Saturday was a day of celebration for Clarkston Wolfpack members and supporters. It was also a day of running and walking during the group’s first 50K Celebration run at Indian Springs. Nine runners completed the 50-kilometer, 31-mile trek, roughly three circuits through the park’s walk/run trail system ? Leanne Cooper, Phil Custodio, Dave Deering, Lisa […]
Clarkston’s “Co-op Express” playground stagecoach and horse team will ride off into the sunset, unless someone rescues it. “I’d like to see it saved by someone,” said Holley Brose, president of Clarkston Co-op Preschool at Clarkston United Methodist Church. “We don’t want to see it scrapped.” The yellow coach-shaped jungle gym and its team of […]
For Jacob Traschenko Pochmara of Clarkston, a visit to the Michigan Renaissance Fair was an inspiration. ‘I saw the knights and I thought, ‘I want to do that,?? said Pochmara, 14. The Clarkston Junior High School student stuck with it, and has been studying fencing for the past eight years. He placed in the top […]
The school board was split on personnel changes at the Feb. 23 meeting. At issue was a salary increase for John Lucido, executive director of human resources, from $97,400 to $104,847.84, as well as Lori Banaszak, technology integration specialist, from $41,317.50 to $51,371. “I’m a little concerned about these positions put on here as an […]
It’s almost spring, which means it’s time to start planning the fifth annual Veterans Celebration at Independence Fest at Clintonwood Park. I’m on the planning committee for the annual Fourth of July event. The celebration is a chance to recognize veterans for their service, and see some of the memorabilia they brought back from overseas. […]
In his first few weeks in Congress, the Clarkston area’s newest U.S. representative is still getting his feet wet. But with 12 years in the state legislature, Mike Bishop, R-District 8, has things in hand. ‘Things are a lot bigger, but it’s also a lot of the same things,? said Bishop during a visit to […]
When Laura Moreau recently took a group of fourth graders across Dixie Highway at Davisburg Road, the experience was eye opening. ‘It was frightening ? no sidewalks and no crosswalks,? said Moreau, Springfield Township clerk, at the Oct. 1 Township Board meeting. ‘Traffic really flies coming from the north,? said Trustee Roger Lamont. A traffic […]
October is when otherwise respectable members of the community think up creative ways to scare their friends and neighbors, devising the creepiest costumes and innovatively sadistic sets they can possible come up with. In the Clarkston area, that includes Haunted Fountains at Fountains Golf and Banquet Center on Maybee Road, and Terror of Townsend Forest, […]
Visitors get a wild ride at Independence Township Halloween events Haunted Fountains and Terror of Townsend Forest. ‘He said we all had to get out, and we’re all sort of uh, no,? said Tracey Kudla of Clarkston, who toured Haunted Fountains in an extended golf cart, with Robyn Chopp of White Lake and Aimee Smith […]
Students and teachers are getting $1.48 million in new technology, some of it within the next few weeks as they prepare for new state testing. “The M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) begins in seven weeks,” said Angela Harrison, administrator of technology, at Monday’s school board meeting. “There’s a time crunch ? it will […]