Local resident Violet Waid calls herself “very patriotic.” She also has an interest in helping people remember history. She visited the offices of The Clarkston News recently with a fascinating book, found at a used book sale. “Abraham Lincoln: Master of Words” was written by Daniel Kilham Dodge, professor of English, University of Illinois, ? […]
All the papers have been signed, and the work has begun. ‘The garden is a go,? according to 52-2 District Judge Dana Fortinberry, announcing an agreement with Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County 4-H to relocate a ‘community garden? to Springfield Oaks County Park. The program, in which nonviolent, misdemeanor convicts may serve […]
The good news came in expected cost savings when 37 Clarkston school teachers, two administrators and 15 support personnel accepted a severance buyout package. The challenge will be in filling at least some of those positions. Linda Nester, executive director for personnel and auxiliary services, told the board of education April 26 of plans to […]
As Clarkston school officials continue to monitor progress on bond-related building renovations, they have set deadlines for a new detail. With plans to convert the two current middle schools into new buildings with a sixth-seventh and eighth-ninth grade configuration, the two buildings will need new names. ‘We should do that soon,? Superintendent Al Roberts said […]
The use of Tasers to apprehend uncooperative suspects appears to be more routine, after two recent incidents with Independence Township sheriff’s deputies. An April 29 incident involved a 35-year-old man who refused to cooperate with deputies when they responded to a domestic assault call on Princeton Avenue East. According to reports, the man threw a […]
Federal authorities have in custody a Pontiac man suspected of committing the Sunday, April 4 robbery at the Dixie Highway branch of TCF Bank. Mark Edward Cook, 36, is being held without bond after a Tuesday, April 27 bond hearing in federal court in Flint. Cook was apprehended in Genesee County Thursday, April 22 while […]
Don’t ask Kelly Martin about his favorite memory as a Boy Scout leader. ‘There have been so many,? he said, finding it difficult to pick out just one from his 36 years experience as a leader. The 62-year-old Independence Township resident also has experience as a Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Explorer. He also worked […]
Reports of the nation’s rebounding economy and the reputation of local merchants seemed to combine to produce a busy day-after-Thanksgiving shopping day in Clarkston. “It’s been going great,” shopper Joyce Gibbs said, after being out a couple hours in wet, snowy weather. “I love all the small shops in Clarkston. They have very unique items, […]
Random, arbitrary and otherwise miscellaneous ramblings from your friendly, neighborhood reporter… As one of those “working” on the day after Thanksgiving, I’m enjoying watching the snow outside the office window but dreading the anticipation of going out in it… This is not a whine about working the day after Thanksgiving, by the way. I know […]
Those who produce programs for Clarkston’s local cable access channel now have better access themselves. With the transformation of the former fire station #3 on Maybee Road, Comcast cable and the local access operation moved from their former Waldon Road location in late August. Andrew Reish, local access manager, said it has been a chaotic […]