For years it was a popular flea market and salvage operation. Now it has been deemed a ‘dangerous building.? Springfield Township officials have scheduled a ‘show cause? hearing for Thursday, June 10 for the Whoopee Bowl on Dixie Highway to answer for allegedly failing to answer an order from hearing officer John Steckling based on […]
With senior class activities, studying for finals and finishing the final school year at Clarkston High School, seniors Jenna Hart and Matthew Pruente are busy. However, Hart and Pruente weren’t too busy to enjoy breakfast with community leaders and accept their titles as Clarkston’s Young Person of the Year. Hart and Pruente were each named […]
It’s hard to miss. A crumpled vehicle sits on the sidewalk next to the student parking lot at Clarkston High School. The hope of the Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter is that displaying one destroyed car will prevent more destroyed vehicles and lives. ‘We’re trying to make an impact on the high school and show […]
Believing the fight on the football field is more productive than the fight in the political and legal arena, Tony Miller has decided to resign from the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. The resignation, effective July 1, was delivered via a May 2 letter to board President Karen Foyteck, and was announced at Monday’s […]
It will be jail time, but not prison time, for a former Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy who became involved in viewing and distributing child pornography. John Gomez, 43, was sentenced to one year in a county jail, an additional year of house arrest with electronic tether, three years probation and 500 hours of community service […]
Three recent home invasions with similar circumstances have the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department seeking information from residents concerning suspicous persons or vehicles. The break-ins were all in the northwest corner of Independence Township and all featured a method of operation which included pulling a truck to the rear of the home, with burglars taking property […]
Cheryl Pellici moved to the Clarkston area four and a half years ago because she thought it was a great community. Eventually she wanted to add to the efforts of those who make it great. Pellici launched efforts to bring back the Clarkston Jaycees, an international organization devoted to ‘leadership training through community service.? When […]
Two new full-time firefighters and a leased ambulance are expected to provide better emergency service for Springfield Township residents in 2004. The township board on Thursday, Nov. 13 approved a request from Fire Chief Charlie Oaks to seek the additional staff, and officials are in negotiations with American Medical Response for an ambulance to be […]
In other business at the Monday, Nov. 10 meeting of the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education: • Trustees approved an extended field trip for the Clarkston High School Varsity Concert Choir and Madrigals. The musicians will attend the National Gold Choral Festival in New York City March 18-22. Students and school-approved fundraisers will provide […]
Residents in the Birdland neighborhood are asking for help from township officials — help in the form of money to help fix streets. “Our street’s falling apart,” Kingfisher Lane resident Greg Batchik said at the Tuesday, Nov. 4 Independence Township Board meeting. Batchik said he and his neighbors have gone through the petition process with […]