Don’t you just love listening to some reporters asking some politicians questions who give answers like, ‘That’s currently under investigation.? Or, ‘I’ll get back to you on that.? It’s immediately forgotten. * * * Two years after I got my discharge from the Navy, I had to take a physical to try out for Western […]
You know, I don’t even know why I started writing — no, thinking about writing — this week’s column. It is just way, too danged early to write about national politics (since this is a community publication). But, here I go. If you wanna? turn the page, you have my blessings. Turn freely without guilt, […]
Voters will be asked to pony up for Springfield Township parks this summer. Springfield Township Friends of the Parks President Marc Burnett met with Springfield Township Board, Feb. 11, to discuss how much. ‘Revenue will continue to shrink,? Burnett said. ‘We don’t know how much will come in. Every year, it becomes more difficult.? Burnett […]
Tiki torches and ice starfish lined the walkway leading to the Clarkston Elementary, welcoming all for the school’s luau. Students, parents and staff members had shed their winter gear and put on festive Hawaiian clothes for the event. The kids kept busy hula-hooping, fishing and playing games. The most popular place was the dance floor […]
Breaking news . . . from Oakland County a snap shot of the City of the Village of Clarkston votes. More to come later!
A 50-year-old Addison Township man is behind bars after allegedly shooting his wife three times Sunday night, then threatening to pull the trigger on himself before finally surrendering peacefully to the Oakland County Sheriff’s SWAT team. Grant David Anderson was arraigned Tuesday afternoon before Judge Nancy Carniak in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on charges […]
I admit I am one of those people – I like to learn. I like history. Everyone has a favorite era and I will admit I am partial to the 1940s – the movies with Ginger Rogers and Don Ameche, the music of Big Bands and the swing dancing. I even chose Margaret Bourke White […]
In July, 2006 an artist approached me with the idea of painting a mural on the side of 5 S. Washington St. What a great idea, I thought. Dress up the corner. Bring in some wholesome images — a slice of Americana right here in Clarkston. I toured entire towns where the businesses were muralized. […]
A 15-year-old Oxford High School special education student who allegedly wrote and sent on-line messages about carrying out a school shooting was charged last week with making a terrorist threat, a 20-year felony. Oakland County Sheriff’s investigators arrested the youth without incident Oct. 29 at his home in Pontiac. He’s currently being lodged at Children’s […]
Earlier in the year, it was projected Oxford Schools may end the 2014-15 fiscal year with a $362,000 deficit. That projection turned out to be wrong as the district actually ended up with an excess of more than $317,000 in its general fund. In addition to that good news, the district once again revceived a […]