A Sashabaw Middle School teacher is facing charges for alleged inappropriate communication with a student. Police in Independence Township said Michelle Simonson, a special education teacher at SMS, admitted she exchanged approximately 50 text messages’some sexually explicit’with a 14-year-old boy, and also sent the youth a partially nude photo of herself via cell phone. Simonson, […]
Have you ever sat at a stoplight, looked at a busy corner and wondered ‘what used to be there?? Or looked at an old building and questioned how long it has stood in that very same spot? If so, a new exhibit at the Clarkston Heritage Museum can answer all your questions. ‘Most people really […]
Clarkston businesses went Vegas at this year’s Best of the Best Expo. Hosted by Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce, Nov. 6 at Clarkston High School, businesses and community groups shared what makes the local community great.
One by one fourth graders at Pine Knob Elementary rolled and tried to manuever wheelchairs down the ramp in the cafeteria on Friday. They also blind-folded themselves and tried walking down a hallway with a white cane. It was part of Disability Awareness day as they learned what it was like to have a reading […]
St. Daniel Catholic Community hosts Welcome Home Weekend, Aug. 29-30, in the church lobby after all Masses. The weekend is intended to remind parishioners about the wide range of programs available to them every week at the parish, as well as to welcome those who are seeking a new parish or have not been to […]
15 years ago – 1994 ‘New life, new hope, new kidney? Sharon O’Connor donated a kidney to her 14-year-old son, Justin O’Connor, who had lost a kidney at the age of 3. They hoped to start a new life after years of physical limitations. ‘City sued: fate of ‘historic? stone building in question? Clarkston fought […]
When you think of the word “church” what comes to mind? For some church brings to mind an image of a quaint country building with a pretty white steeple. For others perhaps a grand cathedral in Europe or a place you went as a child on a bus to learn about Jesus. Sometimes churches are […]
Hundreds of runners and walkers braved the cold, Sunday morning, for the second annual Clarkston State Bank Backroads Half Marathon and 10K race in and around Independence Oaks County Park. Ryan Rivamonte of Royal Oak finished the half marathon first, out of 511 entries, with a time of 1:19:51. Coming in second, and first in […]
Most of the two dozen plus who attended Monday’s Clarkston City Council meeting weren’t interested in the council’s agenda; they came with their own. And it was all fine until two women from the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club–one of whom had already taken her opportunity to speak–got rude and disrespectful when another woman–NOT of […]
Dear editor, My wife and I have always supported education, both by paying our share of school taxes from our business and residential properties, as well as considerable additional support we have given over the years. We are very proud of all of the young people who strive for excellence. Even though we were not […]