It might be summer, but the last couple months have been no picnic around The Clarkston News. Don’t send any ant traps or mosquito repellent, though; it’s not bugs bugging us. It’s the election. Since the first retirement announcement arrived and the first candidates stepped up for election or reelection, we’ve been taking it seriously. […]
How many kids can say they’re pen pals with the Leader of the Free World? The students in teacher Marcie Bensman’s first-grade class at Leonard Elementary can make that claim. Back in November 2004 as part of a class project, Bensman’s students wrote and mailed letters to U.S. President George W. Bush giving him their […]
Well, it finally happened. The late night unsolicited phone calls, the lawn signs, the brochures that clogged our mail boxes, and the interminable television and radio commercials have finally come to an end. Now whether you will be mourning or celebrating your voting choices this week one thing is clear ? we will all be […]
Thank you to everyone that supported the Lake Orion Education Foundation’s Seventh Annual Evening for Education held at King’s Court Castle last Saturday. The proceeds from this event will provide education grants to classrooms in the Lake Orion Community Schools. We had a wonderful, well-attended Evening for Education. The support and generosity from the Lake […]
Claudia Keglovitz’s classroom was a flurry of creative activity from artists last week. She held her annual Teen Art Camp for 6-12 graders interested in art. ‘I just felt huge need in community for it,? said Keglovitz on why she started the camp eight years ago. The camp introduces the artists to different techniques, and […]
By Ken Theobald and Editor C.J. Carnacchio Okay all you people who have lived in Oxford forever, let’s see a show of hands ? how many of you knew there was a toy tractor manufactured here in the early 1950s? Neither did we until Ken Theobald, of Lexington, Kentucky, contacted this newspaper last week. About […]
An electrical malfunction inside a heated dog house was the apparent cause of a structure fire at 1430 Harwood Drive, off Brookfield Drive, Friday night. Oxford firefighters were called to the scene at 9:29 p.m. after a resident across Mickelson Lake spotted the burning wooden deck behind the Harwood home, according to Fire Chief Jack […]
The practice of joining the family business is hardly over. Andrew DeHaan has joined his aunt, Deborah, at DeHaan Orthodontics on Baldwin Road just south of Waldon and so far he seems to be a perfect fit. ‘It’s been great so far,? said Andrew. ‘I’ve been here for six years as an assistant while I […]
Kids danced to their favorites songs from Disney’s High School Musical movies last week. Cynthia Bass, owner and dance instructor of Dance for Fun, and her helpers taught the kids moves that they could do no matter what their age or skill level. As a dance instructor, Bass noticed the desire from her studio students […]
As parents prepare to send their kids off to college for the first time or the fourth time, Greg Olrich, fire marshal with the Independence Fire Department, is urging parents and students to be smart and think fire safety when it comes to choosing housing, either on campus or off. “I think it’s important the […]