Phil Voorheis has always been around the swimming pool. So when Voorheis, Troop 189, Boy Scouts of America, was thinking of an idea for his Eagle project, he knew what to do. A swimmer with the Clarkston High School varsity swim team, he talked to his coach about what the swim program needed. As a […]
The chocolate business began as a hobby for Christie Kojima, owner of the Chocolate Moose in downtown Clarkston. Twelve years ago, she just had her twins, and she was not ready to go back to work as an office manager as quickly as she expected. She was looking for a Christmas gift idea that wouldn’t […]
Matthew Long’s spiritual journey has been long, with experiences with Eastern and Western religious movements including yoga, Taoism, Buddhism, mind dynamics, and metaphysics, as well as Christianity. His path has led him to Independence Township, where he founded a Peace Unity Church this past June. Long joined Peace Unity in the early 1980’s, while he […]
The comprehensive development plan written for the Sashabaw Road corridor has been shelved. The Independence Township Board voted unanimously Tuesday to table the first reading of the new Sashabaw development plan. The program, which calls for 11 infrastructure-improvement projects, was developed by the recently created Sashabaw Road Corridor Improvement Authority. It would be funded through […]
Deer Lake Beach: closed. Park activities for youth and seniors: cancelled. Seasonal jobs: forget about it. Almost every activity offered by the Independence Township Parks and Recreation Department is on the chopping block, as officials struggle to bring the township’s budget closer to balance. ‘These are hard decisions,? said Susan Hendricks, finance director, to the […]
Sunroom Tanning on Dixie Highway, which has been tanning area residents for more than 18 years, has a new owner ? Scarlett Mosher. Before purchasing the tanning salon, Mosher worked with her husband, Greg Mosher, at Comunale Fire Protection Services. Scarlett, who grew up in the Clarkston area, also worked at Big Apple Bagel. ‘That […]
I’m a commuter. This is my first job where I had to drive more than 10 minutes to get there. My 30-minute commute now isn’t too much. My wife drives about 45 minutes each way to get to work. Traffic can be strange, though. Vehicles move in packs. Others drive in formation across all three […]
Shirley, a woman who lives in Independence Township, can’t afford Christmas presents for her 10-year-old daughter this year. She had some money to spare, so she decided to try to use it to purchase an ad in the Clarkston News. It would have said something like ‘Single disabled mother needs toys from Santa for 10-year-old […]
The Independence Township Board voted down the township union employee contract in closed session Dec. 5, after approving a deficit budget. One of the main issues with township officials is the contract’s pay increases for the union members, represented by American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. ‘With the economic state we’re in now, […]
B. David Warner of Clarkston has always wanted to be a writer, and wrote as much in his high school yearbook. ‘I’m one of those few people that actually wound up doing what they said they would do,? he said. He has written for about 30 years, using about the last 10 to research and […]