Clarkston-area Junior Girl Scouts explored 1,000-year-old Michigan history with a field trip to an archeaeological dig in Pellston. Scouts and their families from Pine Knob, Clarkston, Springfield Plains and Bailey Lake elementary schools learned about Native American inhabitants with help from Meghan Howey, University of New Hampshire professor. Howey, granddaughter of long-time Clarkston resident Virginia […]
In care packages sent to U.S. Marines in Iraq, Clarkston Optimists included greeting cards for Mothers? Day, Fathers? Day, congratulations, thanks, and other occasions. The Marines knew what to do with the thank-you cards. ‘The Optimists received 25 thank-you cards back from these young men and women from Iraq,? said Curt Carson, Clarkston Area Optimist […]
Four pieces of property needed for road improvements now belong to Independence Township. At their Oct. 7 meeting, township trustees approved purchasing the last of four easements on Sashabaw Road at Waldon Road. The easement was purchased from Waldon Properties, and allows the township full control for any project and reconstruction work on the properties. […]
Not everyone can say super stars helped build their home. Veteran Shannon Chatman can say just that, after country superstar duo Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line paid an unannounced special visit to a work site of a My Habitat Clarkston build on Hogback Lake Road in Springfield Township. Local […]
We have an international event occurring that teaches us a very important lesson for life and one I hope our country learns from. In the country of Honduras, we have been drawn into a major political conflict. The president of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya, is a left-leaning person in close relationship with Hugo Chavez, president […]
Chief Pontiac players and parents hosted a 50th anniversary celebration, July 25, for Michigan’s only American Legion Baseball Team to win the national championship.? Most of the 1959 Detroit Edison Post 187 players, and retired White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce, attended the gala event.? They will be guests of honor at the State Championship Banquet […]
School candidate forum The League of Women Voters hosts a candidate forum for Clarkston Board of Education candidates, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at Clarkston Junior High School, 6595 Waldon Road. Incumbent board members Elizabeth Egan, Steve Hyer, and Rosalie Lieblang, and challengers Donald E. Deering and Kelli Horst are running for three open seats […]
Chili chefs and fans filled the backyard of Lowrie’s Landscape and Plum Hollow on Dixie Highway for their annual Chili Cookoff, Oct. 9. Jennifer Detkowski earned top honors at the contest, in which tasters voted for their favorites. They also donated a wheelbarrow full of canned and boxed food for Lighthouse Emergency Services in Clarkston. […]
Denise Bristow of Independence Township, Tract Index supervisor in the Oakland County Register of Deeds Office, was honored recently with a STAR Achievement Award for exceptional service. Bristow, a 35-year county employee, was recognized for her exceptional customer service and for her efforts working with federal authorities to combat deed and mortgage fraud.
Pete’s Coney is celebrating eight decades of family business this year, including the past 22 years in Clarkston. ‘The community was very receptive when we arrived here,? said Ed Zull, who owns and operates the business on Dixie Hwy in partnership with his brohter-in-law, David Slade. ‘They became a part of us, and we a […]