Part three in prescription drug abuse series Joe (identity changed), a white collar worker and prescription drug abuser, is not alone. He is among millions Americans addicted to prescription medication. ‘You have no idea how strong you are until you have faced something tough,? said Jim Evans of Clarkston, a nationally renowned addiction expert. Since […]
Hundreds filled Lakeview Cemetery, Monday, to give meaning to Memorial Day. American Legion Post 63 hosted the annual event, May 26, leading a parade including Clarkston High School band, vintage military vehicles, and veterans to the cemetery. Clarkston Junior High School students Tim Dalrymple, Ryan Donnelly, Olivia Maday read essays they wrote on what Memorial […]
Tuesday, May 12 – a homeowner on Glaspie St. was advised to move his boat. It was blocking a driveway while parked and in ordinance violation. Wednesday, May 13 – a driver noticed the front of his vehicle was glowing as he was heading south on Lapeer Rd. He turned onto Oakwood Rd., stopped his […]
More fallout from Michigan’s sinking auto industry hit Oxford this week. Due to the dire economic circumstances surrounding General Motors and Chrysler, MSP Industries, located at 45 W. Oakwood Road, is planning to lay off 168 union employees and eight non-union employees in phases between May 18 and June 21. Owned by the Detroit-based American […]
Lots of exercise for a good cause- that is what participants were doing during the seventh annual Angel’s Place Race, May 17. Race Director Paul Maxwell said attendance for the event was up since last year. Days before the race, over 250 people were already signed up for the competition. A 10K run kicked off […]
Spring is the perfect time to clean up your yard and house. Residents can drop off hazardous and non-hazardous waste during a community Clean-Up Day on June 7 at the Independence Township DPW. Residents will pay a reduced fee for dropping off waste, thanks to $30,000 in funding approved on May 13 by the Independence […]
Oh, the times they are a-changin?. For the first time in Oxford Bank’s 125-year history, a woman will serve as chairman of the board. Last week, the bank’s board of directors voted to appoint 55-year-old Elba Township resident Karen Mersino as its chair. Mersino, who’s served on the board since 1999, will also chair the […]
Wearing gloves and armed with trash bags, volunteers combed the roads of Oxford Township Saturday as part of the community’s annual cleanup event. Volunteers collected all sorts of garbage from empty beverage bottles and plastic bags along Seymour Lake Road to the 13 or so old tires this reporter saw pulled from one spot along […]
School tech grant Clarkston schools has a $60,000 Technology Readiness Infrastrructure Grant with a June 30 expiration date. Administration presented a plan to the Board of Education, May 19, to use it to buy a new firewall for the district. The Fortinet Firewall, including hardware, license certificates, backups, and delivery, would cost $56,445.74. Installing a […]
BY LAURA DUCHARME Special to the Clarkston News Two Clarkston residents earned national recognition with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Mary Sloan and Jeff Lichty were honored for their efforts to help disaster survivors in 2013. Sloan and Lichty are ShelterBox Ambassadors for the organization ShelterBox USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian relief […]