The Michigan Victory games is Michigan’s premiere sporting competition for Individuals with various physical disabilities including muscular dystrophy, multiple schlerosis, spina bifida, and tramatic brain injuries. Independence Township’s Parks and Recreation are looking for athletes 14 and up with a primary disability to compete in the 2008 Michigan Victory Games on May 15-18 at Michigan […]
Kevin Woodham enjoys licking the frosting from his fingers while making his ginger bread house at his school Christmas party. Photo by Trevor Keiser
Three-thousand dollars, and not a penny more. That’s how much Independence Township Board says Dick Carlisle, township planner, can spend to keep things rolling for the Sashabaw Corridor Improvement Authority. Over the past year and half, Independence Township has been working with Oakland Counties Ad Hoc sub-committee to create a feasible criteria for a CIA. […]
Officer Hagberg, Clarkston Police Department, sticks a ticket on a car for parking without a permit. Police enforce ‘permit parking only? and ‘two-hour parking? rules, so watch for the signs or park at your own risk! Photo by Trevor Keiser
Carol McCloud, known as ‘the bucket lady,? has been touring elementary schools all over the state and country, teaching 50,000 kids in 200 assemblies the importance of being a ‘bucket filler,? instead of a ‘bucket dipper.? It was Springfield Plains Elementary’s turn Dec. 18. ‘Everyone has an invisible bucket of different shapes and sizes,? said […]
Beaumont has come a long way and made many improvements over the past few months, but they still have work to do. Independence Township Planning Commission tabled Beaumont’s conceptual site plan at its Dec. 20 public hearing. ‘Our job is to get the best plan on that piece of property,? said Cheryl Karrick, planning commission […]
Casual Friday usually means comfortable jeans at the workplace. For Independence Township’s assessing, building, clerk, and treasurer offices, it also means helping out people in need. Township representatives presented a $500 donation Dec. 14 to Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. ‘It’s going to feed a lot of hungry people,? said Bob McGowan, Gleaners board […]
I remember as a kid liking snow a lot more than I do now, maybe it was because a few of those snow showers led to a couple of snow days, which meant no school and sledding down dead-man’s hill. Of course I do remember a few snow days in high school as well. Snow […]
Clarkston Community Schools bus drivers and aides took turns standing out in the cold at Kroger on Sashabaw Road this past weekend for the fourth annual ‘Stuff a Bus,? collecting food and goods for Lighthouse North. ‘We have quite a lot already, the bus is pretty stuffed,? said bus driver, Tammy Bayton on Saturday. ‘We […]
When Ruth Corcoran, owner of Michael’s Catholic Gift Shop was asked by a Jesuit Brother of the Columbiere Center, to move her shop from Waterford to Columbiere, she gladly accepted. ‘I meet a lot of nice people. I love being around the community of the Jesuits, actually they are good customers,? said Corcoran. ‘I often […]