Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, When will you stop? Seriously, haven’t we heard enough from Mr. Johnston? For years all he has offered is criticism of everyone and everything without a single REASONABLE solution. It has to be clear by now that he is not as smart as he thinks he is. You must be able to realize […]

Snow and safety

The snow keeps piling higher and readers of The Clarkston News are noticing the effects on everyone. Here is a picture from one of our readers, included was ‘our students do not get the sidewalks cleared any longer. This is right after Clarkston High School lets out – students climbing snowbanks and dodging cars.? This […]

Future scientists take the prize in Flint

St. Joseph school is proud of their three finalists at this year’s Flint Area Science Fair. The fair was held at Kettering University March 20 to 22. Students were interviewed by judges to ensure the student did the work. This provides students experience in communicating their thoughts and actions to other people. Emily Cormier, a […]

Orion’s musical talents honored at Oakland

Oakland University is proud to announce the MaTilDa Award recipients from Lake Orion. Jordan Brett won Outstanding Student in Piano Performance. Brett is a junior business major who is also pursuing a minor in music. He performs frequently at his local church, the Gingellville Community Church has has participated in the Oakland University Concerto Competition. […]

Backyard fun on ice

Clarkston resident Chris Cross got the idea for a backyard hockey rink from his brother, who started a rink in his backyard five years ago. ‘I know of at least four backyard hockey rinks in Clarkston,? said Cross. The large sheet of ice serves as a place to have a lot of fun for Cross’s […]

Music and dance

Students from Clarkston High School and Clarkston Junior High School lent their talents for C Factor Talent on Feb. 4. They sang, danced, rapped to raise money $3,100 during the event for Charity Week 2014 with proceeds divided between five local charities.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, With all the bad economic news around us, I’d like to point out some good news. There really are people and businesses thinking of others. As a relatively new non-profit organization, Love INC of North Oakland County is still building a support base and I am thrilled to thank Gary Novicoff of Big […]

St. Joes students display imagination

The seventh grade Destination ImagiNation team from St. Joe’s placed third at the Instinct Messaging competition recently. The team is, (top row from left to right) Megan Ward, Nickie Cox, Austin Krysmalski, Julia Grenier, (kneeling in middle) Gabe Wrobel, (bottom row) Tara Weslowski and Alina Richter.

School breakfast with kids

Bailey Lake Elementary PTA hosted Morning for Mom, as well as other parents and caregivers, Feb. 7, with donuts, juice, coffee, and quality time with their kids. The group hosts several events during the year in order to reach all the school’s parents.

Near record snow on tap

So far in 2014, the Detroit area is heading towards one the snowiest winters in recorded history. Seventy inches of snow has fallen, as measured at the NOAA office in White Lake, said Rich Pollman, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in White Lake. Detroit is sitting in the fifth snowiest […]