You, who are reading this article, are one of the most intelligent, kind and loving people in the world. I know this is true because I believe that I am and so you must be. My survey of the one person I know who reads this column, me, proves it. By the time you read […]
Marley, Maggie, and owner Diane, Skipper, Beaon and Carol Ruby, Bailey and Nancy Grimmer, Encore along with Claudia were at Independence Township for National Library Week. Photo by Trevor Keiser
Independence Township building department lives to see another day. Township officials voted not to outsource the department to Carlisle/Wortman Associates. The vote was split 3-3. Trustees Neil Wallace and David Lohmeier along with Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen voted in favor of the proposal. Trustees Larry Rosso, Mark Petterson and Supervisor Dave Wagner voted ‘no.? Treasurer Curt […]
The Cox family made a rest stop on their drive down to Disney World. A 14-and-a-half hour stop in the middle of the expressway, with no restaurants or restrooms in sight, but plenty of snow, ice, and other vehicles also frozen in place on I-75 in Kentucky. By the time they arrived at the happiest […]
It felt hot? a burning sensation similar to the sting of a bee. That’s how Gary D. Frank, now a 69-year-old White Cloud, Mich. resident, described the feeling of fragments from a Viet Cong booby trap that ripped through his right ear. ‘They call those bombs IEDs or improvised explosive devices today,? said Frank. ‘The […]
Kudos to Clarkston students, teachers, support staff, and administration on continued improvements on the MEAP test (“Officials pleased with test results,” April 7). Scores are up in almost all categories. Third-graders especially achieved outstanding scores, 98 percent in math and 96 percent in reading. As Deputy Superintendent David Reschke said, the test is a tool […]
During budget cuts last year, Independence Township Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen felt like the ‘sacrificial lamb.? ‘I feel I’m being unduly focused when there is other people (departments) who should pony up a little bit,? she said at the Dec. 15 public hearing. I am all for being fair and I agree certain departments could use […]
For the second straight year, The Citizen news staff has been recognized with five awards in the Michigan Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. For the 2015 competition, Members of Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association reviewed 3,833 entries submitted by 113 Michigan newspapers. The Citizen submitted entries in numerous categories in the Weekly B division, among publications with […]
Lyndsey Ballard is on top of the world. Well, at least you can almost see it from there. Ballard, 34, a 1999 Brandon High School graduate, is the wife of Master Sgt. Ryan Ballard, 354th Fighter Wing inspection general self-inspection program manager stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The base is located about 26 […]
Dear Editor, In response to the individual who said I should “get (my) facts straight” about traffic citations in Clarkston (“Reader wants creative ideas to keep police,” April 7), per The Detroit News, Clarkston Police Department writes an average of 800 tickets per year, and as high as 1,300 per year. I consider this to […]