When the Mountaineers of Everest Collegiate High School hit the gridiron for home games this year, it’s on their own turf. This is the first year the high school has its own football program, said head coach Michael Pruchnicki. The team partnered with Waterford Our Lake of the Lakes for the high school’s first four […]
Jim Meloche of Clarkston’s soon turning 70 years old, and he wanted to celebrate with something unique. “I’ll be 70 years old on Sept. 13, Friday the 13th, 2013,” Meloche said. “That’s why I wanted to do something special.” He selected the DALMAC, Dick Allen Lansing to MACkinaw bike ride, five days of pedaling about […]
Students, teachers, and parents head into a new school year with information from Michigan Department of Education that Clarkston Community Schools ranks an ‘orange.? This is a bad rank. Only a ‘red? is worse. The state went with colors this year to make the data more ‘understandable,? they said ? from danger ‘red? to goodness […]
At full power, Jacob Burns of Independence Township launches from Whipple Lake like an armorless Iron Man, supported on jets of water from his boots. For about 30 feet ? that’s about the length of the hose connecting the 12-year-old extreme sportsman to his father’s jet ski. “It’s the next thing,” said Jason Burns, Jacob’s […]
Terry Beltr’n Miller viewed her buyout from General Motors in 2005 as an opportunity. She used it to create her own business, Vista Latinos Marketing and Communications Solutions Company. ‘My passion to help our Hispanic community inspired me to develop a company that focuses on the Latino Boom in the U.S.” Beltr’n-Miller said. ‘We believe […]
As experts consider what impact violent video games may have had in the recent shooting death of an 87-year-old Louisiana woman by an 8-year-old gamer, Jon Richey of Independence Township sees plenty of problems associated with them. Several clients of the Clarkston-base counselor are dealing with video game addiction, he said. “It’s similar to other […]
Readers of The Clarkston News’ Public Safety page know how commonly radios, laptops, jewelry, and other items are stolen from cars and SUVs in local neighborhoods. Deputies caught the culprit in at least some of these cases, about 3 a.m., Dec. 14. Responding to reports of a suspect wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt, trying to […]
American troops are still serving overseas, and Crystal Cockerham of Clarkston is working to make sure they’re taken care of. “Anything we can do to help is great,” said Cockerham, who is collecting supplies for troops in Afghanistan. “I want to do this until they come home.” Jack Jones, who is best friends with Cockerham’s […]
Springfield Plains Elementary School’s holiday parties were Thursday, Dec. 18, avoiding Friday’s snow day. Parent volunteers filled the hallways to help out with games, snacks and crafts.
Monarch butterflies need people’s help now more than ever. Debbie Jackson of Springfield Township and other conservationists can show you how. “I’m doing this to raise public awareness of their population decline,” said Jackson, Monarch Watch conservation specialist who is helping to plan the Monarch Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Shiawassee […]