That’s entertainment!
Dozens of students and teachers performed 48 dances, songs, gymnastic routines, and other performances at the 10th annual Independence Elementary Variety Show, April 23.
Pink slips for seven Clarkston teachers
At this time last year, 40 Clarkston teachers were laid off in anticipation of budget cuts. The year before, 46 pink slips went out. This year: seven. “We’ve been able to get a better handle on things this year ? we’ve tightened down quite a bit in the last few years,” said Superintendent Dr. Al […]
Remember Mr. Keegan at Race
Runners and walkers can Race for the Kids, in memory of Clarkston teacher Chuck Keegan, this weekend at Clarkston Junior High School. Mike Greve, history teacher at the junior high, organized the 5K run and 3K walk, May 2. Proceeds will fund Clarkston Foundation scholarships for local students. Greve worked and coached with Keegan, who […]
Teen grief group to meet, May 2, 9
When considering a bereavement support group, most teens think of a circle with everyone spilling their guts, said Alicia Brown, grief counselor with Coats Funeral Home. That’s not what she and Lou Thorsby , grief specialist, have in mind for their Bridges Bereavement Program for teenagers 13-18 years old, May 2 and 9 at North […]
Band web biz takes off
Brennan Haase, chief marketing officer for MyBandStock.com, understands problems faced by bands trying to break into the music scene. The 2006 Clarkston High School graduate faces them himself, as guitarist for local band 11 Letters Long. “In high school, lots of bands are trying to start, but run into the same issues, you can’t record […]
Top speakers
Kyle Martens and Alexander Gavulic will represent Clarkston in the Optimists Oratorical Regionals Contest, May 3. The Clarkston High School students were honored along with other top boys and girls finishers in the speech contest at the April 2 Clarkston Optimists meeting. This year’s topic was “My Passions Impact the World….”
Teens fast to fight hunger
Depite sleeping outside in cardboard boxes with no food for 30 hours, local teens still found it hard to imagine life on the street. “We have sleeping bags and things they don’t have,” said Melanie Bale, Transformed Teen Ministries member at Oakland Woods Baptist Church on Maybee Road. But the experience still illustrated problems they […]
Salute to Jim Sherman Sr.
Friends and family from throughout north Oakland County gathered, April 12, at Boulder Pointe in Oxford to honor an icon in local news, Jim Sherman Sr., founder of Sherman Publications and retired publisher of The Clarkston News….
New show to feature local sparkle
When Clarkstonites talk about what they love to do, their eyes sparkle. That’s the spark Karey Bessett and Alan Partington want for the new Clarkston Spark show, joining Clarkston TV online, April 9….
Phil in the Blank A column by Phil Custodio
With warmer weather finally here, I decided it was time to shed the liner in my coat. I bought my new-for-me jacket during the dead of winter at Clarkston’s Salvation Army on Sashabaw Road. Over the past year, I’ve gone to that store many, many times to replace every article of clothing I have, as […]