Singer T.J. Craven, 11, is on his way, recently winning first place at the 2007 ‘Flagstar Kids Talent Quest.? Craven of Independence Township won a $500 gift certificate to Macy’s and a $500 savings bond from Flagstar bank. Craven began singing at age 3; he enjoys singing country and Elvis. ‘I really like Elvis, but […]
Last week my co-worker Laura Colvin wrote a story about five high school minors who were caught with marijuana. I know she dealt with some opposition in writing the story and some community members didn’t feel the Clarkston News should be involved. To be honest I felt that my co-worker did a nice job in […]
McLaren Health Care has partnered with POH Medical Center, finalizing the acquisition Sept. 27. Theresa Rogers, POH representative, said since the project is in the very early stages, they are still working out details. The agreement should affect Clarkston and other satellite facilities in a very positive way, Rogers said. ‘There will be improvements and […]
The ‘wolf pack? of Clarkston High showed no mercy to the Lahser Knights as they defeated them 21-0, taking their record to 6-0. Kurt Richardson, Clarkston High School varsity football head coach, was not happy with his team’s performance despite the win, and said they need to work on ‘everything? over the next week. ‘I […]
ATD Solutions started in 2000 as a home based business with mother and daughters Sandra Siler, Jackie Kopp and Nicole Jones. Over the past seven years, the business was at two other locations before finding its current home at 6978 Dixie Highway. ‘We love it, we moved to this location and doubled our size and […]
Whether or not Independence Township Deputy Supervisor Mike Clark will be disciplined is still up in the air. Trustees want to punish Clark for disrupting a closed session, Dec. 20. A decision will not be made until Feb. 21. ‘Mr. Mike Clark is officially an employee of this township by his appointment of deputy supervisor, […]
After three days of wife Noell not being able to eat or drink anything without throwing it back up, I began to realize normal flu remedies weren’t working and took her to a doctor. He did the normal open up and say ‘ahhh,? ‘take a deep breath in, now let it out,? but then when […]
When a road worker showed up and asked if he could park trucks in the parking lot of Church of the Resurrection on Clarkston Road, church members wondered why. ‘It turns out that he was a building contractor, about to build a road widening in front of our church along that side of the road […]
It was standing room only at Election Inspector Training, Jan. 28 in Township Hall. ‘Training took about one hour and half,? said Independence Township Clerk Barbara Pallotta. ‘Some of the inspectors stayed afterward to play with equipment and become comfortable with it.? Additional training will be Feb. 15-16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ‘People can sit down […]
When disussing the dissolution of the City of the Village of Clarkston, City Councilman Richard Bisio and Mayor Joe Luginski stand for local control. ‘That, I think, is the bottom line,? Bisio said. ‘Do we want, as Clarkston residents, to control what’s going to happen to our downtown area, our historic district, or do we […]