Several area businesses have agreed to participate in ‘Tips for Tsunami? on Jan. 28. Organized by Jennifer Korsedal and Tara Johnson, waitresses at Classic Coney Island on Dixie Highway in Independence Township, the event is designed to raise money to help victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami which hit 11 Asian countries. All money raised […]
SYNOPSIS CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON REGULAR MEETING September 6, 2012 Members present: McCreery, Beltramo, Stowell, King, Gault, DePalma, Thurman Members absent: None 1) Approved Agenda as amended. 2) Approved relocating the polling place for Precinct 5 from Sashabaw Meadows Mobile Home Community Clubhouse to the Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Community Building at 4260 Dogwood Boulevard, […]
In their quest to be a one-stop shop for all of your auto needs, Alexander’s Auto Wash and Detailing Center owner Michael Ceritano is happy to announce the opening of the center’s newest business — Interstate All Battery Center. ‘If you have any battery need, we can fill it,? Ceritano said. ‘Anything from a hearing […]
Sixty-three-year-old Roger Haist and his grandson, Kyle, have spent 20 years together doing the things that grandparents typically do with their grandkids. They’ve even made the annual U.S. Postal Worker’s food drive for Oxford/Orion FISH a family affair, seeing as Roger’s wife, Vicky, is a letter carrier in town. Now, they’re both battling terminal illnesses […]
zoning board of appeals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Regular Meeting The Charter Township of Brandon Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing October 24, 2012 at 7:30 P.M. at Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462 to hear the following appeals. Appeal # 014-12 Sidwell # 03-18-376-018 Name: Allied Signs, Inc/McDonalds […]
There will be no large public rally to launch the campaign, nor will there be a ‘thermometer? to measure its progress. The effort is so massive that a five-week period is needed to kick off ‘Each One Reach One…Connecting for a Better Community.? The Clarkston Coalition for Youth, with support from local schools, churches, businesses […]
REZONING PARCEL #03-19-176-014 ? 1366 ORTONVILLE ROAD At a regularly scheduled board meeting of the Brandon Township Board of Trustees held on October 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, MI 48462, the Brandon Township Board of Trustees accepted for second reading and approved the change to the zoning of Parcel #03-19-176-014, […]
Eighth-graders at Scripps Middle School of Lake Orion did more than learn at a May 14 field trip to Moon Valley Rustic Furniture in Springfield Township. They received specifications for a new product, to be designed by the students for sale to the public. They presented their ideas on June 11 to Marc Spindler, corporate […]
When The Clarkston News ran a story several weeks ago about a historic poem about Clarkston, people began remembering ? and wondering. ‘On the Road to Clarkston Town,? written by Detroit poet Orrin Alden DeMass in 1932, chronicles travels along Clarkston Road. It depicts not only the nature of the travel along the ‘rustic road,? […]
Clarkston Middle Schools Student Council desperately wanted to help the victims of the Tsunami. After doing extensive research, the students realized there were many victims of the Southeastern Tsunami without clothing, shelter and food. They decided to do something. The entire student body at Clarkston Middle School formed a Penny War. The Penny War was […]