Candidates for Clarkston Board of Education have two weeks to register. Nominating petitions and affidavits of identity are available at the Independence Township Clerk’s Office, 900 N. Main St., 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Forms are also available at the Oakland County Clerk’s Office, 1200 North Telegraph, Pontiac. Candidates must be qualified, registered voters of the […]
Art Pappas will hang up his hat June 30 ? his Clarkston city manager and clerk’s hat, anyway. Pappas, who has long served as the hub of operations within the half-square mile city, announced his retirement late last year. Monday, he told the city council he would stay on as treasurer ‘for a while? while […]
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES BRANDON TOWNSHIP 395 MILL STREET ORTONVILLE, MI 48462 TELEPHONE: (248) 627-2851 PURPOSE Brandon Township is soliciting proposals from experienced human resource consultants to provide a wide range of human resource services. The information contained in this Request for Proposal (RFP) is provided to supply responders with background information […]
NOTICE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Charter Township of Springfield will hold a meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Springfield Township Civic Center, 12000 Davisburg Rd., Davisburg, Michigan for the following purpose: PUBLIC COMMENT: APPROVAL […]
With OSMTech, IB, AP, Young 5s, and an array of other acronym programs, you might need a decoder ring to know what Clarkston Community Schools offer. They’re all programs offered for students outside traditional, K-12 instruction. ‘We have an obligation to offer programs that meet students? needs ? take advantage of their strengths,? said Dr. […]
Rob Bondy says walk-in business at his downtown Clarkston office decreased more than 60 percent when city officials told him to take his sign down. He’s not alone. Last June, every business in the city received a letter stating that sandwich board signs were an ordinance violation and had to be removed from public right-of-ways. […]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF CLARKSTON PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSED SPECIAL LAND USE REQUEST AND SITE PLAN REVIEW AT 90 NORTH MAIN 7:00 PM, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF CLARKSTON ARTEMUS M. PAPPAS VILLAGE HALL 375 DEPOT, CLARKSTON, MI 48346 A public hearing will be held by the […]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Charter Township of Orion Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:05 p.m. in the lower level of the Orion Township Hall, 2525 Joslyn Road, Lake Orion, Michigan 48360, on the following matter: PC-2011-18, Text Amendment to Zoning Ordinance No. 78, Article XXX, Section […]
Professional athletes with Michigan Storm wheelchair rugby team demonstrated their skills Friday for Clarkston Elementary. They were part of Disability Awareness Day, a series of speakers, demonstrations, and activities to educate students about obstacles in life and how people overcome them, said Kristy Ottman, chair of the event. “We showed students things people use to […]
In the news lately have been efforts at the state level to fight global warming. Impatient with Bush and the federal government, states are forming coalitions to cut energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. Michigan is right in there among them. Apparently, we use too much coal and release too much CO2. Hopefully, state leaders […]