With the month of May being National Historic Preservation Month, the Clarkston Historic District (CHD) will be 30 years old on May 15. ‘The state of Michigan requires the Historic District to have a commission,? said Charlotte Cooper, Commission chairman. ?(The commission’s) purpose is to safeguard the heritage of the historic district, including its cultural, […]
Goodrich’s football team, which shared the Genesee Area Conference Red Division championship with Montrose and Mt. Morris, placed six players on the first team all-league squad. Montrose had eight players among the 26 named to the first team in voting by the division’s six coaches, while the Martians and Mt. Morris had six apiece. Senior […]
The Brandon Junior Blackhawks Freshman football team beat the Waterford Corsairs 25-0 to claim the SYFC National Division Championship Sunday, Nov. 2 at Waterford Kettering High School. This marks the sixth shutout of the season for the Brandon freshman defense. According to freshman head coach Matt Barger, ‘We definitely have the best defense in the […]
Clarkston City Council voted 6-0 to approve for city residents to have the opportunity to vote in the August primary to raise the city millage from 15 mills up to 20 mills. Due to the Headlee amendment this amount actually being levied is 13.2 to 18.2. The additional five mills would raise approximately $220,000 when […]
Clarkston musicians earned several state honors and a spot at this weekend’s Michigan Youth Arts Festival at Western Michigan University. Soloists qualifying for State level of Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association Solo and Ensemble include Clarkston students Shannon Goebel, horn; Patrick Furlo, horn; Kevin Thompson, tuba; Michael Gieske, bassoon; Lauren Rodewald, double bass; Andrew […]
Brandon Twp. — In the early morning hours of Nov. 1, Brandon Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire at Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Park storage facility near Dartmouth and Seymour Lake roads. When firefighters arrived, one mobile home was completely engulfed and two others were beginning to burn within the fenced-in compound area […]
? What: Gingerbread House Competition ? When: ‘Christmas in the Village’ ? For Display: The Mann School House ? Entry fee: Adults $10 Children $5 ? Entry Deadline: Nov. 16, 2003 Send check to: Ortonville Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 15, Ortonville, Mich. 48462 Please note “Gingerbread Competition” on check For Christmas tree donations to […]
The wind whipped around the field as the Lady Wolves gave Rochester United a fight before going into half-time. The girls varsity lacrosse team rallied together scoring three goals within the last three minutes of the first half. They tied the score at five. They came back to fight again, but lost on Saturday, 10-8. […]
The ICE Silver 12 and under fastpitch softball team is heading west in July. The players, their three coaches and families are going to Bellevue, Nebraska for one week while they attend the Cat Osterman Experience. Cat Osterman, a former Olympic pitcher for the USA Woman’s Softball team and current professional fastpitch player, organized and […]
On Nov. 3, electricity in the Ortonville area went out at 8:16 a.m. and was restored about 10:30 a.m., said Detroit Edison Energy spokesperson Len Singer. “We’re not quite sure what caused the outage,” Singer said. “Typically a branch or something breaks a circuit that causes the shutdown.” Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School and Brandon High […]