Dear Editor, I cannot believe the lame excuses for tabling the request by Sue Boatman for district elections to be held with general elections in November at a cost savings of up to $44,000 per election. It’s a no brainer decision. I can tell you why, in my opinion, they do not want to act […]
15 years ago – 1994 ‘The wish list? Ideas drawn up by the Community Forum for Input on Education included a new high school with a swimming pool, smaller class sizes, elementary-level art, and staff planning time. The forum, offered by Clarkston School Board, was attended by about 60 parents, teachers, administrators, and other residents. […]
Part 5 on Clarkston schools’ new five-year Strategic Plan is on its fourth focus area, Finance. Clarkston schools’ second amended budget shows $1 million surplus. How to use those extra funds is what the Strategic Plan is all about, officials say. “We need to have meaningful dialogue to understand all our needs in the district […]
Students at Independence Elementary helped the community in many ways, March 20, during their S.O.C.K.S., Serving Our Community Kids Style, day. Each grade helped different community groups during the Academic Service Learning Project.
Dear Editor, I would like to offer my sincere apologies to Independence Township’s newly elected Trustees. My recent opinion regarding the new Township Hall purchase fiasco should have specified that it was the old board of trustees that is to blame for all of the problems that newly elected trustees are stuck with today. Including […]
Dear Editor, Short and Simple, a Big Double Thumbs up to the planning commission and the direction they are heading in reviewing the greenways plans and taking classes. Very Pleased indeed at this sign of wisdom!!! Tammie Heazlit Hydrogeologist, Environmental Scientist. Independence Township
If voters shoot down a library millage on Aug. 5, Clarkston-Independence library will close. Officials are asking taxpayers to pay about $125 per residence a year, which is $58 more than the average $67 paid now. ‘We can run a terrific library on $125 per residence,” Marilyn Pomeroy, president of the library board. ‘We are […]
Tai Chi classes NovaCare Rehabilitation is offering free Tai Chi classes beginning April 14. The one-hour class is held once a week for six weeks at 5:30 p.m. and is part of the Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi Program. Just a few benefits of Tai Chi include reducing stress, a feeling of relaxation and helping range […]
Dear Editor, The Clarkston Watershed Group has made major improvements to Depot Park and plan to expand these efforts this year focused around River Day, June 13. There will be many activities and a big effort to expanded the rain gardens in the park and on the lower Mill Pond. Anyone who would like to […]
I was reading an article by George Will in the Herald-Tribune, April 6, 2009, discussing what a failure it will be with the administration and federal government dictating what cars we consumers will want to buy in the future. Absent $4 per gallon gas, small cars and hybrid sales have plummeted. American consumers are still […]