Life lessons come in the most unexpected places. For three area sisters, their greatest lesson took place in 2005 with a Breast Cancer 3-Day to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Independence Township resident Melissa Traver signed up for the Southeast Michigan 3-Day in March 2005 just to participate. Her goals for the […]
While walking around the activities area for Super Bowl XL this weekend, make sure to stop off at the KidZone ? you just might see some familiar faces hanging around the second booth on the right. Show Offs Body Art, owned by Independence Township resident Donna Nowak, received the 2006 Super Bowl face-painting contract. Nowak […]
Citizens interested in learning more about McLaren Health Care Corporations? proposed medical complex along Sashabaw Road should attend the Feb. 9 Independence Township Planning Commission meeting. The meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Independence Township Library, is not a public hearing open to comment from residents, but the first step in McLaren’s site […]
Every year Clarkston residents open their hearts, their time and their pocket books to Lighthouse of Oakland County. This year, Clarkston residents Jerry and Carolyn Hemphill will also open their home to host the 5th Annual Open Your Heart to Lighthouse. The yearly event is set for Feb. 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. […]
Amidst cries of a struggling economic climate and dwindling township resources, the Independence Township Board of Trustees openly debated on Jan. 17 whether or not to give non-union employees raises. In a memo to trustees, Supervisor Dave Wagner asked the board to approve approximately $37,000 in raises, almost $10,000 less than the $47,000 budgeted for […]
The original goal was a new senior center for Independence Township. Now residents may need to decide whether or not they want an independently funded senior center program. The Independence Township Board of Trustees gave a thumbs up to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission to continue moving forward with a proposed senior center bond […]
Almost three hours of presentations and public comment at the Jan. 19 Independence Township Planning Commission meeting ended with very little action. After hearing presentations from Orco Investments, Township Planner Dick Carlisle and comments from area residents, township planning commissioners voted unanimously to table a rezoning request by Orco and the commission’s own rezoning request. […]
Communication, it’s something we do every day. Communication: Boy, what a physically big, cumbersome word. Communication, an inconvenience or a core function? Apparently to some, when having to discuss local school millages with the community, communication is just that ? an inconvenience and not a core function of the Clarkston School Board. Last week we […]
Every child loves to play dress-up. Now, Clarkston residents can relive those days of fashion curiosity with the Clarkston Community Historical Society’s latest exhibit, ‘Clarkston in Costume: A Century of Fashion,? beginning the week of Jan. 30. The society’s 12th exhibit since opening the museum focuses up women’s fashion’s from the mid-1800’s to the mid-1900’s. […]
Mary Sloan discovered she has a love for gardening. And this Clarkston Rotarian has a skill for growing readers. Sloan is chair of the Clarkston Rotary Club’s new Literacy Committee. The club took on the focus of literacy earlier this year after Rotary International accepted the challenge. ‘As a former teacher, I realize how important […]