Be part of the Clarkston Wolves gridiron gang’s third annual Football for a Cure, their pre-season scrimmage game on August 13. T-shirts, jerseys, and polo shirt orders are being taken now through July 29. The cost to purchase a jersey is $100, for the name plate is $50, and for $50 become an honorary ‘Coach […]
It took one day of work to reroof Masons? Cedar Lodge 60, 1 E. Washington Street, July 22. “They did a fantastic job for us ? it was amazing,” said Eric Kimminau, Temple Board treasurer. Blue Mountain Construction workers removed four layers of shingles before laying down new ones. “The top layer was put down […]
LEGAL NOTICE GROVELAND TOWNSHIP ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE #164 At a regular meeting of the Groveland Township Board, held on Monday, March 10, 2008, the following Codified Ordinance was approved by a vote of 4 to 0. ORDINANCE #164 – Division PD Planned Development Overlay District Sec. 54.641 Location: The PD Planned Development Overlay District is […]
Synopsis Groveland Township Board February 11, 2008 Call To Order Roll Call: Depalma, Scramlin, Howell, Mazich And Ax Excused. Consent Agenda: Approved Consent Agenda Approved Accounts Payable Financials Approved January 11 & Special Budget Mtg Minutes Discussed Comcast Franchise Approved Adam Hirsch Cable Channel Contract Approved Donation To The Traffic Improvement Association Approved Participation In […]
15 years ago – 1996 ‘Neighbor alerts family to fire? A Clarkston house on Deerhill Ct. was spared serious damage when the neighbor, Michael Odette, noticed the smoke and took action. Odette saw the smoke as he was leaving for work, called the fire department, and woke the family. A 14-year-old resident of the house […]
Digging through the archives for Mrs. Jean Saile’s obituary story last week took me back to the 1970’s. I was a youngster, born in 1969, so no ‘Dazed and Confused? type memories for me. Mostly ‘Star Wars? and the Bicentennial fun. Jean was editor of the Clarkston News from 1971-1977, a time of transition for […]
SYNOPSIS CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 4, 2008 Members present: Lapp, McCreery, Owen, Willett, Stowell, DeWitt, Carlson 1. Approved agenda as modified. 2. Approved Consent Agenda as amended, which included the following items: ? Regular Township Minutes of January 22, 2008 ? Regular Bills in the amount of $19,668.74 ? Pre-pays in the […]
Charter Township of Brandon 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, MI The Charter Township of Brandon is accepting sealed bids for a 2001 V8 Chevrolet G35 Express STD 2 door passenger extended van. The van was used as transportation for the Edna Burton Senior Center, has 138,000 miles and a wheelchair lift in the rear. The van […]
Dear Editor, Regarding “Questions about pay-to-play fee,” July 6: as a former collegiate athlete and parent of two student athletes, I do believe requiring a pay-to-participate fee, which contributes to covering the cost of Clarkston Athletics, is unfortunate but reasonable. Undoubtedly $325 will be a burden to some, but for varsity athletes in Clarkston sports […]
Jean’s story Dear Editor, Our friend, Jim Sherman, Sr., was kind enough to drop off the July 20 copy of The Clarkston News because he knew I would want to read the article about Jean Saile. I was fortunate to be working at The Oxford Leader as a typesetter when Jean was at The News […]