Assistant Fire Chief Bob Elizondo of the Indpendence Township Fire Department tends to a controlled burn on Feb. 10 of a building on property on Dixie Highway just south of I-75 which the fire department is using for training. The burning of the building allows utility wires to be moved a safe distance from a […]
McLaren Healthcare Group? Palace Sports and Entertainment? Silverman Companies, Inc.? Road Commission For Oakland County? and County Executive L. Brooks Patterson? What do all these entities have in common with Independence Township? They are joining forces with Independence Township Supervisor Dave Wagner to request state and federal assistance for another Sashabaw Road widening project ? […]
Support was in full force for Lighthouse Emergency Services on Feb. 9 as figureheads and pillars of the Clarkston Community joined together for the third annual ‘Open Your Heart to Lighthouse? event. The festivities took place in the home of Jerry and Carolyn Hemphill, who co-chaired the event with Tom and Tami Lowrie. ‘I figured […]
Imagining life outside school can be hard for people who have never expereienced it. How much does your career path direct your life? What kind of family do you want to have and how will that effect your other choices? Approximately 600 seventh-graders at Sashabaw Middle School found the answers to these questions and more […]
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., […]
February’s theme is ‘strength? as the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business series continues on Feb. 28. The focus of the session is to learn more about ‘Building Productive Relationships.? The luncheon begins with a 10:45 a.m. check-in at Oakhurst Country Club, 7000 Oakhurst Lane, located off Clintonville Road between Waldon and Clarkston […]
Springfield Township and Comcast Cable will award college scholarships in the amounts of $500 and $1,000. Recipients must be high school seniors who are residents of Springfield Township. Preference is given to students who have volunteered time and talent in the high school or the community. For applications, see the Clarkston High School counseling office […]
Two applicants, one open school board seat and voters will decide the newest Clarkston School Board member on May 2. Just before the deadline to apply expired on Feb. 7, both Joseph Armstrong and Renata Erickson filed applications to be on the ballot as candidates for school board membership during the upcoming election. Secretary Shelia […]
Over four months after his drunk driving arrest in Independence Township, Road Commission for Oakland County Board Chairman Rudy Lozano plead guilty on Feb. 10 to driving his vehicle while impaired. Lozano, 62, made the plea during the pretrial in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin. Sentencing is set for March 8 at 9 […]
‘I’m very excited about this.? ? Dr. James O’Neill, long-time resident and Clarkston Medical Group physician. ‘This is the best thing that’s happened with the community? It’s a great shot in the arm. ? ? Dr. Tom Wilhelm. ‘I’m interested in this project. Right now, I drive 14 miles each way to my primary hospitals? […]