The past returns at the 11th annual Early American Living History Show this weekend at Springfield Oaks County Park. Hosted by the Chief Pontiac Trail Boy Scouts, the show will feature Michigan reenactment groups from the Civil War, Revolutionary War, and French and Indian War eras. Southeast Michigan was a key, strategic position in the […]
Budget reductions under consideration by the Clarkston Board of Education may become official at next Monday’s Workshop Meeting. The board is considering $4.2 million in cuts to the $78 million budget. Combined reductions in staff would cut about $1.4 million. These would include nine classroom teachers, eight special-education teachers and staff, and 13 support staff […]
Almost two years, two months after its first presentation to Independence Township, McLaren Health Care Village may be a week away from final government approval. An abbreviated Township Board voted unanimously to approve first reading of the $600 million project. Trustees Daniel Kelly and Charles Dunn, both lawyers with firms that work with McLaren, had […]
Dipping into savings, the Independence Township Board rescued Deer Lake Beach for the summer. Board members stayed until past midnight Feb. 20 to hammer out budget issues plaguing the township for months. In a series of discussions and votes, the board reinstated Deer Lake Beach programs, set fund-balance limits, and amended the 2007 budget. Mike […]
More than $4 million in cuts to the Clarkston Community Schools budget may not be enough. The Board of Education called on Dr. Al Roberts, Superintendent, to come up with two additional plans for more cuts, one with $500,000 more, and the other with another $500,000, for $1 million total. ‘We need to move the […]
If all goes as planned and the McLaren Health Care Village on Sashabaw Road is built, thousands of employees would go there to work. One neighborhood association wants them to avoid the commute and move here to stay. ‘We want them to move here ? this is a great place,? said Donna McDonald, sales associate […]
BY PHIL CUSTODIO Clarkston News Editor Diners will have the opportunity to sample the newly renovated Mesquite Creek restaurant and help local seniors get a new place. The Senior Center Extreme Makeover Fundraiser is set for 6-9 p.m. on March 12 at the restaurant, 7228 N. Main Street in Clarkston. It will also serve as […]
As a third-grade student, Cathy Alty won a certificate for a nature poster in her hometown in Ohio. Now, as district administrator for the Oakland Conservation District, she will be awarding them. Poster contests and other education programs in local schools are just one of Alty’s goals with the district. ‘Kids are the stewards of […]
Jill Kouri of Clarkston is planning her first overseas trip this summer. Among her choices were England, Italy and the Bahamas. She selected the African nation of Ghana. ‘I wanted to see something very different,? said Kouri, a nursing student at Michigan State University. ‘I thought it would be more life-changing than someplace I’d choose […]
As directed, Superintendent Al Roberts found more than $1 million more in cuts to the Clarkston Community Schools budget. A large percentage is from a salary freeze district wide, including his own. ‘Our teachers, administrators and other staff have worked with us in the past to curtail costs by accepting salaries that are less than […]