Enter to win a pair of tickets valued at $80 to John Bowman Chevrolet’s third annual Cheers to the Holidays for Easter Seals Michigan. Email your name and contact information to Craig Sharum, communications manager for Easter Seals Michigan, at Csharum@essmichigan.org, or mail to Clarkston News, 5 S. Main Street, Clarkston MI, 48346, by Nov. […]
When John Nelson organized a special get-together of friends and family, he picked Lucky’s Steakhouse in Clio. It was most conveniently located. It’s name was appropriate, too, especially since those he invited saved his life at a softball game in Independence Township this past summer. “I was really lucky,” said Nelson, 66, of Haslett. He […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County will close Rochester Road between Romeo and Brewer roads in Addison Township beginning Wednesday, Aug. 19. The closure will be in place for approximately 30 days, ending in mid September. The closure is part of the ongoing project to resurface Rochester Road from a half mile north of Predmore […]
Next time Jeff Morrison visits Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park, he’s got a furry little creature to thank. The 50-year-old Oxford resident’s color photograph of a seemingly annoyed otter peering out from behind a cabin was recently selected as the Leader’s favorite in the ‘Photographs of Michigan? exhibition held at Margot’s Gallery & Frame. Morrison […]
Bailey Lake Elementary students saluted veterans and active duty members of the military, many of whom have children at the school, with a Salute To The Armed Forces, Nov. 13. The students welcomed U.S. Marines Jason Onitveros, combat vet and Bailey Lake dad, Lance Corporal Chambers, and Sergeant Joshua T. Fitzpatrick; from the Coast Guard, […]
Volunteers and community groups from around the area worked together for fall Impact Day, Nov. 9. Organized by My Habitat Clarkston, a grassroots movement of Clarkston-area residents, community groups, churches, and businesses, they helped out all over the community with yard work for seniors, packing donated meals for neighbors in need, cleaning up school yards […]
Watershed Preserve could become home to a 190-foot monopole cellular tower that will ultimately generate funding for Addison’s primary public park. On Monday, the Addison Township Board voted 7-0 to approve, with a list of conditions, the general terms of a land lease agreement with Verizon Wireless for a 10,000-square-foot parcel on which to locate […]
The Oxford Public Library Summer Reading Program enjoyed one of its most successful summers as 568 children signed up to participate in the summer long event. ‘The purpose was to keep the kids reading over the summer for pleasure,? said Head of the Youth Program Shae Smith. With no official required reading list of books […]
I was born and raised a country boy on a farm without tractors, plows or cultivators, but with a mother who learned the ways of a farmer’s wife. Which means her Albion College degree didn’t help much in the kitchen. Of course, my dad’s University of Chicago degree didn’t help him until several years after […]
Rectum. Damn near ruined ‘im. The other week I wrote about how — ever the sheep, follower-type — I joined the grow-your-moustache-Movember bandwagon. Which, is in effect, an effort to get men to go see their butt doctors and get their prostates checked out (amongst other things). Soon after said column was published, Clarkston-area veterinarian […]