State Rep. John Stakoe announced office hours on July 22 from 10:45 a.m.-noon at the Independence Township Hall. He will then hold hours at the Springfield Township Hall from 1 – 2 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Residents unable to meet Rep. Stakoe during the scheduled office hours can contact his Lansing office toll free […]
A new Intimate Wedding Chapel is carving a niche in Clarkston. Intimate Chapel owner Polly Clements, 45, said she opened the business to provide a more relaxed atmosphere on a very special day. She will cater to couples who do not wish to be hurried through the wedding ceremony. ‘Other chapels do not allow enough […]
Alina Christine Lohmeier was welcomed into her Clarkston home by her sister, Hannah Marie, and mom and dad Debbie and Michael Lohmeier. Alina arrived at 7:18 p.m. on March 15. She weighed eight pounds, one ounce and measured 21? inches long. Grandparents, great-aunt, uncles, aunts and cousins were all present for birth at William Beaumont […]
Robert W. Cobb and Cheryl Cinader Hoard were married on May 28, 2005 by Rev. Jill Zundel in Depot Park in Clarkston. Sixty guests attended the ceremony including Cobb’s parents, Bill and Mae Cobb of Clarkston, and Hoard’s mother, Dorothy Cinader of Phoenix, AZ. The wedding party included Hoard’s sister, Carol Farmer; her grandchildren, Faith […]
A significant and controversial portion of downtown Oxford’s northeast parking quadrant could be getting a new owner soon. On July 14, the Leader learned a sale is pending on two parcels ? a total of about 28,086 square feet located in the heart of the northeast quadrant ? containing roughly 56 parking spaces and a […]
I am starting to wonder these days if I am old enough to hanker for yesteryear. Is 26 years long enough to pine for the good old days? Maybe kids do grow up too fast, maybe I have to face facts that the United States I grew up in was a different place in a […]
Oxford Lakes resident Tim Balch is warning his neighbors about a coyote he spotted in the village subdivision. ‘I am not sure if the coyote will bother stray cats and small dogs in the neighborhood, but it will be beneficial to let families of small children know that the animal is in the sub,? Balch […]
They know they are past their primes but the members of the 17-team North Oakland Senior Softball League still thirst for the competition, comradery and plain fun of sport. ‘It gives us an opportunity to experience and still participate in an activity that we’ve had success with in the past,? said LeRoy Decker, Decker started […]
A 35-year-old Oxford Township man is free on bond, but wearing an electronic tether after allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl last week on Thomas Road. Thomas Eugene Moore was arraigned July 15 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court before Magistrate Magistrate Robert Badgley on one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Moore is accused of […]
When eight-year-old Hunter Strunk was three months old, he was diagnosed with lissencephaly, or softening of the brain. This very rare disease has approximately 500 known cases in the world and left 70-pound Hunter virtually immobile and uncommunicative; leaving his mother, Pam Strunk, with a huge challenge. Strunk, an Addison Township resident, has been her […]