Carl Knaus, founder of the Saving America Tea Party in Clarkston, is back and ready to finish the job he and other activists started last November. ‘We had 11 tea parties last year that were very effective,? Knaus said. ‘But now we’ve found a new way that can reach a lot more people.? Knaus has […]
For 50 worshippers chosen at random to receive a new $100 bill, Sunday must have seemed their lucky day. It was, but for someone else. Pastor Greg Henneman of Clarkston Community Church handed out $5,000 in $100 bills to 50 members of his congregation. With the money comes an assignment, however, to help someone in […]
At 10-years-old, Matt Duncan sang for the first time in front of crowd at his grandmother’s wedding. He sang a song by Christian Artist Steven Curtis Chapman which he dedicated to his grandmother and made her cry. It wasn’t until years later as a senior in High School at Lutheran High North West that Matt […]
After hearing a local city resident was struck by a car in the cross walk at M-15 and Clarkston Road, City Manager Dennis Ritter called City Engineer Gary Tressel. ‘He’s already made contact with M-DOT (Michigan Department of Transportation) and the (Oakland County) Road Commission to coordinate a meeting date within the next couple of […]
Clarkston expects $28,356 added to its $150,000 general fund’s fund balance after amendments to its 2011 fiscal year budget. The increase is $5,311 more than last year’s amended budget increase of $23,045. ‘That’s ($28,356) going to change once the month end has occurred and the auditors come in start moving things around as they usually […]
In the wake of Supervisor Dave Wagner’s disability leave, Deputy Supervisor Rick Yeager was granted an extra two-and-a-half hours a week. ‘When the deputy supervisor’s contract was renewed by the board, it was renewed for 20 hours each week. Since that renewal, the township supervisor has been placed on disability leave due to a serious […]
For a person in cardiac arrest, each minute means 7-10 percent less chance of revival. When Alice Keller of Birmingham suffered a heart attack, help came within seconds. Independence Township Fire Department awarded residents Kim Arcobello, Judy Hoddinott, Greg Poulin, Loriann Dickerson, and Becky Laney for their life-saving response at a Feb. 26 ceremony. Keller […]
Elizabeth Hawthorne, Miss Michigan Teen USA, met with Congressman Mike Rogers, representative of the 8th district to talk with him about her platform of Osteoporosis. ‘I told him about my story and why I started to get involved in the National Osteoporosis Foundation,? said Hawthorne, Independence Township resident and junior at Clarkston High School. ‘He […]
Whether it was the sound of kids screaming for candy along the parade route, or the long line of tractors, motorcycles, fire trucks and various floats traveling down Main Street, the “almost didn’t happen” July 4 parade proved to be a success.
After becoming Miss Michigan Teen USA in 2008 and Miss Oakland County in 2010, Elizabeth Hawthorne took the stage once again on June 18, hoping to be crowned Miss Michigan 2011. She walked away with a smile as third runner up (fourth place). ‘I can honestly say to this date it was one of my […]