The Clarkston Rotary Club is asking for book donations, suitable for a beginning readers, to their book collection drive. The books should be for ages birth to third grade. Picture and cardboard books are especially helpful. They may be dropped off with any Clarkston Rotarian, at the office of Jeff Lichty, 5854 S. Main St., […]
Tickets for the CHS Drama Club presentation of ‘The Boy Friend? are now on sale. The musical romantic comedy is set in the 1920’s along the French Riveria and tells the story of a French Finishing School student who falls in love with a delivery boy. Performances are scheduled for Feb 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. […]
Downloadable audiobooks are now available for the public through the Independence Township Library. Over 1,100 titles available. Come into the library and create your free account. Then, you can download audiobooks anywhere using your personal computer. Transfer them to an MP3 player and listen to them in the car, at the gym? anywhere! Don’t bother […]
The 2nd Annual Orion Area Chamber of Commerce Community Business EXPO is Feb. 23 from 6-9 p.m. at Lake Orion High School. Guests are invited to attend and meet chamber organizers, the local business owners and managers of Orion Township. And there’s still plenty more to discover: ? Discover a variety of businesses right in […]
Congratulations to Mark Halley on winning the Sashabaw Middle School school-wide spelling bee. Halley, a seventh-grader at SMS, was one of 1,251 students to compete in classroom competitions. Halley made it to the final round and won in the school-wide competition by spelling ‘meteorology.? Halley now moves on to the regional championships, which take place […]
Crowds cheer and awe at athletes who go beyond the norm for victory. But what about those whose competition have less glitz? A lot of people can throw a football, but can they solve a complex algebraic equation without a calculator? How about 30 of them while being timed? Sound like homework? Actually, for some […]
The CHS Jazz Band enjoyed a rare gig on Feb 3 when classic-jazz musician Jim Walker and his group Free Flight visited Clarkston. Even better, the band was able to share the experience with others. Walker, a flute professor from the University of Souther Carolina, has played the flute most of his life and performed […]
Wireless internet for everyone is one step closer to coming to Independence Township. Although Independence Township was not one of the first seven pilot communities to be part of Oakland County’s Wireless Oakland initiative, the township did file the necessary paperwork to be considered in the next wave of communities. ‘We want to join Wireless […]
When there’s a new school project or a team wins a major competition, I can’t do enough to publicize their success. No surprises there, people like to celebrate their successes and I certainly don’t mind helping them. But covering Clarkston Schools means more than Fun Runs and LEGO competitions. The business side to districts is […]
Since 1977, Dan Stencil has been a star on the Oakland County Parks roster. With the upcoming retirement of Ralph Richard after 21 years on Feb. 24, Stencil moves off the playing field and onto the sideline, becoming the executive officer of the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission. ‘I’ll be the coach. I’ve graduated […]