Monday, Aug. 2, felonious assault arrest on Brown Road. Threats on Hiram. *** Tuesday, Aug. 3, a trash can was missing on Walmsley Circle. A tire was flattened and a vehicle spray painted on Flintridge. Warrant arrests on Fairledge. Family trouble on Mouton Road. A vehicle was stolen on Eagle Vista. *** Wednesday, Aug. 4, […]
Beaumont Hospital has been removed from the agenda of this Thursday’s Planning Commission meeting. They have not met all the requirements requested by the commission prior to the meeting, officials said. Beaumont is tentatively rescheduled for sometime in April.
Nearing the end to her first four-year term, Independence Township Clerk Shelagh VanderVeen is ready for more. ‘A benchmark of our democracy is a fair election process,? said VanderVeen, announcing her bid for re-election in November. ‘During the past four years there have been numerous legislative changes to our elections, both from the federal and […]
The creative minds in Michelle Minchek’s Hands-on-Art class at the preschool at Lake Orion High School have been hard at work recently creating everything from pottery to tissue paper art. Two classes were offered for four sessions, Aug. 2-5, in the Lake Orion Community Education class. Three- through six-year-olds were allowed to try different methods […]
More than 270 participants gathered in Clarkston Sunday, Aug. 8 to take part in the Craig Greenfield Memorial Tri/Du. This was the city’s first triathalon and a fund-raiser for the Michigan Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. ‘It was fabulous. The weather was perfect and the water temperature was perfect,? Eileen Bullen, event co-chair, said. Although final […]
Clarkston’s Knights of Columbus hit the streets this weekend in their yellow vests, selling Tootsie Rolls to help people in need. “We will work in the cold because this charitable effort warms our hearts,” said Dan Fuller, Knights of Columbus. “We hope that giving to this charitable project will warm your heart too.” Over the […]
Clarkston High School teacher Chas Claus wrapped up lessons on 1920s America by transforming his classroom into a simulated Speakeasy, complete with costumes, dancing, and bouncer at the door. “They just finished a big research project ? this is to give them some fun,” Claus said. Students drank root beer instead of more potent spirits, […]
The latest round of state school report cards shows improvements for Clarkston Community Schools, thanks at least in part to more ‘flexible? assessments of ‘annual yearly progress.? State report cards for 2002-2003 (issued in January of this year) had all Clarkston school buildings with a composite grade of ‘B? except Independence Elementary School, which did […]
A mixture of incumbents, former candidates and new faces have filed petitions to run for three positions on Clarkston’s city council this November. Current council members Scott Meyland and Derek Werner are running for re-election. Anne Clifton, who would also have been up for re-election, decided not to run again making her position available. Clifton […]
It’s nearly 11:30 p.m and I have been sitting at my desk typing for the past 12.5 hours and now I have just begun my column without a clear thought of what to say or where I am heading. It’s amazing how when you stare at your computer screen for so long you begin to […]