to run. Councilwoman Kristy Ottman and Mayor Sharon Catallo are […]
Joe Rutkoski of Independence Township has seen many animals from his home in Independence Township, but he probably never expected to help corral a young sandhill crane back from the road on Tappon Drive. Rutkoski and a neighbor rescued the bird from their road and herded the crane back to the nearby beach. ‘I saw […]
If football isn’t your game, then there is a new sport hitting Clarkston at the end of the summer. Geocaching ? the end of the word pronounced like cash- has been at various Oakland County parks and is stopped in Depot Park. The game is a sort of high-tech search for a prize at the […]
For the first time in his near 20 year residency in the area, Oakland County Commissioner L. Brooks Patterson will be the grand marshal for the 66th annual Clarkston Rotary sponsored Labor Day parade on Sept. 4. Patterson said he has been to many of the parades during his time in the community. ‘I know […]
It may not be a crime wave, but several break-ins at small businesses in the Clarkston area was cause for concern for at least two store owners. Heidi Graunstadt, owner of the LA Caf? at 5815 Dixie Highway, was driven to action following a Sept. 2 break-in at her location. The perpetrator(s) used cement slabs, […]
In the early morning hours of Sept. 20, a fatal car wreck along Bridge Lake Road in Springfield Township claimed two lives. The crash happened shortly after 1 a.m. Killed were the driver, Katie Beauchamp, 25, of Clarkston, and her passenger, 28-year-old Juliette McCarty of Springfield. The duo were reportedly fleeing from sheriff’s deputies, who […]