A Look Back From The CNews archives

15 years ago – 1999 ‘Consumers Energy bends to wetlands concerns on proposed pipeline route? The proposed pipeline project previously scheduled to pass through wetlands in Springfield Township was planned to be rerouted. Consumers Energy and TriState Pipeline Company had proposed six alternative routes. The pipeline would connect with other systems bringing natural gas from […]

Andrea’s Anecdotes A column by Andrea Beaudoin

I love strange and unusual theories. I wrote a paper in college about ‘The Theory of Everything?. also known as the String Theory. This theory seems to tie in many (about 50) different laws of physics harmoniously. It seems to explain it all. Under this theory, everything makes sense in the universe, everything is working […]

Public Safety

A little rock rolled in Deputies responding to an alarm at Sashabaw Middle School discovered a small rock was preventing a door from closing fully April 4. Police were unable to make contact with a school representative, but noted that nothing appeared disturbed inside the building. Crime delivery service? A 44-year-old man living in the […]

Clarkston cops hunting for young thieves

Clarkston police are looking for two boys who allegedly swiped several hundred dollars from a downtown business last week. According to Police Chief Dale LaCroix, one youth distracted the clerk at the Union General Store at 50 S. Main around 4 p.m., Thursday, April 16, while another raided the cash register. The clerk told police […]

Guest Viewpoint

By Mark Petterson A new ramp should be furthest from the townships mind. Independence Township has sat on Tri- party funds now for years and every year the township gets a letter from the road commission telling them to use it or lose it. Every year the township comes up with some wild unaffordable concept […]

Letters to the Editor

Support for ramp Dear Editor, As I read the story in The Clarkston News about an exit ramp at Clintonville, which is long overdue, I get the sense the ‘not in my backyard? syndrome is rearing its head again. I’m sure the people who lived up Clintonville before Oakhurst was built, or those along Maybee […]

Players party at Depot

Past and present Clarkston Village Players gathered at the CVP theater for a night of fun. The night included food, drinks, “Who am I” guessing game, improvisation acting games, and Karaoke.

Pops stop by for breakfast

Scott Geisler and his daughter Hannah Geisler, fifth grader at Independence Elementary, enjoy Donuts with Dad. Hosted by PTO volunteers, March 24, the sixth annual event invited fathers to breakfast at the school with their children. Photo provided

Women’s Club celebrates 60 years of service

Clarkston Community Women’s Club celebrates its 60th anniversary with a community tea, 2-4 p.m., Saturday, April 12, at the Clarkston Independence Library. ‘Our number one goal is to raise funds to help others,? said club member Gail Ferguson. ‘In the process, we also have found friends to share a laugh and have a little fun.? […]

Spring fair fun

Students, friends and family celebrated the arrival of spring at Springfield Plains Elementary with a old-fashioned fair, March 22. They enjoyed carnival games, inflatable fun, cotton candy, and other treats.