Reader finds lots of value in library Dear Editor, On Aug. 5 voters in Independence township and the Village of Clarkston will decide the fate of our library. The average homeowner in both the township and the village has been paying $69.10 per year (at a rate of .6910 mills) to support the library. (The […]
In response to those who support the second chance, stealth, library tax increase vote on Aug. 5, 2014, Independence Township district library supporters fail to mention that long before the library tax increase proposal was voted down on Nov. 6, 2012, the proposal was already set up for a second election if the first had […]
(Editor’s note: Don Rush did not write a column this week. While the following would not have been accepted as a Letter to the Editor ? the writer was not brave enough to identify herself ? Mr. Rush has adopted the role of ‘sensitive male? and asked that it be printed in his space this […]
VILLAGE OF GOODRICH GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THEREFORE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. The Village Council of the Village of Goodrich, Genesee County, Michigan has determined it necessary to make improvements in the Village […]
Children at The Learning Experience in Clarkston raised $2,503 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at its annual Trike-A-Thon, May 14. Families were invited to come out and support a worthy cause during the four-hour event, while learning about child safety as demonstrated by fire and police departments. Children rode their tricycles, scooters and bicycles […]
About 25 students at Renaissance High School are putting their carpentry skills to the test, making tables for an outdoor classroom. Their math skills are also getting a workout, said teacher Sara Mastie. “This has been a really good geometry project,” Mastie said. “If an angle is off by just a few degrees, the piece […]
PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ortonville Village Council will conduct a public hearing in conjunction with the regular Council meeting on June 8, 2009 on the proposed Village budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget at a carryover […]
Volunteer Bruce Sable spent his day recently in downtown Clarkston selling roses for a good cause, the Alexander Graham Bell Michigan Chapter Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for their summer fundraiser. Sable visited downtown, June 4, carrying a variety of beautiful roses to collect donations for the cause. Money raised from Sable’s […]
Kids like playing computer games. Students at Pine Knob Elementary spent the year learning how to make them. ‘They taught me a lot of things with coding ? they became the experts on technology,? said fourth grade teacher Lisa Drew during the Coding Club’s presentations to parents, June 4. Lori Banaszak, technology integration specialist for […]