Ready for some good time Walk and Roll? Walkers, bikers, four-legged furry friends and wheelchair participants are invited to take part in Walk and Roll 2009 on Sunday, May 3. The annual walk is a fundraiser for SCAMP, a Clarkston-based program providing a summer camp experience for children and young adults with special needs. Participants […]
What was once an empty field now has become a temporary construction zone and a trucker’s junk yard. It was February 23, when Carolyn Frericks saw the first mobile trailer office arrive on the property next door to her business at Cabinet One. ‘It sat there and it sat there, I called David Pool at […]
Okay everybody, take a long, deep breath. Take your eyes away from the page, close ’em and let that breath leave your body. Relax. Come this Thursday, April 17, every upstanding, taxpaying Michiganian will have theoretically worked enough this year to pay off the government. Thursday is Tax Freedom Day. Feel better? Me neither. Last […]
Lots of places offer chances to decorate or hunt for Easter eggs. But only the Sweet & Savory Bake Shop in downtown Oxford gives kids the chance to decorate delicious Easter cookies under the close supervision of the one and only Easter Bunny. The 9 S. Washington St. bakery continued its tasty annual tradition Saturday […]
High winds over the weekend knocked down trees and cut electrical servicee throughout the area, cancelling classes Monday at Clarkston Elementary School and Renaissance High School on Waldon Road. Power was restored by Monday and classes resumed the next day.
After a winterkill destroyed much of Waumegah Lake’s fish population, many residents are still wondering why the fish kill occurred, when the Springfield Township lake will recover’and how. Check back with The Clarkston News next week as we update the ongoing story.
Greg Kudela, Oxford Rotary president, presents proclamations and honors to Jim Sherman Sr. during Saturday’s roast of the longtime community journalist. Please see page 26 for more pictures. Photo by Phil Custodio
BRANDON TOWNSHIP To amend that zoning ordinance and map for proposed rezoning of parcel A (03-35-151-027) and Parcel B (03-35-151-028) from RE Rural Estate to R1A Single Family Residential Chapter 46, Article I. Section 46-6, Definitions. Building height. Amend this section to modify how building heights are measured to have a maximum height of any […]
Clarkston area letter carriers will collect food donations during their annual Stamp Out Hunger drive, Saturday, May 9. To participate, place nonperishable food such as canned soup and vegetables, pasta, rice, and cereal, next to mailboxes in time for regular mail delivery. Letter carriers will pick up donations as they are making their rounds and […]
Deadline for nominating an exceptional teacher in the Clarkston Community Schools district for ‘Teacher of the Year? is Monday, May 4, 2009. Teachers who may be nominated for this year’s award are Secondary Classroom Teachers, grades 6?12. The award, sponsored by Clarkston Foundation for Public Education in partnership with Suburban Collection of Waterford, will be […]