Brandon Township resident Jeremy Skibo, 38, has hunting in the northern Oakland County area for more than 20 years. For the past five years Skibo has hunted turkey on private land in the township. ‘Four birds in the past five years,? said Skibo. ‘The 2010 year has been slow so far. I’ve been hunting since […]
Wrong side On April 16, at 11:10 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to the 3000 block of Baldwin Road for a dark truck that was parked and running on the side of the road. The deputy arrived to find the vehicle parked on the wrong side of the road, and looked in the vehicle to […]
Express Weight Loss and Wellness Clinic and Neiman’s Family Market are working together to help keep Clarkston Healthy. Terri Murphy, owner of the clinic, led a tour full of tips for shoppers at the Dixie Highway supermarket, Feb. 10. ‘We are offering totally free nutritionally informative grocery store tours to help people understand how to […]
Louise Saks Parliamentary Unit of Oakland County donated a copy of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition, and Robert’s Rules in Brief, to the Clarkston Independence District Library. “We do this in memory of Linda LaMarre Meadors, who was a member of the Louise Saks Parliamentary Unit, part of the National and Michigan […]
The small business marketplace is anything but small. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, there are an estimated 29.6 million small businesses in the United States employing more than half of the country’s private sector workforce, hiring 40 percent of high tech workers and include 52 percent home-based businesses. Locally, a […]
The Boys Varsity Track team keeps pace with Lake Orion in their first meet of the season. Photo by Larry Wright
The lights brighten on the stage in the Clarkston High School Performing Arts Center as young actors dance while rehearsing the opening scene of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carousel.” The community can attend performances on Feb. 25, 26, 27 at 7 p.m. or enjoy a matinee performance on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. […]
A husband and wife drove for miles in silence after a terrible argument in which neither would budge. The husband pointed to a mule in a pasture. ‘Relative of yours?? he asked. ‘Yes,? she replied, ‘by marriage.? How happy is your marriage? Is your spouse really your Valentine? The Apostle Paul gave us a key […]
Newly appointed Trustee Elizabeth Egan’s first action on Clarkston Board of Education was to break a 3-3 tie, promoting two administrators and sending lay-off notices to 50 teachers. Brief discussion focused on the process leading to promoting Clarkston Junior High School Principal Shawn Ryan to deputy superintendent, and Communications Director Anita Banach to human resources […]
Independence Township Trustee David Lohmeier was not enthused when he found township attorneys wrote a legal opinion concerning recall petitioners using public access channels. ‘Frankly, to me that’s a personal expense, that should have either come to the board for approval or it should be an expense of yours. If you want to use Mr. […]