Beets, Beats, and Eats is going to the dogs. From 6-9 p.m., Aug. 12, BB&E will feature the second annual ‘Pet Night? at Crossman Park and there should be plenty to bark about. The event has become a real tail wagger amongst area residents with almost 40 dogs in attendance last summer. All breeds are […]
At about 3 a.m., July 29, Brandon fire fighters responded to Wildwood Loop at Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home community after a report of a structure fire. When firefighters arrived smoke was coming from the back of the house, said Captain Jerry Wivo. ‘Two residents who were home at the time reported hearing a loud bang,? […]
Dear Editor, Absurd! The Independence Township Planning Commission has voted to direct our professional planning consultant to end a 25 year practice of giving them his recommendation on new developments under review. Providing our community with these recommendations is exactly what we pay him to do. The planning commissioners do not have to agree with […]
Dear Editor, How fortunate I am to live in such a lovely small town as Clarkston. Where else in this area can a person go outside after a heavy snowfall and go anywhere, if s/he can get out of their driveway; the city streets are cleared and salted, sometimes before the county and state roads […]
On Aug. 1, at 12:29 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to the Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Park office in the 4200 block of Dogwood for a found child. A woman found a 4-year-old boy riding his bicycle at the intersection of Wildwood Loop and Fir Street who was very upset and calling out for his […]
Brandon Twp.- For the past few years, the school liaison officer position has been on the budget chopping block. Last year, school board members even brought the axe down and went without the liaison for the first part of the school year. Not this year. Elimination of the position was never brought up during budget […]
Dear Editor, After many weeks and months of reflection and deliberation I have decided that I will not run for re-election as Springfield Township Supervisor. At the end of this term in late November I will have been allowed to serve my community as supervisor for two weeks short of 32 years. It is unusual […]
Dear Editor, I am writing to let you know of a great medical supply company available in your lovely town. I am on oxygen and was in the area for an appointment on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. I had to change tanks and in doing so lost the gasket needed for the oxygen to get […]
Coffee hour At 9 a.m., Aug.26, The Citizen, 12 South St., will host a coffee hour. The public is invited to attend and enjoy treats and conversation. Donations for OCEF will be accepted. Details: 248-627-4332. Facebook The Citizen is on Facebook. Follow our page by clicking The Citizen newspaper. Please feel free to post comments, […]
Groveland Twp.- Ron Stead has spent the last 24 years underground. During the 1970s, Stead agreed with economic forecasters that oil production was going to peak between 2010 and 2020. ‘No more cheap oil,? said Stead, 59. So in 1985, with plans from Formwork, Stead, along with assistance from various contractors, constructed an in-ground home. […]