Fierce local scrutiny along with a bit of negative national attention four years ago were apparently not an indication of things to come at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston. Judge Kelley Kostin announced her support lasxt week for the reelection of Judge Dana Fortinberry. Although the relationship began on a rocky note during Kostin’s […]
Ortonville – A fund-raiser auction for His2Overcome Ministries, a Christian outdoor ministry, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Ortonville Baptist Church, located at 173 Church St. in Ortonville. A number of auction items will be up for bid. Appetizers, desserts, gourmet coffee. If you’d like to attend, contact His2Overcome Ministries at (810) […]
Clarkston High School’s Homecoming is approaching fast. The week is filled with fun activities for students and the community, beginning with Battle of the Bands, Mon., Sept. 24 at the Performing Arts Center, $1 admission, 5 p.m. The Powder Puff football game is Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the high school stadium, $5 admission, 7 p.m. […]
Residents who want to personally judge candidates for the bench before casting a vote for 52-2 District Court will have the opportunity this Thursday, June 26. The Oakland County Bar Association, in partnership with the League of Women Voters and the Detroit Free Press, will host a live and televised judicial candidate forum beginning at […]
A 27-year-old woman was hospitalized Monday after she was allegedly assaulted by her boyfriend in a downtown Clarkston apartment the couple was sharing. Richard Curtis Smith, 40, was arraigned in 52-2 District Court on charges of second offense domestic violence and held in Oakland County jail on $50,000 bond. Clarkston Police Chief Dale LaCroix said […]
Goodrich – The Goodrich-Atlas Pathway project will soon be taking shape. The non-motorized pathway will run along Hegel Road west of the Goodrich Country Club to Oaktree Elementary. Of $717,000 estimated for the project, a total of $403,400 remains to be paid. Goodrich will pay 20 percent of that sum, $80,070, in matching funds. The […]
The Clarkston High School presents their 2nd Annual Cinema Under the Stars, Sept. 22. They are showing Despicable Me at 8 p.m. at the high school football field. Tickets are available for $4 before the event through the high school’s main office, 6093 Flemings Lake Road. Please call for hours, 248-623-3600. Tickets are $5 at […]
Downtown Clarkston may be lit up soon. After thorough discussion at a public hearing, Sept. 5, the City’s Planning Commission prepared language for a revision of Zoning Ordinance No. 129. The ordinance change would allow all downtown retailers to hang one red, internally illuminated ‘Open? sign at each public entry of their shops. The township […]
Independence Twp. Wed., June 11 Deputies were dispatched to a grocery store on Sashabaw Road after a customer told the manager she saw a store employee remove a prescription from its packaging, place it in his pocket and leave the store. Thurs., June 12 Police responded to a church in the 6400 block of Clarkston […]
The village of Ortonville would like to remind residents that when snow, sleet, freezing rain or a U.S. Weather Bureau forecast calls for it, a snow emergency may be declared. Upon this declaration, all vehicles should be removed from village streets until the snow alert is terminated.