Dear Editor, Our heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone that was there following Kurt Allen’s accident near the intersection of M-15 and South Street during the afternoon of April 20. To our friends, co-workers, police, firefighters, and paramedics we are so grateful all of you care so much. Your response and expertise was wonderful. This […]
Dear Editor, Judy Henley is retiring June 30, 2010 after a total of 13 years of being the Director of the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund (OCEF). In her position, she has helped countless people obtain food, and in so many other ways. Judy has always come from her heart and performed her duties with such […]
Peg Roth presents a check for $750 to Stiggy’s Dogs trainer Mat Sica, at right, and Army veteran Jim Phipps, with Star, his service dog. The donations were collected during the Strolling Retro Party, Jan. 16, in downtown Clarkston. Stiggy’s, based in Brighton, rescues and trains shelter dogs to be psychiatric service animals for veterans […]
The Clarkston News received two awards during the 2015 Michigan Press Better Newspaper Contest. Reporter Andrea Beaudoin received third place in Spot News Story for’Gas station incident ignites social media,” published in September 2014. The story was about a Facebook post claiming a man in military uniform was refused gas by an Arabic man at […]
Dear Editor, Ah yes, springtime in Ortonville. The birds are a chirpin?, the bees are a buzzin?. The scent of fresh young blossoms in the air, mixed with the bittersweet smell of sporting mediocrity wafting from Brandon Schools. On any given day one can ask most Brandon school athletes how their team is doing. More […]
Groveland Township will soon have an Ace. Local owners Robert and Shawn Frisch are anticipating the opening of Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road by the first of June in the old True Value Hardware location, which closed in August 2009. The store is currently undergoing some renovations, including a fresh coat of paint and […]
The third annual Facials against Suicide is this weekend, Feb. 20-21, at Heavenly Day Spa in Independence Township. ‘My spa is going to be performing different services we offer at discounted rates. All proceeds go to Michigan Association for Suicide Awareness,? said Jessica Keesling, owner of the boutique at 4565 Pelton Road. Suicide awareness is […]
John “Jack” Barry, who passed away on Feb. 4 at the age of 68, was well known by many for regularly washing windows of downtown businesses and singing by Rudy’s on the weekends. ‘Jack was, among other things, an incredibly talented musician who played from his heart, and brightened the day of many a passerby […]
Michael Cameron knows electronics. After seven years in the United States Navy as an electronics technician assigned to a 500-foot destroyer sailing in the west Pacific, followed by a decade stint with General Motors at the Warren Technology Center’Cameron has acquired a vast knowledge of computer technology. ‘Whether a virus, hardware problem or software, I […]
Brandon Twp.- Parents are willing to pay for their kids to play. This finding from a survey sent home with students last week will result in the athletic committee recommending that the school board approve an increase in pay-to-participate athletic fees from the current $150 to $200 annually. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon said during the athletic […]